New Skywest Jet Announcement

[Dave Benjamin]

skywest had some of the worse pay in the industry in the good times, everyone else negotiated better pay and skywest stayed at the bottom, now in bad times everyone has had to lower the bar to your stinkin rates or lower, flying the 90 for 50 rates is not the same as flying a 75 for 76 rates

Really??!!

Where were you working back in the 1990's?

 

[Dave Benjamin]

if I fly these planes for the same rate but make more overall than those who have split rates, will people still piss and moan?

if UPS, Delta, and loads of other airlines pay the same for different aircraft, will people still whine and complain?

If SkyWest remains non-union yet matches or betters their Union competition at other regionals in overall QOL, pay, benefits, etc, will people still cling to antiquated notions of how things are supposed to work?

and lastly, if SkyWest has a better rate on the 50 than XYZ airlines, am I supposed to (per the whiney ass tone of this forum) piss, moan, whine, complain, etc. about anyone who makes less than me being a 'sellout' or a 'scab' or 'lowering the bar' or whatever?

let's see, I guess it's yes, yes, yes.........blah blah blah blah

OR, should I keep enjoying working for a company I enjoy, where I make more than my counterpartsat other regionals, where we continue to grow and thrive, seek new opportunities, and lead the market?

please, all wise ones of flightinfo.com, tell me? ;-)

Sure sounds like someone with the initials - N W

 

[ASADriver]

If Skywest gets more of our airplanes, we have nobody to blame but ourselves. These were ASA orders that Skywest acquired when they purchased us. This will continue as long as we continue to be unreasonable.

 

[joesmiley]

Sorry Dave, hate to burst your bubble. Not even close.

Sure sounds like someone with the initials - N W

 

[SkyNation]

Sure sounds like someone with the initials - N W

wrong.

 

[General Lee]

She's smiling because you just left her.

Good one. That wasn't the case, though.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[curtaindriver]

Considering that these planes are only going to have 70 seats (for now) these rates aren't as bad as JB's rate on the E190.

GP

It takes 9 years at Skywest to reach 2 year pay at JetBlue on 190. Not sure what you were reading. And, we hate the rates at JetBlue, nobody I know is trying to justify them and say we should be happy. The 190 rate will go up, soon.

cd

 

[Newpilot2b]

Tools are for mechanics so stop calling someone a tool.
As for SkyWest taking ASA planes. Man figure it out already Mesa was going to buy you if it wasn't for SkyWest Inc. You realy want to fly under the Mesa Banner. Imagine getting that Paycheck now and having Mesa Inc. on the top. We(SKW) Pilots didn't take your planes If I had a plane to take It wouldn't be the 900(piece of crap). Oh and one last thing, we are pissed about LAX as your Base. It should have been our Base, We have been waiting for an LAX base for 10 years now and you took it away from us.......Blah, Blah, Blah
Get a (new) Life guys. It's post 9/11 the world is not the same. Till you figure it out the Unions will take you down to China(Japane) town.

 

[Texx]

If SkyWest remains non-union yet matches or betters their Union competition at other regionals in overall QOL, pay, benefits, etc, will people still cling to antiquated notions of how things are supposed to work?

let's see, I guess it's yes, yes, yes.........blah blah blah blah

Well to quote your might leader JA, "I can change the rules at any time".

Still drinking the Kool Aid boy.

 

[~~~^~~~]

Oh and one last thing, we are pissed about LAX as your Base. It should have been our Base, We have been waiting for an LAX base for 10 years now and you took it away from us....Get a (new) Life guys.

Hey, I'll trade you LA with 2 CRJ200's for what was our senior base and 18 CRJ700/900's.

Your "get a (new) life" comment is really nice. Looking for a job when you were finally holding a decent schedule in the left seat has certainly got to be one of the most pleasant experiences I've had. Hope you don't have the same "opportunity" to get a new life because it pretty much sucks to be looking for work.

 

["GO AROUND"]

Well to quote your might leader JA, "I can change the rules at any time".

Still drinking the Kool Aid boy.

Texx, long time no hear.

 

["GO AROUND"]

If Skywest gets more of our airplanes, we have nobody to blame but ourselves. These were ASA orders that Skywest acquired when they purchased us. This will continue as long as we continue to be unreasonable.

So the pilot group is the only ones being unreasonable? Oh I see.. Just like the performance numbers the last few months have been the pilots fault? Riiiiiiight. Nothing to do with managment and their inability to do their job?
Camine Testa has already said the ramp staffing at 50% was their fault, but Brian neglected to add that into the reasons for our numbers being so low.

I meant to ask, why didn't you ask the CNC member in the lounge why there hasn't been something to vote on? You said you talked to one about the so called offer the company put out there but didn't ask him why it wasn't put out to the pilots?

 

[jehtplane]

the guy makes more than you, even with lower hourly rates, and has a better QOL working for an airline thats growing....and you think he's the idiot?? umm k!

but hey, you seem really cool name calling.

oh yeah, by the way. if someone pays the same for 75/76, it isn't 76 pay OR 75 pay....its the SAME! and its all about 40% lower than it was a year or so ago.

but hey, you seem really cool name calling.....

How do you figure a Skywest 70 seat driver makes more than an ASA 70 seat Driver?

 

[jehtplane]

Sorry Dave, hate to burst your bubble. Not even close.

Don't worry about Dave, He was neutered a long time ago, So Dave what is it like to have NO balls?

 

[FORESTGUMP]

How do you figure a Skywest 70 seat driver makes more than an ASA 70 seat Driver?

pretty much common knowledge that their w2's are higher than ours.

 

[ReportCanoa]

I'll take a SKyWest W2 and shove it up your WD-40.

 

[Drill Sgt. Dad]

Once Again!!! The industry gets dragged down even further.

 

[SkyNation]

Still drinking the Kool Aid boy.

one of the most tired and incorrectly used references on this board.

Jim Jones killed his followers by giving them poisened Kool Aid. KILLED them.

If we lead the industry, make more $, have better QOL, bases, continue to attract new flying, etc., how then are we being KILLED by what JA gives us?

being KILLED is quite the opposite of THRIVING, don't you think, 'Boy'?

 

[Stifler's Mom]

The company may be thriving, but individual employees aren't.

 

[SkyNation]

The company may be thriving, but individual employees aren't.

really? who? of course it depends on one's mindset and who you ask.

I'm an employee, and compared to my counterparts at other regionals, I'm thriving.