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Ahhhh......How Cute da putty little baby fly da big toy for fifty dolla rate!!!
 
Keep flying for 50 seat rates! Oh, that's right, you won't vote in the union for a differential pay rate. No better than Mesa.
 
We'll see if Skywest get's two painted that way like we did with our "Silver & Sucking"!
 
Is SkyWest's anniversary airplane one of the jets that originated with ASA's firm order?
 
rightseatjocky said:
Keep flying for 50 seat rates! Oh, that's right, you won't vote in the union for a differential pay rate. No better than Mesa.
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Let me axe you a question! I fly for a ALPA Carrier, and I have watched our union sign off on BS contracts and watched my 1200.00 bucks a year go to a piece of crap magazine!

With that said, Mesa is ALPA! They have one of the worst work rules in the industry!! Jeez, thanks ALPA! You hear Mesa folks on here cryin and complaining about there contract! That along with all of us giving them crap all the time.

You don't hear too many SkyWest folks bitchin and complaining! Many of them say they get close to 100hrs of Pay credit a month! Hmmmm, Okay..

Bottom line is if you fly for an airline and your happy with your pay and work rules................... then FUK ALPA!!!

If there majority of pilots are happy, then I myself say why do you need ALPA!!
Tell me one good thing ALPA has done for us regional pilots???

Yea, I myself have said smart remarks about the skywest folks flying 900's for 50 seat rates. But if there workrules are good, and the company treats them well (which hardly no regional can say) then screw it... I would keep alpa away also!!

Let my bashing begin!!
 
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bizzum said:
Wow, you are right, a WHOPPING $3-4 override!
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I don't think the override amounts to $3-4

I believe its more like 2% which for a 18 year captian that amounts to $1.88

Can you say bend over and take it?

And their so dumb they don't even know their getting fuked
 
airtime42 said:
I don't think the override amounts to $3-4

I believe its more like 2% which for a 18 year captian that amounts to $1.88

Can you say bend over and take it?

And their so dumb they don't even know their getting fuked
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I stand corrected!
 
WSurf said:
Name a regional airline that isn't getting fuked.... Maybe one or two!
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That is because they are IBT. Their magazine really sucks when they decide to publish one, but they know how to get a good regional contract.
 
airtime42 said:
I don't think the override amounts to $3-4

I believe its more like 2% which for a 18 year captian that amounts to $1.88

Can you say bend over and take it?

And their so dumb they don't even know their getting fuked
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The override is 5%
 
rtmcfi said:
And in real dollars, what did that get you on your last paycheck?

Assuming you flew the 700 exclusively, I am going to bet it makes you about 75$ every 2 weeks. Am I close?
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Yeah, pretty close. My last paycheck from flying the -700 the override was 1.9 hours....$68.
 
WSurf said:
Yea, I myself have said smart remarks about the skywest folks flying 900's for 50 seat rates. But if there workrules are good, and the company treats them well (which hardly no regional can say) then screw it... I would keep alpa away also
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Ummmm...workrules are getting worse by the month.
 
Override, Shmoverride! 5% , Ha!!!!
that sounds almost as dumb as rickair7777 comments about SKYW over on airlinepilotcentral.com! he said that they don't get reduced pay in training, its reduced guarantee?? either way, its reduced jacka$$! no one is attacking you personally, just your MNGT! so calm down!
 
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and yet SkyWest pilots make more in the final result.

35 years without all the 'assistance' and 'protection' of ALPA. so far, so good.

(haters alert!!!! this is your cue to chime in with all the tired arguments about how we only have what we do because of you, how they're going to screw us over any minute (35 years, the clock is ticking), or that they already are, blah blah blah blah)

be happy where you are. if you aren't, leave. many former ALPA folks (me included) weren't happy where they were, and left to come here. it's not perfect, but all in all it's pretty good.
 
SkyNation said:
and yet SkyWest pilots make more in the final result.

35 years without all the 'assistance' and 'protection' of ALPA. so far, so good.

(haters alert!!!! this is your cue to chime in with all the tired arguments about how we only have what we do because of you, how they're going to screw us over any minute (35 years, the clock is ticking), or that they already are, blah blah blah blah)

be happy where you are. if you aren't, leave. many former ALPA folks (me included) weren't happy where they were, and left to come here. it's not perfect, but all in all it's pretty good.
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Good luck when it comes to checkride time after you pissed off somebody in the training department! you'll be in the street with nothing to say about it!
 
Grey Ghost said:
Good luck when it comes to checkride time after you pissed off somebody in the training department! you'll be in the street with nothing to say about it!
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Yeah because that NEVER happens at a union carrier. And any pilot who fails his checkride legitimatelty probably deserves to be out on the street without a say.
 

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