Skybus CEO first one to bail out of sinking ship

[Shrek]

With oil at record levels shouldn't you all be worried about your individual careers rather than Skybus. Seriously, how much competition or threat is Skybus to you?

or Aww cmon guys stop pickin on me?!

You were the last guy on the Kickball team that got picked weren't chya?!

Man up - you gambled and LOST. It is just a matter of time before it is a done deal.

 

[samballs]

With oil at record levels shouldn't you all be worried about your individual careers rather than Skybus. Seriously, how much competition or threat is Skybus to you?

Your pay at Skybus is less than some make at regionals. People aren't worried about the competition, we're worried about management realizing there are people out there like yourself that are willing to work for nothing. They already realize pilots will bend over for them, but a lot still aren't willing to take the face shot.

What will the pilots that were saying "I need to take this job to put food on the table" (while other airlines were hiring) say when this airline folds. Seems like a bad choice, you took bad pay and eventually will not have a job again. Way to put food on the table..

 

[Jimmy C. Corn]

Is part of the Skybus salary in stock?

Can they sell the stock immediately?

 

[johnny taliban]

stock

it is probably stock OPTIONS which are pretty much worthless if the stock price doesn't reach a certain amount

 

[Draginass]

How much did the CEO loot the company for before he jumped in the lifeboat?

 

[Correcting]

t is probably stock OPTIONS which are pretty much worthless if the stock price doesn't reach a certain amount

The stock options are especially worthless when the company isn't even a public company, and therefore has no stock available to buy or sell.

 

[hockeypilot44]

What's second year pay over there? Don't most major airlines start off at $30-$50 per hour?

 

[imacdog]

clickclick is that a Hostetler, Nosen, or another one?

 

[climbhappy]

from what i've been told, there is no second year pay which is why they were looking at teamsters. the options are worthless unless it is taken public. you know they're looking at their options. what good pilot wouldn't have a good alternate and a second one. give them some credit and a break. they did get a type, though.

 

[hockeypilot44]

Wow. Why would anyone take a job there where the first officers max out at probationary pay at other airlines, and the captains max out at regional pay? I don't feel bad for them. Disgraceful. Whatever happened to having pride in what you do?

 

[climbhappy]

whatever happened to having pride in what you do

c'mon now, i have my misgivings about thier plan and i think it stunk. but to say these guys don't have pride? one is a retired Delta captain with more time over the outer marker than you have total time. LOL

 

[Shrek]

c'mon now, i have my misgivings about thier plan and i think it stunk. but to say these guys don't have pride? one is a retired Delta captain with more time over the outer marker than you have total time. LOL

It is a shame that such an experienced aviator would trade in his integrity for butterfly wings.............heartbreaking.

 

[climbhappy]

my bud at netjets said he was one of the 6 who left for SX

 

[fly4funcrj]

And he must feel like a$$. starting f/o's at netjets make more then skybus cpt. Sad..

 

[JJET44]

from what i've been told, there is no second year pay which is why they were looking at teamsters.

That's because a second year in business isn't in there business plan.
They're probably surprised that they've lasted this long.

 

[climbhappy]

just heard a guy just quit from there. he took a corp. job. i'm sure they're all looking heavily. should be able to find frac and corp pretty easily.

 

[Guitar Guy]

should be able to find frac and corp pretty easily.

I wonder if any of the ones that left NetJets for SkyBus will ever get an interview at NetJets again.

 

[Gator1999]

I wonder if any of the ones that left NetJets for SkyBus will ever get an interview at NetJets again.

I heard that the guys that left were all new hires with NetJets, probably just finished the type, at the time they went to Skybus. Why should NetJets take them back? They've already stated with their actions that they don't want to be here. They obviously think that NetJets is just a waiting room to the next thing out there. Screw'em, there are plenty of people that want to get hired here and stay here, why should NetJets waste the time and resources on these people that have already shown that they don't want to be here?

 

[clickclickboom]

I think it is safe to assume that they will not be going back to netjets..

lots of guys left great jobs to go there. One guy was 2 days from a type ride at flight safety hired as a sales demo pilot at $125k a year in savannah

In life people sit back and take a chance.. Who knows.. skybus could have been a great deal if all the other economic factors were not there.

Just ask the initial 50 or so guys at jetblue most of them are millionaires.. Simply a product of perfect timing

 

[fly4funcrj]

I have to disagree about the perfect timing. When you cater to the absolute lowest denominator, you will loose. Southwest, while they are a lcc, does not have the cheapest fares a lot of the times. People assume they do. Skybus chose to offer below cost fares and then try to sell stuff. Their own business model was flawed from the beginning.. Lets see.. They said people want the bare minimum. They don't want to pay for a blanket they wont use, or a pillow, or a drink, etc.. Yet, we will base a lot of our profits on selling stuff in flight.. wtf?!? Screw 'em..