Skywest get midwest flying.

[Texx]

Ya... really professional, man. And nobody was telling me I was flying for free?!!! So, that $94,000 deposited into my bank account this year must have been a gift! Thanks, Skywest!!

Professionals in any field do not talk about how much they make. It's uncouth.

It's like bragging about your Johnson to a girl. There's always someone else with a bigger one.

 

[AdSo81]

Professionals in any field do not talk about how much they make. It's uncouth.

It's like bragging about your Johnson to a girl. There's always someone else with a bigger one.

I was just going to say...there has been a lot of that going on lately. Maybe the Skywest guys can start a thread on how much they "banked" this year.

 

[Eagle757shark]

It's pretty sad to see guys get all excited about the growth of an airline with just 50-seat airplanes. Especially, when a airline down south has made way to grow Midwest airlines with 737's and not 50-seat RJ's. You guys get on this board and complain about your wages and how the industry is spiraling down. Hmmm....would you prefer RJ's or 737's. I'm not sure what provisions are set in place in the event Midwest gets bought out, but please say in ain't so. Is this the growth that Midwest's management had in mind to grow their airline. When every airline under the sun is running from 50 seat RJ's because they are no longer cost effective when fuel is at 60 dollars a barrel. WOW! I hope that is not their best shot or there are going to be some shareholders screaming foul real soon! This should get very interesting! Boys don't get your resumes ready to soon! Again wait and see how the Shareholders respond to this, especially when there is a potential better offer already on the table!

 

[cbrown1]

If these are existing aircraft Skywest already operate, who is parking 50's Delta or United? I guess this is only part one of a two part annoucement.

What I have heard is United wanted to swap out some 50s for some more 700s. I've even heard that United and Jerry are talking about the 900s as explus with more Firstclass.

 

[Freightdog75]

Stocks down today .13.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=meh

 

[EX_CV580FR8Dawg]

Is this the growth that Midwest's management had in mind to grow their airline.

No it isn't

 

[ultrarunner]

it seems mother Midwest doesn't feel we have what it takes apparently to operate our own aircraft.

Oh, you could operate them. Just can't do it as cheaply. I wouldn't take it personal.

 

[Morning Wood]

Riiight. And guess which of the three has the lowest payscales. Don't even need to give you a hint.

This would have been great for AWAC's who still live in ORD, and even better for Coex who needs to avoid furloughs. Instead the kool-aid at Skyw gets thicker and the upgrade drops even lower. yay

At that alone decided who got the bid? Do you call 5 plumbers to your house to give you a bid on something and just give the work the one who charges the most?

 

[No.W.]

Announcement on SKW online says a first four airplanes will come from existing fleet...the rest will be "new to us". Don't know how this is going work...seems ridiculous...all this growth.

 

[Socalplt]

Haven't been down to Tucson lately but there had been a bunch of 50s down there. South side of the airport had rows and rows of them. Bunch of ex ACA/Indy and some in NWA colors. Has Pinnacle put those into service? Isn't Chatauqua trying to get a bunch also for the CAL flying?

I'd bet that UA or Delta will want to exchange out some of the 50s for new 70s. If they do that I suppose the 50s could come from either SkyWest or ASA.

 

[dbchandler1]

Is when is Northwest going to award their regional flying?

 

[fam62c]

Maybe it aint over yet.

I hope that AirTran buys Midwest and scuttles this deal before it gets going. This flying should be done in-house by the Skyway team.

 

[inthegoo]

hey skywayers is bugboy still there?

 

[SKYW Pilot]

Professionals in any field do not talk about how much they make. It's uncouth.

It's like bragging about your Johnson to a girl. There's always someone else with a bigger one.

You're right. It wasn't professional throwing my salary out there. This professional, though, is getting sick and tired of being called "working for free", a scab, and a whore by other "so-called" professionals! That post wasn't meant to brag about how much I make as a Skywest pilot. It was a sarcastic reaction to being called names. It's getting old. Yes, Skywest has its problems just like any other airline, but it's a good company to work for. Either way you cut it, our growth isn't just due to low costs. I believe we provide a very high quality product to our customers. Especially for a carrier like Midwest who prides themselves on high customer service.

 

[BoilerUP]

I hope that AirTran buys Midwest and scuttles this deal before it gets going. This flying should be done in-house by the Skyway team.

But it won't be done by the Skyway team; MEH management doesn't want to spend the money to finance RJs when they're looking at new narrowbodies. It sucks but its the reason there was an RFP to begin with...

 

[XJAVRO]

As an AWAC pilot i think this sucks, but this isn't the fault of Skywest pilots. Pilot pay is a tiny percent of overall cost. Skywest won this because of thier product. Have you people that are always trash talking the Skywest pilots every jumpseated on them? They are better then about 98% of the airlines around, and I know having to jumpseat to the evil east coast all the time. Thier planes are clean, FAs friendly and most of the time good looking. Congrats to Skywest. The rest of you retards need to grow up. Being on this board is like being back in 8th grade. Pilots need to stop fighting each other and start fighting management.

 

[ultrarunner]

I don't have the Midwest T-100 data handy, but does someone know what Midwest/Skyway MKE O&D numbers are annually?

Based on what AAI has planned for it's MKE growth, they could completely drop any feed and stick with their business model.

 

[ultrarunner]

Pilots need to stop fighting each other and start fighting management.

Dude, in the last 5 years, pilot groups have been the recipients of a massive amount of anal sex. What on earth makes you think they're going to fight management at this point?

You can't take this personal, it's strictly about business. Remember years ago the really big UAL pilot work slow-down during their contact negotiations? Remember that 'industry leading' contract they got?

Remember a year or so later all the DAL pilots walking around thumping their chests with UAL+1 chants, or whatever it was they were chanting. Remember those days? IIRC, that resulted in an 'industry leading' contract, right???

Now it's shifted. When times are good, pilots have the backing of their labor groups and they win.

When times are bad, carriers file BK and the companies have the backing of the US government. In fact, some would argue that during this time, you wouldn't even know a pilot group even had representation. Anyway, guess who's gonna win?

All about business dude. It'll shift, always has, always will. Very few cycles as predictable as the airline business.

 

[CA1900]

Skywest ... planes are clean, FAs friendly and most of the time good looking.

What a difference from the TSA jet I rode on a couple of months ago. Interior beat to s#!t, 1/4 of the armrests were missing, the APU was inop (with no A/C cart...mmmm, warm recirc air), and the thing was 2 hours late. Crew was friendly, but old Hulas should be embarassed by the interior of that airplane. It was worse than a CommutAir exterior!

 

[bustinmins]

Skywest has done it again.....amazing. To my Midwest friends, good luck in your future ventures.