Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! (as in SKYW)

[ArcticFlier]

Not to hijack the thread, but how's the union drive going at SKYW?

Dunno, Baze. They're in the middle of doing some polling etc., but beyond that........... no idea how many cards are in, no timeline........... dunno.

 

[SkyNation]

talked to an OC guy just the other day in the crew lounge. they have 'about' 40% of cards, they want to have 60%. He says they're shooting for late summer, early fall.

so, in real terms, it doesn't have the momentum they had hoped for.

 

[Baze]

ArcticFlyer & SkyNation,

Thanks for the info. With 70+ new-hires coming onboard each month, I'm skeptical that the union drive is going to pick up any kind of momentum any time soon.

Baze out...

 

[Tomct]

How is he lying? He has said that your costs have to come down or you're history. How is that lying? Your management may have said something else. You may not want to hear what he has to say. But JA has been consistant.

The fact is he is trying to make our pilot group fix the below the wing costs as well. The fact that they cannot hire "Quality" people for the ramp...not my problem. Maybe if I just sat back and TOOK whatever J@ss gave me....uh like YOU...then maybe I would not have such a case of the Mondays! The funniest part...you guys don't even see the train that is coming your way. But hey...that's okay...Skywst is the bestest place to work on earth!!!uke:

 

[Tomct]

Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!

No seriously,

Sound's like someone who has been with this company for 5 years. Hasn't been able to upgrade, hasn't had a single raise to keep up with inflation even though the company makes record profits, went through this company making them move from Dallas to Atlanta to SLC to LA and now back to Atlanta all within a few years, and just got junior manned for the 2nd time this month because our Glass G.O. doesn't have the aptitude to sufficiently staff the airline.

NOPE...been here much longer than that! AAAAHHHHHH, I can't WAIT to get out of this joint.:nuts:

 

[Gr82Aviate]

Skywest and ASA have the highest profit margins for a regional airline in the world.
Fact Skypest profit margin 13.4 %
Fact ASA profit margin 13.5 %
So, we need a pay cut. Ja kiss my AS*

Actually, according to the Feb. 2007 issue of Aviation International News: "SkyWest Airlines and its subsidiary ASA, turned the biggest profit margins in the ENTIRE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, 12.3% and 12.1%, respectively". Not just regionals...

 

[Tarzan]

Actually, according to the Feb. 2007 issue of Aviation International News: "SkyWest Airlines and its subsidiary ASA, turned the biggest profit margins in the ENTIRE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, 12.3% and 12.1%, respectively". Not just regionals...

I am still not concerned with SKW Inc getting rid of ASA. Dollar for dollar, ASA still earns more per airplane that SKW planes do. This just the typical drum beat of how the game gets played between the companies and unions at this level.

That being said, the companies are still beholden to the shareholders and the more revenue or return on the dollar they can provide, the greater the influx of money to grow. Greed you ask? Doesn't that make the world go around? Without drive and motivation to make more money, why would you risk capital like that? For the employees? Not likely.

All facts (and rumors) considered, ASA is still the goose laying the Golden Egg for SKW Inc. The goose may be a pain in the a$$ but it is still producing.