General Lee
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Illinois,
Thanks for the response. I understand it was a good business deal, for SkyWest only. But, that is what they are supposed to do, get good deals. Ron "Insulated" Reber, though, likes to brag aloud that high fuel doesn't bother him, while his major partners are getting killed. Then he brags how well SkyWest is doing, when at the same time he could give his employees difference pay for larger aircraft--something everyone else does, except Comair now that they had to follow your lead. I am not mad at you per se', rather what your whole group did as a whole, which was change the landscape of negotiations for the Regionals. Jetblue did the same thing for 100 seaters, of course their pilots did not set that rate, their management did. Nevertheless, now everyone has to start with the Jetblue benchmark when negotiating for anything close to 100 seats. SkyWest set the benchmark for one pay rate fits all jets up to 99 seats. And your "association" sounds like it is closely tied to management---with the pay and 100+ hours a month pay for the leaders. It just sounds like a strange relationship. IF you lost that 1.2% pay raise because of the proposed 100 seat rate combined with your last agreement, then good for you. That is a step in the right direction.
And yes, my hot wife has two sisters---one just graduated from USC, and the other is a nurse in NYC.
Bye Bye--General Lee
Thanks for the response. I understand it was a good business deal, for SkyWest only. But, that is what they are supposed to do, get good deals. Ron "Insulated" Reber, though, likes to brag aloud that high fuel doesn't bother him, while his major partners are getting killed. Then he brags how well SkyWest is doing, when at the same time he could give his employees difference pay for larger aircraft--something everyone else does, except Comair now that they had to follow your lead. I am not mad at you per se', rather what your whole group did as a whole, which was change the landscape of negotiations for the Regionals. Jetblue did the same thing for 100 seaters, of course their pilots did not set that rate, their management did. Nevertheless, now everyone has to start with the Jetblue benchmark when negotiating for anything close to 100 seats. SkyWest set the benchmark for one pay rate fits all jets up to 99 seats. And your "association" sounds like it is closely tied to management---with the pay and 100+ hours a month pay for the leaders. It just sounds like a strange relationship. IF you lost that 1.2% pay raise because of the proposed 100 seat rate combined with your last agreement, then good for you. That is a step in the right direction.
And yes, my hot wife has two sisters---one just graduated from USC, and the other is a nurse in NYC.
Bye Bye--General Lee