SkyWest posts gains in key areas

[Dave Benjamin]

Thanks for calling me an A hole. You aren't the first, and probably not the last. Can you handle the truth?


Bye Bye--General Lee

You're welcome. I just call them like I see them. Since DAL dictates when and where their regional partners fly can you give us one good reason why DAL shouldn't be responsible for paying the fuel bill? Regionals provide contract lift on a cost plus basis. Unlike a regular airline regionals cannot raise ticket prices to cover increased costs. Of course not many majors seem to be raising ticket prices choosing instead to reduce pay, benefits, and outsource as much as possible. But I digress. Let's get back to your whiny piss ant complaints about Ron Reber stating the truth about SKYW being insulated from fuel costs due to a cost plus fee per departure arrangment. If DAL wishes to call the shots as to when and where aircraft fly what's wrong with the deal?

Also let's look at who made the deal. Did SKYW or any other regional point a gun at DAL and make them sign the contract? Doesn't DAL have a well paid, talented, and knowledgeable managment team capable of negotiating a basic feed contract that offers DAL reliaable and reasonable feed? Or is it just SKYW that has intelligent managment?

 

[180ToTheMarker]

180MARKER GUY--

nice boortz link-- Do you think Boortz cares that he furloughs another talk show host every time he is syndicated in a new market?

Not a fair comparison. Competition is good. However, what you want to do would be the same as Boortz's boss giving Royal (Boortz' sidekick) the first hour of the program because his salary is less and paying Boortz less money despite what listeners might say.

I know its a wacky analogy but hopefully it makes sense.

 

[enuffalready]

"Not a fair comparison. Competition is good. However, what you want to do would be the same as Boortz's boss giving Royal (Boortz' sidekick) the first hour of the program because his salary is less and paying Boortz less money despite what listeners might say"

I know its a wacky analogy but hopefully it makes sense

180markerguy.

I know we both like Boortz, so we have that in common. But your analogy is indeed whacky, and frankly, you lost me --

The planes are coming...that's for sure. What the people(insert listeners per your analogy) don't care about is how much the pilots get paid and what pilot flies them. SO why not maximize what I can make at my airline? Don't get me wrong. I have no problem with the Delta guy fighting for them. AS a matter of fact, they would be foolish no to. Just don't expect me to sit here and say 'thank ya masta DELTA(insert GL here) pilot for any plane you see fit for me ta fly masta'

 

[Morning Wood]

My friend in SLC who flies for you sent me that monthly newsletter for employees and I read that exact line "We are insulated from high fuel costs thanks to Delta." Ron was standing there in the picture, with his mullet haircut and his cheesy smile. He also was thinking about how he got you guys to fly any plane for one pay rate. I will continue to slam that guy. You should too, his bonus is getting larger thanks to you guys.


Bye Bye--General Lee

Come on man. If you're going to insult the man's hair get it right. It's
a fro, not a mullet. Sort of like Tom Jones or Neil Schon.

 

[Morning Wood]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? You are basically saing "F--K MAINLINE"... I can't believe you are so pro ASA that you want to fight mainline guys over airplanes, why don't you say: "I will flight tooth and nail to improve this industry and prevent sub-standard QOL and pay by supporting Mainline pilots and their wishes to have 70-100 seat airplanes if desired"

Why?

Do you honestly believe that mainline pilots getting the flying and pay
for these airplanes will cause a trickle down to the regional guys?
Or is this supposed to be some sort of carrot on a stick for people
who MIGHT get hired at mainline somewhere down the road to fly
the very same airplanes they have on property now?

I personally have friends on furlough from Delta who don't expect
to be recalled for 5 years, if ever. Times will cycle like they always
have, but not for a long time folks.

 

[ohplease!]

Do you honestly believe that mainline pilots getting the flying and pay
for these airplanes will cause a trickle down to the regional guys?
I don't think so.

deffinatly NOT!

 

[180ToTheMarker]

But your analogy is indeed whacky, and frankly, you lost me --

Sorry...that was all I could think of. I see it this way: If DAL plans on replacing some of its narrowbody airplanes with the CRJ-900, E170 or whatever, then those planes belong at mainline.

 

[joe_pilot]

Come on man. If you're going to insult the man's hair get it right. It's
a fro, not a mullet. Sort of like Tom Jones or Neil Schon.

Dude, I can't believe you know who Neil Schon is!?! Thought I might be the only guy in the Regional section who is that old. Did you know he turned down playing for Clapton at age 17 to play for Santana?

Opps! Sorry for the thread-jack.

-JP

 

[CFIT]

If DAL plans on replacing some of its narrowbody airplanes with the CRJ-900, E170 or whatever, then those planes belong at mainline.

Total BS

I absolutly could care less if it resulted in a ML dork hitting the streets. My only hope is it gets up to generalmeatwallet so he can smell towels at his gym full time. ML's only hope is that regional guys hit the street, they would love it.

ASA will be recieving 900 frames w/70 seats within 60 days, conversion to 76 or 82 could be accomplished overnight.

Fuel allocation for the Skywest contracts was insisted since the very first contract by DAL, and again during the last negotiations. Simply put there is given fuel allotment for each city pair, if more than the allotment is used, Skywest pays for it. If less is used Skywest keeps the savings. A new program is coming out that will lower fuel use and Skywest will be making millions additional off of DAL.

Delta mandated this policy, bad (repeated) decision.
Skywest agreed, good decision.

 

[Dave Benjamin]

Sorry...that was all I could think of. I see it this way: If DAL plans on replacing some of its narrowbody airplanes with the CRJ-900, E170 or whatever, then those planes belong at mainline.

I think the bankruptcy judge will see things differently. If mainline can operate them more economically than DCI carriers then the 900's or E-190's will go to mainline. Otherwise they will be on the ramp at various DCI carriers. Since there are so many furloughs still on the street any new hiring at the regionals may provide them the opportunity to be new hire FO's on those aircraft. Maybe DAL will see fit to augment their first year pay as UAL chose to do for their furloughs who went to SkyWest, Mesa, and other participating UAX carriers. What's interesting is that many of those UAL furloughs are choosing to stay put at a regional rather than accept a recall.

 

[Morning Wood]

Dude, I can't believe you know who Neil Schon is!?! Thought I might be the only guy in the Regional section who is that old. Did you know he turned down playing for Clapton at age 17 to play for Santana?

Opps! Sorry for the thread-jack.

-JP

I'm strictly retro man. Good music essetinally came to a halt in about
1990. And yes, I know all about Neil playing in Santana along
with Greg Rollie, who both later formed Journey.