I was at SkyWest for 14 years and have been at UAL for a few months. The union argument at SkyWest or any regional is strong for and against. There are definite benefits to a union at a regional, but the whole point of the regional "fee for departure" model was/is to circumvent the unions and...
Pay is unrelated to supply and demand. The US had not had full employment since WWII, so it is always a game of musical chairs. There has never been a pilot shortage, but some pilots have great pay packages. It comes down to unions working properly.
The mainline passenger unions have failed...
Let's not forget that a large percentage, maybe even 100%, of those profits are due to the thousands of people at the regionals working for half or less of mainline pay/benefits and working in an environment where a significant pay raise just means you will be replaced. Please consider this...
If you are looking at regionals and want to live in the great lakes area, then come to skywest. You can get ORD or MSP immediately. Horizon is great if you want to live in the Northwest, but they have a lot of uncommutalbe small bases.
Commuting to Alaska might be more realistic if you have...
" Japan and many other countries require pilots to retire at 64. Japan's transport ministry raised the age limit to 62 in 1996 and to 64 in 2004. There have been no major operational problems reported in relation to pilot age since these two changes. This has prompted the government to review...
Meditate for a moment of the fact that the NTSB never investigated nor had any comment on the 9/11 flights. The NTSB is legally required to investigate all fatal transportation accidents, yet they did not protest at all when the accident sites on 9/11 were immediately destroyed by the FBI...
Whatever they do they should have to put 50 of their own pilots through their interview process. If they don't hire 90% then they should rethink their interview. I would love to see how many current mainline pilots pass the initial psych evaluation.
It is also hilarious when regional pilots...
Two things... ISIS = CIA. These guys were trained at a NATO base in Jordan. Leading up to 9/11 there was a huge spike in put options on UAL and AMR. If all the airlines fall that is okay, if one or two diverge from the others then watch out.
Scott
I hope I am wrong too. Management has created a system that, by the forces of human nature, will naturally move all of the pilots flying their passengers (and FA's, mechanics, ramp workers, gate agents, etc) from A scale, to B scale, to C scale over the long term. It is working just as...
The big question of those of us at the regionals and looking to move to a major is scope. Will mainline continue to relax scope? I think YES is the clear answer. Mainline will offer their pilots a 10% raise and 2/3rds will vote to transfer another chunk of good mainline jobs down to the...
There is a lot of evidence out there that is not presented in the mainstream media.
For example, did you know that there was a massive spike in put options on UAL and AMR stock in the weeks before 9/11? Not on CAL or DAL or LUV, just UAL and AMR and it has never been investigated. Congress...
All of our major media are complicit in lying to and manipulating the American people for the benefit of the ultra wealthy. The major problem is that Americans do not read. A great many books have been written which describe what really happened during WWII, the JFK, RFK, MLK, Reagan...
Congress needs to just pass a simple law that states that if an airlines name is on the airplane then the airplane must be operated by, maintained by, and supported by people directly empolyed by that airline.
Scott
It is essential to understand that the price of anything in a "free market" is unrelated to the cost of production. An airline will set up a ticket price structure that attempts to maximize the revenue generated by each flight. They may make or lose money, but the goal is for the system to...
Torque is not Power!
Torque (in ft*lbs) X RPM / 5252 = Horsepower. If you are running a constant power (fuel flow) and you pull the propeller rpm down the torque will go up, but the airplane performance will not change since you have not changed the horsepower.
Structural engineers care...
About 150 crews on the CRJ in LAX and we fly all three variants between DL, UA, and AA.
The runway at CRQ is only 4800 feet, so no CRJs with any passengers. There is always talk of extending the runway. Maybe they will if Skywest parks the Brasilias, but I will believe that when I see it...
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