SkyWest First Year FO Pay Raise

[Missed Approach]

I heard today SkyWest first year pilots are getting a $4 pay increase. Can anyone confirm this?

 

[FishandFly]

Merry Christmas again Skywest.

Sincerely,

ASA/ALPA

 

[Papa Woody]

Yeah....and a tube of K-Y

 

[Flip]

I heard today SkyWest first year pilots are getting a $4 pay increase. Can anyone confirm this?

Not happening. They are using the money to buy Horizon Airlines.

 

[Spicepilots]

We're going to have to; how else are we going to get 500 new pilots next year, regardless of whether or not we finally lower our mins? It's getting harder and harder to find someone with 1000/100, and we can't keep poaching from other airlines forever.

 

[Jwdf3day]

Probably the only reason I'm not at Skywest is first year pay. I'm at Eagle now (picture rats running from a sinking ship) and would love to be based at home (DEN) but can't stomach losing nearly half my pay. Hopefully this is true.

 

[Baze]

Not happening. They are using the money to buy Horizon Airlines.

Actually, it's not going to be just Horizon. It's a package deal, with Alaska thrown in there.

That's right, SkyWest is going to buy the entire Alaska Air Group!

 

[BoilerUP]

That's right, SkyWest is going to buy the entire Alaska Air Group!

And then Comair, then Air Wisconsin, then single-handedly finance the Delta/UAL merger, and then TAKE OVER THE WORLD.

(cue "Pinky and the Brain" theme song)

 

[bmpilot2003]

Probably the only reason I'm not at Skywest is first year pay. I'm at Eagle now (picture rats running from a sinking ship) and would love to be based at home (DEN) but can't stomach losing nearly half my pay. Hopefully this is true.

You really are clueless!

 

[indianboy7]

and we can't keep poaching from other airlines forever.

Mesa still has quite a few pilots we haven't poached yet They should be able to keep skywest supplied for at least a year imp:

 

[outtahere]

Still dragging on the coat tails of your Union brothers and sisters I see. Maggots! I call you maggots because you are right, Scab is to harsh, maggots live off of there host which is what you guys are pros at, living off of the gains of Union carriers.

 

[McNugent]

Still dragging on the coat tails of your Union brothers and sisters I see. Maggots! I call you maggots because you are right, Scab is to harsh, maggots live off of there host which is what you guys are pros at, living off of the gains of Union carriers.

what he said...

 

[scarlet]

I say scabs, they denied union rep. and willing to fly union work !!!

 

[outtahere]

I say scabs, they denied union rep. and willing to fly union work !!!

But its not struck work so you will have to settle for maggots.

 

[scarlet]

LIARS too, ALPA had 1400-15oo people that told the ALPA folks out there that they would vote yes, and then only 900 people voted total! I call them pussie* that can not even vote!!!

Enjoy your careers at skywest- You ever wonder why there are so many lifers at Skywest? DL takes 2 or 3 ever so often, try hundreds from ASA...uummhh

 

[joe_pilot]

Still dragging on the coat tails of your Union brothers and sisters I see. Maggots! I call you maggots because you are right, Scab is to harsh, maggots live off of there host which is what you guys are pros at, living off of the gains of Union carriers.

I think you mean "Scab is too harsh".

And BTW, most maggots are not parasitic, so they do not have a host to live off of, as in their host.

So pick a better analogy champ.

Maybe ringworm or better yet, Toxoplasma gondii. (Does that make ALPA or management the cat?)

Signed,

Your favorite maggot (who voted yes, BTW),

-JP

PS I've made a new rule and it's a fun one (for me). I'm going to start correcting the grammar and spelling of people who spew out un-intelligent, un-informed non-sense. At least Anne Coulter isn't confused about homophones.

 

[outtahere]

Well I sure am glad you corrected me there, or their, or well darn I can't spell, but at least I have the God given sense to work for a Union carrier and try to make this a better career for even the non-union maggots out there, or their, whatever.

 

[joe_pilot]

Well I sure am glad you corrected me there, or their, or well darn I can't spell, but at least I have the God given sense to work for a Union carrier and try to make this a better career for even the non-union maggots out there, or their, whatever.

So you're saying god spoke to you and she said "Don't work for SkyWest" ?

I wouldn't disclose that at your next medical.

 

[MarineGrunt]

I say scabs, they denied union rep. and willing to fly union work !!!

How about you go outside and play "hide-and -go-fu<k-yourself...."

 

[No.W.]

Another who voted "yes" and is personally a little pissed off at the lack of professionalism from the professionals I wanted to join in union representation. I still believe it's the best way, but you idiots on FI aren't helping me convince those I fly with. Am I looking for a new place to work? More now than I used to be. So don't flame me...I'm a little frustrated at both those who didn't vote and those on this forum who mis-represent the true professional. I'm sorry if you are pissed. I understand your frustration(believe me, I do), but it's not helping when you express it in a childish way on a public forum.

 

[cynic]

Whatever losers. Look in the mirror. You took a job for crap pay with crap work rules. Now you are mad because you've got a crap job.

If YOU took a job at any regional in anything like the last 10 years go get a nice big cup of STFU and sip on it. You are the problem and you've got what you deserve.

 

[BoilerUP]

If YOU took a job at any regional in anything like the last 10 years go get a nice big cup of STFU and sip on it. You are the problem and you've got what you deserve.

So...having accepted a certain level of compensation and work rules and then wanting them to change for the better makes us the "problem"?

Isn't that basically how salary negotiations occur in every office and corporate job? You think you are worth more to the employer after gaining longevity there and then ask for it during your review, and if you don't get your expectations met you are at liberty to leave that company in search of better...the same thing many regional pilots are currently doing?

You don't like the regionals, that's fine. With the contempt you seem to have for collective bargaining I'm surprised you waste your time and talents talking down to us with "crap jobs".

 

[kj6991]

BoulierUp and No.W. ,

both, very well said

 

[samballs]

Plesase instead of being mad at each other just go to www2girls1cupcom this should help mend the union of ASA and Skywhore.

 

[chitownpilot]

Plesase instead of being mad at each other just go to www2girls1cupcom this should help mend the union of ASA and Skywhore.

haha, is that you OG?

 

[samballs]

haha, is that you OG?

No but does anyone know if the sky belts come in brown?

 

[PCL_128]

LIARS too, ALPA had 1400-15oo people that told the ALPA folks out there that they would vote yes, and then only 900 people voted total! I call them pussie* that can not even vote!!!

I'm just as upset about the vote as you are, but let's keep the facts straight. Your numbers above are just plain wrong. I won't publicly disclose the number of cards that ALPA received, but it wasn't close to what you've posted.

 

[CFIT]

Words cannot describe how entertaining it is to see the dip sh!t ALPO nazis get all wound up!

 

[cynic]

So...having accepted a certain level of compensation and work rules and then wanting them to change for the better makes us the "problem"?

Yes

Isn't that basically how salary negotiations occur in every office and corporate job?

Nope. That is not the case. Your best opportunity to negotiate is when you take the job. But feel free to beg for more later. Let me know how that works out.

You think you are worth more to the employer after gaining longevity there and then ask for it during your review, and if you don't get your expectations met you are at liberty to leave that company in search of better...the same thing many regional pilots are currently doing?

Except there is another pilot out there willing to do it for less. "So...having accepted a certain level of compensation and work rules and then wanting them to change for the better makes us the "problem"?"

 

[BoilerUP]

Nope. That is not the case.

Really? So its not common for talent to go into their annual review and ask for an increase in compensation that is requisite with new responsibilities?

Your best opportunity to negotiate is when you take the job.

Agreed...but that isn't the issue.

Except there is another pilot out there willing to do it for less.

Then why is anybody still employed in this profession again? Must be some reason why managers keep higher-priced, more experienced around when folks are willing to do the same job for less coin...

91/135 vs. 121 in terms of compensation is at best an apples to oranges comparison...and I'm sure you're intelligent enough to realize that.