Skybus' "rules of the sky"

[Skywriter70]

hope you'll never need a job elsewhere.....

 

[oldxfr8dog]

Careful

I'm also aghast at the wages and level of service.
But, they haven't crossed any lines. Don't cheapen the meaning of scab.

 

[larhode]

They better all live in CMH, because getting a jumpseat on another carrier will be difficult.

 

[Rottweiller]

I think they are going to do just fine. You'll be shoulder-to-shoulder with trailer trash fatties with t-shirts, flip flops and body odor, but hey, the ticket is cheap.

So it will be like Southwest and Airtran then? They will do just fine!!

 

[flyforfood77777]

Sounds like a Ryanair wannabe where most of the revenue comes from inflight sales, baggage fees, and advertising. As a passenger, I would fly this company. I don't need a lice ridden pillow, to watch some shi%%y movie, with my watered down cup of oj. Many of the legacies have an inferior product to the LCC's.

As a pilot, this company nauseates me. I hope they have a short history. Plus I think CMH severely lacks the O & D traffic to support their operation.

 

[The Victors]

This rat hole circus act of a company needs to be nipped in the bud quickly. Can you imagine, if they have even the slightest success, all the clones to follow?

 

[HA25]

Taking from the website:

On Skybus, you pay only for what you check. The first two bags are
5 bucks apiece. After that, it’s $50 a bag (yeah, so pack smartly).​

Most people love our full cocktail bar and food menu, but if you’re not
into that, it won’t cost you a penny. Why should your ticket price include
your neighbor’s dinner? That also goes for blankets and pillows–which,
by the way, you get to keep if you buy. Oh, and don’t sneak food onboard unless you brought enough for the whole plane.​

We don’t have a phone number. Seriously. We’d love to chat, but
those phone banks are expensive. And a good website like skybus.com
is even more convenient.​

You probably won’t see any agents at the gate until boarding time. Remain calm. Just print your boarding pass at skybus.com and relish in the savings.​

Yeah, we’ve got preferred seats. Sort of.​

There are no fancy reclining beds onboard, but you can pay 10 bucks extra
to board our brand-new A319 airplanes before anyone else.​

Tickets are nonrefundable.​

Refunding a ticket costs everyone, so we don’t allow it. Of course, our tickets are so cheap that it wouldn’t have been much of a refund anyway. If you need to change a ticket, your punishment for breaking a date with us is $40.

Where do I apply?:nuts: ​

$60K/yr Captains and now this..

God help us all! Where are we going? Where I ask?

 

[HA25]

a HUGE FREAKIN' GREYHOUND.

yeah, except a unionized grey hound driver makes a lot more than their pilots.. (for real).

 

[Champ42272]

No flame here, but I would not underestimate the price sensitivity of the US consumer. If Skybus makes a go it (ala Ryanair's business model in Europe), it will be because they make enough revenue from tickets to just cover the cost of ACMI, and the profit margin comes from advertising and other fees.

My in-laws live in CMH, and although they are not trailer-trash, as retirees I can assure you they would buy $10 tickets and put up with a lot of hassles to fly confirmed to many destinations with little or no frills (and their daughters fly for Delta, American and USAir!). The leisure traveling public could care less about the amenities that passenger carrying major airlines provide, which is one reason Southwest is so successful. Just give them a cheap seat and get them there in one piece. Anyone can suffer for a couple of hours on a plane to get where they want to go for little or no money.

This is a major threat to our industry (my wife is a pilot for Delta), and if successful, every MBA from Stanford to Harvard will try to figure out how to incorporate these business practices at the majors.

Although I am skeptical that Skybus will be successful or profitable, it will be worth monitoring closely. The future impacts of this business model could be very significant - in a bad way.

Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Champ42272

 

[SSDD]

OK. Come admit it. Who will be the first to ask for the jumpseat?

 

[TAWS]

You guys are missing the point. Just like Ryanair, only a few seats on each flight will be for $10 - the rest will be on a sliding scale, just like everyone else. I seriously doubt that CMH is a large enough market to support it's own airline, so where are they going to base next? Ryanair has multiple bases in Europe, nobody overnights, unless absolutely necessary! Sooner or later they'll run up against WN - that'll be interesting!

I'm hearing that their CAs are ex Indy Air - Anyone know for sure? Surely they could've found jobs elsewhere before this.

 

[rnobson]

They sure don't believe in wasting anything >>>> So will the delicious bar food left over from Tuesday still be sold on Wed >>? Thurs >> or later ???

It will sure be special a week later

 

[OCP]

You guys are missing the point. Just like Ryanair, only a few seats on each flight will be for $10 - the rest will be on a sliding scale, just like everyone else. I seriously doubt that CMH is a large enough market to support it's own airline, so where are they going to base next? Ryanair has multiple bases in Europe, nobody overnights, unless absolutely necessary! Sooner or later they'll run up against WN - that'll be interesting!

I'm hearing that their CAs are ex Indy Air - Anyone know for sure? Surely they could've found jobs elsewhere before this.

I know of one who is an ex Indi Air guy. He's at Air Whisky now and intervied over at skybus. Don't know why...

 

[HA25]

I'm hearing that their CAs are ex Indy Air - .

Wouldn't surprise me.. they're going to prey on the weak and unemployed... I hope those Indy guys get on their feet and leave as soon as they can.

Or maybe those 4000 stock options will turn them into millionaires one day! Not.

 

[xcrjdriver]

Word on the street is that several A-319 checkairman from Indy Air went to Skybus. Also at least one flight attendant is at skybus, helped write the manuals for them.

 

[murano]

Word on the street is that several A-319 checkairman from Indy Air went to Skybus. Also at least one flight attendant is at skybus, helped write the manuals for them.

A-319 check airmen... cream of the crop. The guys that couldn't find jobs anywhere else because they stepped on too many people's toes during their training nazi regime at ACA.

 

[jetjock6]

Stews will make $9 an hour, and a comission on everything they sell---food, drinks etc. They won't be happy or friendly on empty flights!

Bye Bye--General Lee

That's just what I want. Some commission hungry FA trying to sell me something every two minutes during a flight.

 

[crashpad]

With the BS travelers have to put up with these days from the TSA, they should fly for free. C'mon this is America-Land Of The Free. 1 out of 7 people on the street will tell you it's owed to them....we are indigenous to this country....we don't need no stinking boarding passes!

 

[Fins Up]

OK. Come admit it. Who will be the first to ask for the jumpseat?

I would love to jumpseat on them once just to see what the real deal is.

 

[Freight Dog]

Jumpseat? Sure! That'll be $10.