SkyWest BOD, interesting.

[Jon Rivoli]

Not the bunch of St. George yokels you might have thought, particularly Steven F. Udvar-Hazy. Chairman and CEO of ILFC.

 

[WalterSobchak]

Not the bunch of St. George yokels you might have thought, particularly Steven F. Udvar-Hazy. Chairman and CEO of ILFC.

The business school at Dixie State College in SGU is the named The Udvar-Hazy School of Business. I believe he donated a significant amount of money to the program and had it named for his parents.

 

[propsarebest]

Not the bunch of St. George yokels you might have thought, particularly Steven F. Udvar-Hazy. Chairman and CEO of ILFC.

True, but he is "one of them".

 

[Brasilia Flyer]

True, but he is "one of them".

You're right about that! He's one of those "smart guys" calling the shots at SKYW.

 

[jea]

its so funny to me how many people hate skywest because of our sucess... the company is managed incredibly well.... stability in this industry speaks....

 

[EMB170Pilot]

ditto about RAH as well

 

[OPECJet]

We hate SKW and RAH because you fly too cheap. Not because your company is successful. Much of you company's success came from shafting pilot groups who flew for what they were worth, or former mainline flying...

EDIT.... "Hate" is probably too strong of a word in that context. I don't hate, or even dislike any individual pilot on either seniority list. I do however, and I'm not alone, dislike a pilot group who exchanges substandard wages and work rules for growth. I also applaud the RAH pilots who will hopefully negotiate a contract that reflects the aircraft they fly. You Skywest folks on the other hand don't seem too interested in that. As evidenced by they nay voters in the last union drive. That would have been a good place to start.

 

[WAVIT Inbound]

We hate SKW and RAH because you fly too cheap. Not because your company is successful. Much of you company's success came from shafting pilot groups who flew for what they were worth, or former mainline flying...

EDIT.... "Hate" is probably too strong of a word in that context. I don't hate, or even dislike any individual pilot on either seniority list. I do however, and I'm not alone, dislike a pilot group who exchanges substandard wages and work rules for growth. I also applaud the RAH pilots who will hopefully negotiate a contract that reflects the aircraft they fly. You Skywest folks on the other hand don't seem too interested in that. As evidenced by they nay voters in the last union drive. That would have been a good place to start.

And what airline with superior pay and work rules do you work for? If you think Skywest is successful by undercutting the industry you are crazy. Substandard work rules and wages? Compared to who? You hate SkW and RAH because they have found a way to be successful in a tough industry without giving substandard pay and work rules, simple as that.

 

[7dustfan]

We hate SKW and RAH because you fly too cheap. Not because your company is successful. Much of you company's success came from shafting pilot groups who flew for what they were worth, or former mainline flying...

EDIT.... "Hate" is probably too strong of a word in that context. I don't hate, or even dislike any individual pilot on either seniority list. I do however, and I'm not alone, dislike a pilot group who exchanges substandard wages and work rules for growth. I also applaud the RAH pilots who will hopefully negotiate a contract that reflects the aircraft they fly. You Skywest folks on the other hand don't seem too interested in that. As evidenced by they nay voters in the last union drive. That would have been a good place to start.

Have you looked at Pinnacle, Comair and Mesaba's CRJ900 payscales? Not quite as good as SkyWests but wait a minute- THOSE ARE ALL UNION. How the hell? Maybe SkyWest is a good place!?!?!?

 

[yahooair]

my skywest roomate made alllllllot more $$$ than i did on both 2nd year pay.
he made almost 20K more than i did and he had an avg. 14-15 days off a month..about half his sched time and a half and bids with check airman and getting kicked off, picked up other trips and made double time.
We cant do that where i am at. WTF??
i support alpa, but i notice some jealousy from other pilots cant we cant make double time and a non union carrier can,,,and that carrier is makng great money,
time to look at those pay scales people.
skywest isnt the lowest and they have no union.
lets all stop skywest bashing and get on with our lives, those guys dont seem to put other companies down as much as all of us non skyw pilots do..wonder why that is?

 

[CFI2766]

its so funny to me how many people hate skywest because of our sucess... the company is managed incredibly well.... stability in this industry speaks....

The import of SKYW managerial talent at ASA seems to be going very well. It is a marked improvement from last year at this time.

However, it should also be noted that a lot of SKYW's business success, at least when dealing with Delta, stems from extremely favorable contracts that SKYW has with Delta.

 

[thepotato232]

Care to name another regional carrier that treats its pilots better than SKW? How about one that's as well-managed and poised for growth? I don't work there, but I bet a lot of people are starting to wish they did. Of course, we should all be trying to get a better deal than what we have. Hopefully RAH can set the bar higher in negotiations, but right now you guys are attacking the kings of the ****pile.

 

[PBRstreetgang]

its so funny to me how many people hate skywest because of our sucess... the company is managed incredibly well.... stability in this industry speaks....

They hate SKYW because of guys like you, idiots who gloat because they had the good fortune to be hired at a stable successful company. In days of yore you wouldn't have been considered for an interview, much less hired, desperation drove your employment, enjoy it you looser!
PBR

 

[BIGGOAT]

ASA hired me. Skywest, however, wanted so badly for me to be an employee of their company they bought ASA.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Goat

 

[WalterSobchak]

They hate SKYW because of guys like you, idiots who gloat because they had the good fortune to be hired at a stable successful company. In days of yore you wouldn't have been considered for an interview, much less hired, desperation drove your employment, enjoy it you looser!
PBR

And what, exactly, was said in the post you quoted that was untrue or even Kool-Aid Drinker-esque in nature? SkyWest is successful, no? As is RAH...and where there is success, there will be at least a little bit of envy masked by venomous remarks by those that may have been given a choice and chose to go with other carriers instead of SKW or RAH...only to find themselves faced with uncertainty. It is most definitely not their fault...they made the best choice for them at the time they made it...but now that two companies are finding themselves as the leaders of the pack, the popular thing to do when you're facing uncertainty is to try to bring down those who face a less uncertain future.

Based strictly upon my operational interactions with JEA, I would have to say that he is quite the consummate professional...which is more than we can say for you. A professional pilot is not defined by his piloting abilities and knowledge alone, but also by his or her interactions with others.

Any message posted by someone as an internet message board persona is, more often than not, a window that peeks into what the real person is like. Your public disdain for your your fellow company employees just because they are happy with where they are and more than OK with their station in life speaks volumes about you as a person.

We know who you are...and we know you are a miserable person to deal with & for anyone to have to fly with. If you are truly so miserable with where you are and have such hatred for the direction SkyWest has gone, why do you stick around?

 

[10nCLR]

And what, exactly, was said in the post you quoted that was untrue or even Kool-Aid Drinker-esque in nature? SkyWest is successful, no? As is RAH...and where there is success, there will be at least a little bit of envy masked by venomous remarks by those that may have been given a choice and chose to go with other carriers instead of SKW or RAH...only to find themselves faced with uncertainty.

Based strictly upon my operational interactions with JEA, I would have to say that he is quite the consummate professional...which is more than we can say for you. A professional pilot is not defined by his piloting abilities and knowledge alone, but also by his or her interactions with others.

Any message posted by someone as an internet message board persona is, more often than not, a window that peeks into what the real person is like. Your public disdain for your your fellow company employees just because they are happy with where they are and more than OK with their station in life speaks volumes about you as a person.

We know who you are...and we know you are a miserable person to deal with & for anyone to have to fly with. If you are truly so miserable with where you are and have such hatred for the direction SkyWest has gone, why do you stick around?

so he speaks the truth, amen.

 

[PBRstreetgang]

And what, exactly, was said in the post you quoted that was untrue or even Kool-Aid Drinker-esque in nature? SkyWest is successful, no? As is RAH...and where there is success, there will be at least a little bit of envy masked by venomous remarks by those that may have been given a choice and chose to go with other carriers instead of SKW or RAH...only to find themselves faced with uncertainty. It is most definitely not their fault...they made the best choice for them at the time they made it...but now that two companies are finding themselves as the leaders of the pack, the popular thing to do when you're facing uncertainty is to try to bring down those who face a less uncertain future.

Based strictly upon my operational interactions with JEA, I would have to say that he is quite the consummate professional...which is more than we can say for you. A professional pilot is not defined by his piloting abilities and knowledge alone, but also by his or her interactions with others.

Any message posted by someone as an internet message board persona is, more often than not, a window that peeks into what the real person is like. Your public disdain for your your fellow company employees just because they are happy with where they are and more than OK with their station in life speaks volumes about you as a person.

We know who you are...and we know you are a miserable person to deal with & for anyone to have to fly with. If you are truly so miserable with where you are and have such hatred for the direction SkyWest has gone, why do you stick around?

Wally,
There is nothing untrue in the quote, my disgust is for the author, JEA. The disgust comes from the last union drive and his attitude towards the supporters. I stick around to work with the true professionals such as yourself, and I am working up my kool-aid swilling abilities!
PBR

 

[10nCLR]

Wally,
There is nothing untrue in the quote, my disgust is for the author, JEA. The disgust comes from the last union drive and his attitude towards the supporters. I stick around to work with the true professionals such as yourself, and I am working up my kool-aid swilling abilities!
PBR

Awesome...step in right direction buddy

 

[yellowfever]

And what airline with superior pay and work rules do you work for? If you think Skywest is successful by undercutting the industry you are crazy. Substandard work rules and wages? Compared to who? You hate SkW and RAH because they have found a way to be successful in a tough industry without giving substandard pay and work rules, simple as that.

The pilot group voted to fly the 700 for 200 rates. Growth was promised for this concession. No better than the pilots at MESA voting for the contract they now have. You now fly any a/c up to is it 99 seats for a 200 base rate. Congratulations on your success!

 

[BrickTop]

its so funny to me how many people hate skywest because of our sucess... the company is managed incredibly well.... stability in this industry speaks....

Choice words and undeniable but people choose to mock in lack of realistic industry expectations. Lose the "airline pilot" sense of entitlement. Just another job trainable and "replaceable". As many economists would say, Success is measured best in times of recession not growth. Clearly we have proven that ability.