skybus is so cheap......

[FLYfishin]

I had a buddy that went and interviewed for the chief pilot position at Skybus. The interview went well and when they offered him the job they said starting pay was $65k. He walked out.

 

[HA25]

guys.. do you seriously think I'm considering skybus for the $65 you all are hung up over?

Trust me, if inside of 2 years there is no growth, or delivery on their promises, then I've got other options.. not the least of which is they'll have given me one of the most valuable ICAO types in the market today with PIC time to boot.. In India that's worth $10K/month....

glass half full / glass half empty.. the way I see it, I can't loose. I guess I'm bless though in that I'm financially able to take this risk. Some others might be there for other reasons, but if I go, it's for the upside.. the upside baby! ..and I've got a short attention span.

 

[FLYfishin]

guys.. do you seriously think I'm considering skybus for the $65 you all are hung up over?

Trust me, if inside of 2 years there is no growth, or delivery on their promises, then I've got other options.. not the least of which is they'll have given me one of the most valuable ICAO types in the market today with PIC time to boot.. In India that's worth $10K/month....

glass half full / glass half empty.. the way I see it, I can't loose. I guess I'm bless though in that I'm financially able to take this risk. Some others might be there for other reasons, but if I go, it's for the upside.. the upside baby! ..and I've got a short attention span.

In India? Why go to India. You can more than that a month in your second year at UPS. You need to set higher goals for yourself.

 

[Ty Webb]

But to be quite honest, the biggest problem most airlines have is over-unionization

Actually, the biggest problems they have are, in no particular order:

A) Greedy, bonus-minded upper management that thinks in the short-term

B) Incompetent middle management

C) Kool-aid swilling, fearful pilots who lack "big brass clanky ones", and have "little, silver tingly ones".

Rant over.

 

[clickclickboom]

guys.. do you seriously think I'm considering skybus for the $65 you all are hung up over?

Trust me, if inside of 2 years there is no growth, or delivery on their promises, then I've got other options.. not the least of which is they'll have given me one of the most valuable ICAO types in the market today with PIC time to boot.. In India that's worth $10K/month....

glass half full / glass half empty.. the way I see it, I can't loose. I guess I'm bless though in that I'm financially able to take this risk. Some others might be there for other reasons, but if I go, it's for the upside.. the upside baby! ..and I've got a short attention span.

Then why carry on like a broken record? Get your free type get 1000 pic convert to a JAA and go live on the top floor of the marriott in mumbai...

 

[PCL_128]

guys.. do you seriously think I'm considering skybus for the $65 you all are hung up over

I don't care if it's 90-100k, you're still undercutting the rest of us by a wide margin. RJ Captains make a lot more than $68/hr. RJ Captains!!! Do you really want to be paid less than an RJ Captain to fly a narrowbody jet?

 

[HA25]

In India? Why go to India. You can more than that a month in your second year at UPS. You need to set higher goals for yourself.

a) that's tax free income

b) I've had an app in with UPS and like the 10,000 others that haven't been called in, I'm not going to wait till age 65 to move forward.

c) I have very high goals.. this is why I want to join a start up.. not many other places in this market today where one can join a well capitalized airline with new and fuel efficient jets, a totally new (outside the box) business model (which I admit has a bit of tweaking that needs to be done), and possibly hit the lottery in stocks and profit share.

ONCE AGAIN.. rather than debate this ad endum, let's just see what happens. I've been on FI.com for 7 years almost.. I'll be here when skybus folds in a year like you all say.. book mark this thread and we'll wake it up then.. K?

 

[HA25]

I don't care if it's 90-100k, you're still undercutting the rest of us by a wide margin. RJ Captains make a lot more than $68/hr. RJ Captains!!! Do you really want to be paid less than an RJ Captain to fly a narrowbody jet?

I remember when Airtran, then Value Jet was talked about the way you're talking about Skybus now.. Pot meet Kettle as some here like to say..

I remember when I was freshly furloughed from American, I used to get into similar childish back and forths with Ty Webb about how the LCC's are putting us out of business.. Well, fast forward 6 years and Ty's probably a captain at AirTran with seniority and a good paycheck, and I'm still bouncing between "jobs" with no semblance of a career left at age almost 40.. Sure I've got money, but I haven't worked for a company longer than 2 years because they've all been crap.. and now the only jobs out there are dead end jobs with dead end airlines that could merge and furlough without notice..

give me a break... $85-90K in my 2nd year at Skybus even without stock options and profit share is something to consider... add the later two, and it's a no brainer for me.

 

[HA25]

and those RJ captains you're talking about making 85K.. how many years do they have at their companies? I left ASA in 2000, and today they're still paying THE SAME DAMN THING!!! ********************! with no future!

 

[PCL_128]

I remember when Airtran, then Value Jet was talked about the way you're talking about Skybus now.. Pot meet Kettle as some here like to say..

And if I had gone to work for AirTran or ValueJet back then, then you might have a point, but that's not the case. I was looking for a job when Skybus and VA started hiring, and I specifically refused to apply to them because their pay was subpar and they didn't have a union. I was at a career fair in Atlanta and the Skybus CP was there recruiting with some HR chick. I walked by their both on the way to talk to CAL, and he tried to call me over to talk with them (they weren't getting much attention at all). I just laughed and kept walking. I'd rather fly an RJ for PCL for the rest of my life rather than work for that scumbag operation.

and I'm still bouncing between "jobs" with no semblance of a career left at age almost 40.. Sure I've got money, but I haven't worked for a company longer than 2 years because they've all been crap.. and now the only jobs out there are dead end jobs with dead end airlines that could merge and furlough without notice..

You currently work for a supplemental cargo outfit that is relatively stable with decent pay. It may not be the best job in the world, but it's better than selling yourself and the rest of the profession out just for a few stock options in a bottom feeder company.

give me a break... $85-90K in my 2nd year at Skybus even without stock options and profit share is something to consider... add the later two, and it's a no brainer for me.

Then take the danged job and stop trying to convince the rest of us to ignore common sense about how that airline is dragging down the profession. And if you take it, I hope you're on the street in 6 months begging Gemini to take you back.