SkyBus Jumpseater

[flynryan15]

Consider this...If you showed up at a SkyBus gate and told the gate agent that you think you should get a seat for free what do you think they would tell you?

I think they would tell me 9 dollars please!!!

 

[JoeMerchant]

If doing something that "lowers the bar" is reason to exclude from the jumpseat...... then there won't be many of us riding the jumpseat..... Including those who paid Gulfstream to sit in the right seat.....

Lot's of people in glass houses throwing stones.........

 

[chimichanga]

...a significant stock options and profit share package unique in the airline industry today which, depending on airline financial performance, can make them the highest paid pilots in the US"

Any truth to this statement?

Probably about as much truth as CommutAir telling us our ESOP will make us all millionaires if we stayed long enough to be fully vested...

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

If doing something that "lowers the bar" is reason to exclude from the jumpseat...... then there won't be many of us riding the jumpseat..... Including those who paid Gulfstream to sit in the right seat.....

Lot's of people in glass houses throwing stones.........

and those who sued the Assocaition.... there are no rocks and stones about your house....

 

[TheInsider]

BS. These individuals have done some irreparable damage to the industry as a whole by redefining the bottom, accepting the same rate that MESA pais to their captains (which is low to begin with) to fly an Airbus is no better than to cross a picket line or to lie about your hours on your logbook. These individuals are bottom feeders that accepted this position because 1) SJS to create resume and move on 2) they are SCABS and this is the only job they can get 3) They have checkered past and this is the only POS job they can get. They did not consider the repercussions of what this will do to the future earnings of your sons and daughters if they decide to venture into this career and the long term effects that setting a new industry low will have. They don't deserve ANY common curtesy

You're such as a$$! And an uneducated one too. Please keep picket line crossers and scabs in a separate category. people like you make this world dumber and dumber

 

[siucavflight]

I like Skybus, the girls that work there are slutty.

You're such as a$$! And an uneducated one too. Please keep picket line crossers and scabs in a separate category. people like you make this world dumber and dumber

You are dumb.

 

[Caspian27]

Someone needs to post a pic of these "jungle" uniforms...

 

[Wiggums]

Not great but check this out...

http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=01073073&size=large

Check out the highlighter I once flew with a guy who took the chart out and highlighted all the VORs on the route. Never figured out what he did if you flew on the same chart more then once per a cycle.

 

[AirBadger]

Switch to the pink highlighter, duh.

 

[OPECJet]

Not sure if it matters at your company, but the letter I received from the Skybus jumpseat coordinator stated they will take any 121 pilot or dispatcher as a jumpseater reciprocal agreement or not. The letter was also very professional and respectful.

I don't like the Skybus business model any more than you guys do, but I don't like the thought of any pilot being away from their family longer than they have to.

How many of those pilots went there with the intention of getting the Airbus type, a few hours, and taking it to another airline? I don't know, and neither do you.

 

[CA1900]

Someone needs to post a pic of these "jungle" uniforms...

Crikey!

 

[waveoff]

Probably about as much truth as CommutAir telling us our ESOP will make us all millionaires if we stayed long enough to be fully vested...

Ha! I still get ESOP statements from them once in awhile. The last statement I got said my shares were worth $0.30. I'm waiting for the statement that says I OWE them money.:laugh: Didn't Joe H. and some of the more senior guys take Andy P. and Jim D. to court?

I interviewed at Skybus last month...what a joke! They try to run their place like it's Southwest Airlines even calling the HR department the People department. It was a highly unorganized event filled with deception. Their presentation tried to make it look like Skybus pilots would be the highest paid pilots in the industry if the stock options took off. Then, it literally took 3 hours to fingerprint 18 of us. What a waste of my day...I could have been home raking leaves and picking up piles of dog poop in my yard from my neighbor's dog.

As far as the jumpseating idea goes...I'd let anyone jumpseat on my plane. I remember what it was like trying to get to work when I used to commute. Without that privilege I would've been screwed on many occasions. I think a lot of the people here talk all big and bad by saying, "I wouldn't allow so and so to jumpseat on MY plane!" In reality, they're hiding behind their "macho" internet persona and don't have the balls in real life to tell so and so to take a hike when requesting the jumpseat. That's my $0.02...

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

Do they wear brown rounds for hats? THat would be the icing on the cake. Someone post a picture of there uniforms.

 

[strega7]

Not great but check this out...

http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=01073073&size=large

Did anyone you take your notes from ground school into the actual airplane on a revenue flight? Look in the photo of whats he's holding. Might as well put, "Flying the Airbus for Idiots" on the cover and show the passengers.

 

[ballsdeep123]

Give me a break, he's (she's) just another pilot trying to get to and from work. The jumpseat should NEVER as a political football. Additionally, what better way to get your thoughts across to this person (Skybus J/S rider) than to have him (her) locked into the J/S seat and having to listen to your position?

Bob

I should not be making more in the right seat of a crj then those clowns are in a airbus. They can drive

 

[Ezralite]

Is this the jumpseater in question?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18318824@N00/153825296/

 

[CA1900]

Is this the jumpseater in question?

Hahahahahaha.... Nicely played.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Did anyone you take your notes from ground school into the actual airplane on a revenue flight? Look in the photo of whats he's holding. Might as well put, "Flying the Airbus for Idiots" on the cover and show the passengers.

Whoa, those aren't ground school notes. That's the actual POH/OM for the aircraft.

 

[PoorJetDriver]

I had to deny one but they were not CASS at the time and the back was full. Are they CASS now?

 

[WSurf]

I had to deny one but they were not CASS at the time and the back was full. Are they CASS now?

Yes, they are cass.

 

[Say Again Over]

I should not be making more in the right seat of a crj then those clowns are in a airbus. They can drive

I bet those clowns at least have an ATP, lol.

 

[SKYWRJGUY]

Somethings never change...

 

[Flybet3]

Just curious in the fact that I had a Skybus Captain jumpseat in the back from CLT to Hilton Head.

Had mx on the aircraft and didn't have time to really talk to him while boarding.

Whats everyones take on allowing Skybus jumpseaters?

You're a dou**e bag for letting them on. You're a dou**e bag for NOT letting them on.
Which one will you be?

 

[Flybet3]

Tell your son or daughter to show a little grace and accept the job that is being offered to them flying an RJ for $40 an hour. Not possible? I got news for you, there are folks flying an airbus for $60. Even in Africa they pay more money than that to fly a CRJ. What a joke this market has become

Then move to africa dumb a$$$$.

 

[Striptyler]

Maybe the skybus pilots got it figured out... move in for a type and 6 months in an airbus. When the company falls through chapter11, and is dissolved, they collect unemployment checks for 4 months of "job hunting". Earning back some of the money Uncle Sam steals from every paycheck.

Makes for an easy, "hard knock life" story when you apply to a major.

 

[MusicMan]

Somethings never change...

I agree! I am convinced that pilots will never learn how to speak or write properly. The grammar on this site is appalling and the worst of it comes from the guys who think that they should be paid as if they were running the companies. If you want to be treated like a professional then learn to be articulate like a professional. Instead of "somethings," you mean "some things."

I'm going to go off on my high horse here for a moment. If you don't want to read it stop now.

There are three versions of the word "there, their or they're." Get it straight. It's not difficult.

There: It's an adverb that means; in or at a place other than here. For example, "The good jobs are over there."

Their: It's the possessive form of the word they. For example, "It is their contract good, not our ********************ty contract."

They're: This is a contraction of "they" and "are." For example, "They are making more money at their airline than we are at ours!"

This is the first installment of many that will point out the disgrace that we call the U.S. educational system. I will intersperse my commentaries into regular discussions when you least expect it, unless of course you are a good grammarian. Then you will understand. If you don't like to read my crap, move on.

Future installments will include the difference between then and than; it's and its; two, too, and to. Good luck.

 

[skiandsurf]

Future installments will include the difference between then and than; it's and its; two, too, and to. Good luck.

You might include; lose and loose.

 

[g-code]

I thought the clip-on tie was a nice touch.

 

[climbhappy]

include your and you're, that's always good... and my tie; and m'ai t'ai..

 

[AWACO]

I agree! I am convinced that pilots will never learn how to speak or write properly. The grammar on this site is appalling and the worst of it comes from the guys who think that they should be paid as if they were running the companies. If you want to be treated like a professional then learn to be articulate like a professional. Instead of "somethings," you mean "some things."

I'm going to go off on my high horse here for a moment. If you don't want to read it stop now.

There are three versions of the word "there, their or they're." Get it straight. It's not difficult.

There: It's an adverb that means; in or at a place other than here. For example, "The good jobs are over there."

Their: It's the possessive form of the word they. For example, "It is their contract good, not our ********************ty contract."

They're: This is a contraction of "they" and "are." For example, "They are making more money at their airline than we are at ours!"

This is the first installment of many that will point out the disgrace that we call the U.S. educational system. I will intersperse my commentaries into regular discussions when you least expect it, unless of course you are a good grammarian. Then you will understand. If you don't like to read my crap, move on.

Future installments will include the difference between then and than; it's and its; two, too, and to. Good luck.

Wow you need to find a hobby or something. You even used special formatting options, i didnt even know that was an option.