Skybus?

[siucavflight]

Anyone looking at working there? What is the advantage to working at a place like this? I was on an overnight in Miami a few days ago staying at the Sherry Front and Back, guess that is Skybus training hotel and I heard a few of the guys talking who were in training. I always pictured the guys who took these jobs to be bottom of the barrel pilots, who were out of options, these guys did not seem to fit that profile, two of them were military fighter pilots and the other was a former republic CA.
Anyone here looking at this place? What is the draw to working somewhere like Skybus?

 

[rtmcfi]

Looks an be deceiving.

 

[siucavflight]

I guess, but they just seemed to be very excited about the company. Seemed strange. from everything I can tell Skybus should be a place that no one wants to work. I get paid more as an Eagle FO flying an EMB then they Skybus FO gets paid flying an A319

 

[EMB170Pilot]

Skybus is the place where pilots go when they crapped themselves.

I have no clue why people choose to work. What's going to happen in the winter time when they have no gates?

 

[rjacobs]

The two military guys have no clue about the airline industry, but thats a fact that has been proven time and time again. They dont do any research they just take the first civilian flying job they can find.

 

[WSurf]

I guess, but they just seemed to be very excited about the company. Seemed strange. from everything I can tell Skybus should be a place that no one wants to work. I get paid more as an Eagle FO flying an EMB then they Skybus FO gets paid flying an A319

True, and I get paid more flying a 37 Seat Dash 8 as a Captain then they do flying a Airbus319 as a Captain! Sad, Just Sad!!

Hmmm 37 Seats......... 156 Seats

 

[relief tube]

i heard the F/A uniforms are t-shirts that say "flight attendant" on the back. That can't be true.

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

WHat are the mins to apply at Skybus?

 

[Golden Falcon]

156 seats in a 319?? OUCH!!!

 

[WSurf]

156 seats in a 319?? OUCH!!!

I thought the same thing when I heard that!

http://ask.skybus.com/about/skybus-planes.shtml

 

[CFIse]

Two words - stock options.

It's either a brilliant move on their part, and they'll be far richer than you or I in 5 years, or not. Given airlines track record and money, I'm betting not.

 

[siucavflight]

CFIse, I think that you are right. FOs are getting 1000 stock options, and then another 4600 when they make CA. Must be the draw.

 

[spudskier]

That and you're home every night... pay might suck but QOL is pretty darn good and hey it's an Airbus type...

 

[WSurf]

That and you're home every night... pay might suck but QOL is pretty darn good and hey it's an Airbus type...

And we wonder why the industry sucks!

 

[siucavflight]

That and you're home every night... pay might suck but QOL is pretty darn good and hey it's an Airbus type...

Yeah, your home every night living in your parents house.

 

[jetflier]

...Yup,...and after scabbing for Skybus they'll be sending out resumes to the majors looking for a job that they scabbed !
That's pathetic......

 

[Capn Lucky]

Fact check....

Stock options are worthless unless the company is publicly traded. There is no public information about Skybus going public.

 

[spudskier]

Fact check....

Stock options are worthless unless the company is publicly traded. There is no public information about Skybus going public.

It's a gamble and a vision... and if you're living in your parent's basement like siucavflight, what's the worst that could happen!? short-sightedness benefits no one.

P.S. no i don't work for them, no they're not on my list of places to send a resume.

 

[FlyFastLiveSlow]

...Yup,...and after scabbing for Skybus they'll be sending out resumes to the majors looking for a job that they scabbed !
That's pathetic......

While I agree that Skybus SUCKS with a capital SUCK, they are NOT scabs.

 

[LJDRVR]

That and you're home every night... pay might suck but QOL is pretty darn good and hey it's an Airbus type...

What QOL would that be? Enjoying the 17" pitch while deadheading back from the transcon every day? Being exposed to the elements everytime you walk to or from the jet? Getting to live in Columbus Ohio?*

* You Columbus types can save your breath, I spent my first nineteen years there. Columbus sucks.

 

[siucavflight]

It's a gamble and a vision... and if you're living in your parent's basement like siucavflight, what's the worst that could happen!? short-sightedness benefits no one.

P.S. no i don't work for them, no they're not on my list of places to send a resume.

Living in my parents basement?

 

[My name is EARL]

It should be named SKYBUST.

Was in CMH the other week and a pax came running up looking for their flight that was about to leave so I sent them to a NWA gate, have a good flight. Just doing my part to help the industry.

 

[siucavflight]

It should be named SKYBUST.

Was in CMH the other week and a pax came running up looking for their flight that was about to leave so I sent them to a NWA gate, have a good flight. Just doing my part to help the industry.

Awesome!

 

[Flyer1015]

* You Columbus types can save your breath, I spent my first nineteen years there. Columbus sucks.

As a Wolverine, I wholeheartedly agree!

 

[Flying Illini]

What QOL would that be? Enjoying the 17" pitch while deadheading back from the transcon every day? Being exposed to the elements everytime you walk to or from the jet? Getting to live in Columbus Ohio?*

* You Columbus types can save your breath, I spent my first nineteen years there. Columbus sucks.

Ok, seriously? The "no jetway" thing really bothers you that much? Those dash and 1900 drivers walk around without jetways so they must have bad QOL too, huh? How about those preflights...I guess you don't have to go outside and be "exposed to the elements" when you do that?

I would love to do day trips and if it meant having to walk outside then I guess I would be walking outside.

It's definitely a huge gamble and it will either pay off or they will bust.

*nope, I don't work there nor do I want to.

 

[RP170]

As a Wolverine, I wholeheartedly agree!

I can second that. I also live there but thankfully am moving back to FL for NetJets.

Nothing worse than thousands of red neck, truck driving, obnoxious Buckeye fans that have nothing to do with the university in the first place but think they are entitled to be fans since they live in Columbus. Heck 90% of their fans have never even attended college, let alone graduated from high school. And it shows by the way they act: classless and pathetic.

 

[Long Time Gone]

Ok, seriously? The "no jetway" thing really bothers you that much? Those dash and 1900 drivers walk around without jetways so they must have bad QOL too, huh?

Big difference between 19 pax (B1900) or 37 to 50 pax (DHC-8/100 or /300) walking up a few stairs as opposed to over 100 pax walking up alot of stairs to an A319.

 

[CoATP]

Just a couple of questions .... If it rains or snows do they charge to use an umbrella? Since you can't bring your own food can you bring your own umbrella? Is there a charge to use the lav?

 

[rjacobs]

When I saw them in GSO, they were about to start doing the cattle call and they had like 4 cops stationed throughout the boarding area. I have never seen another airline where they had to have cops do crowd control in a boarding area. The people who were getting on looked like they had just got done cooking up a batch of shine. I think half had mullets and the other half had #8 nascar shirts on. I wonder if their pilots keep the door locked on the ground?

 

[Guitar Guy]

... pay might suck but QOL is pretty darn good ...

In my mind, QOL and pay are pretty well tied together. If you aren't making much cash, you're off-duty "QOL" won't amount to much, no matter how nice your parents' basement is.