SkyWest Announcement is in...

[Metro752]

Skywest needs to get big jets, who cares if you are getting more JET airplanes to replace your Brasilias.

 

[pookie]

Who cares if there are families in small bases with children who have to transplant the entire family so that they can transition to the jet.

 

[BoilerUP]

Skywest needs to get big jets, who cares if you are getting more JET airplanes to replace your Brasilias.

They "need" big jets?

Are we talking A380, or CRJ-88s and widebody Embraers?

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Shuttle America is taking their 170's and putting them on the UAL side. With each one that goes over they will be getting a 175 for the DAL side. The aircraft will only have 76 seats in it and will be 500 lbs below the max under the DAL PWA. This is a sure sign that DAL will try to push the bar up in 09.
There are plenty of 76 slots open. DAL will be geting the 90's plus 15 737. That is three 76 seaters each. That is plenty of growth. That does not even take in to account the 777 and 757's which will add 60 more 76 seaters alone.

 

[PCL_128]

The aircraft will only have 76 seats in it and will be 500 lbs below the max under the DAL PWA. This is a sure sign that DAL will try to push the bar up in 09.

And hopefully you guys will tell them to go fu&^ themselves before you'll give up anymore scope.

 

[Socalplt]

This annoucement of new jets comes the day before most of the pilots will receive voting instructions in the mail. Nice timing.

 

[ReverseSensing]

This annoucement of new jets comes the day before most of the pilots will receive voting instructions in the mail. Nice timing.

What? Don't you trust your management team? I'm sure that is purely coincidental. Otherwise, it would just be toooooo obvious.

 

[Texx]

This annoucement of new jets comes the day before most of the pilots will receive voting instructions in the mail. Nice timing.

Remember, they are not new they are replacements.

 

[Tomct]

Remember, they are not new they are replacements.

Don't say that Too Loud Texx. Skynation might get his feelings hurt! And lets not forget troutsnake...or what ever that idiot kool-aid swilling morons name is...SJS TO THE MAX!!!

 

[ASAFOE120]

Yep, this is that same scenario we see play out over there every time a union vote comes up. I'm sure the Skyw folks that have been around for a while realize what is going on (and how they've been burned before), but with all the newhires over there just happy not to be flight instructing (and drooling over the cool-aid) this could make things more interesting.

Good to luck to yall!

 

[vtech]

Lyin' BASTARDS!!!!!!!!!!

Back in 1999 during the last ALPA drive, they had less than 1000 pilots at SkyWest. They said they'd grow and look what happened.

Today, they've only got 2800+ pilots.

Lyin' BASTARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[120% Torque]

Lyin' BASTARDS!!!!!!!!!!

Back in 1999 during the last ALPA drive, they had less than 1000 pilots at SkyWest. They said they'd grow and look what happened.

Today, they've only got 2800+ pilots.

Lyin' BASTARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And skywest pilots work more now than they ever did before. The RJ's they fly now replaced the boeing jobs they might have had at much higher wages. The work rules have been and continue being gutted. With the current system of compensation a captain will be making less in 18 years than he is today in real dollars. Yeah it was a real windfall for the pilots alright. But hey your upgrade came six months sooner and you got to fly a 90 seat jet for 50 seat wages. SCORE!!!

 

[FlySacto]

And skywest pilots work more now than they ever did before. The RJ's they fly now replaced the boeing jobs they might have had at much higher wages. The work rules have been and continue being gutted. With the current system of compensation a captain will be making less in 18 years than he is today in real dollars. Yeah it was a real windfall for the pilots alright. But hey your upgrade came six months sooner and you got to fly a 90 seat jet for 50 seat wages. SCORE!!!

BINGO! You sir are Ale worthy. All this reality demands a pitcher of your choice on me.

 

[WWEfan]

When I got hired at ASA we were already union with about 700 pilots. Today we have ~1,700. Don't let management tell you that a union will cause growth to stop.

 

[PCL_128]

When I got hired at Pinnacle, I was seniority number 535, and PCL had already been ALPA for years. Now, Pinnacle has just under 1400 pilots. Like WWEfan said, growth has nothing to do with whether you have a union or not. Never believe management when they tell you that having a union on property will stunt growth.