The $10 fare is here...

[bgaviator]

Go get im starchkr - this thread is gettin GOOD

It's not getting good, it's getting full of nonsense like typical Flightinfo.com threads tend to be.

 

[buxflyr]

It doesn't matter how cheap your fares are if you aren't flying anywhere people want to go.

Nowhere people want to go? The only place you dont want to go is Ann Arbor, MI.

Skybus is flying to the top 10 out of 15 destinations requested out of Columbus per day. If you think it will only be people from CMH flying Skybus, you are mistaken. DAY has been almost full for 3 months now....CVG people are driving up because of the outrageous fares there. heck...even the long term lot is full in DAY right now. Airtran is adding LAS in August. People are looking...and now there might be an answer. Too bad pilots are not respected. If only the former SWA guy at Skybus management could bring SWA values...this could be a great place to be.

 

[EdAtTheAirport]

Hey, that service isn't too far removed from the service on {a certain legacy carrier that I won't mention by name}. $2 for headsets. $2 for curbside check in. $4 biscuits. The only thing I haven't seen yet is the FAA approval for strap hanging, so they can get 250 standing customers on a 319.

 

[TWA]

Skybus is flying to the top 10 out of 15 destinations requested out of Columbus per day.

Well, kind of. Skybus is flying within a 2 hour drive of 10 of the top 15 destinations out of CMH. I may be poor and cheap, but I still think some of the destinations are a little far out. I could see flying into a secondary airport on the other side of a destination city, but not 80 miles away from a city.

 

[RP170]

Nowhere people want to go? The only place you dont want to go is Ann Arbor, MI.quote]

Unless you want to visit the finest academic and athletic institution in the land. And yes, OSU is rated last in the Big Ten for academics even though their grads will never admit it. You must be both an OSU grad AND a Skybus pilot. The two go hand and hand quite nicely.

 

[JohnDoe]

....but note you will have to go pick up your bag at baggage claim, and then re-check in for your next flight.

Boy.....that is going to be fun. Multiple trips through security. You are going to need 2 hours between connecting flights to make that work. If you're flight is delayed getting in.....oh well. Make the choice between making your connection without your bag, or getting your bag and missing your flight.

There is a little more leg room on the Skybus seats due to the seatback pockets being removed down below which gives you a couple of inches....

Oh please............

 

[starchkr]

Hmmm....$hit sacks huh...that's a good idea... Only now that takes away my idea of the pay for play for their lavs...well, i guess it really would do the same thing though...hmmmmm.

One lav would be funny...can you imagine the lines for it...almost like those at a greyhound station....OH WAIT....that's right, nevermind.

I don't think it's full of non-sense, it seems to be proving a point of what this airline tends to be thinking in their rise to the bottom.

There are a lot of places i don't want to go!!!! most of them have me arriving at an airport 90 miles away from my destination, and calling that the local service!

Ann Arbor can have the "finest academic and athlectic" institution in the US (although i must humbly disagree), but they can NEVER even come close to the finest women in the academic US...that belongs in the Lone Star State...and i am sure most of you could figure that one out by looking towards the bottom of this(and every) thread of mine.

What's up Shrek? How's Spirit treatin ya? The sad part about this, although it is fun, is that it is all true.

 

[buxflyr]

Nowhere people want to go? The only place you dont want to go is Ann Arbor, MI.quote]

Unless you want to visit the finest academic and athletic institution in the land. And yes, OSU is rated last in the Big Ten for academics even though their grads will never admit it. You must be both an OSU grad AND a Skybus pilot. The two go hand and hand quite nicely.

Finest athletic institution is quite a stretch. If you consider the NIT a qualification...then well, Ill give that one to you. Know about the Heisman trophy? Probably not. Here's a little help:

Winners by school

School Winners Ohio State 7 Notre Dame 7 USC 7 Oklahoma 4 Army 3 Michigan 3 Nebraska 3 Auburn 2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisman_Trophy

If you have a stat for the most dorks at one college, you're right...Michigan might just be at the top. Take off your Zubaz and come to the real world...we're waiting!

 

[buxflyr]

Well, kind of. Skybus is flying within a 2 hour drive of 10 of the top 15 destinations out of CMH. I may be poor and cheap, but I still think some of the destinations are a little far out. I could see flying into a secondary airport on the other side of a destination city, but not 80 miles away from a city.

Very True.

 

[RP170]

Finest athletic institution is quite a stretch. If you consider the NIT a qualification...then well, Ill give that one to you. Know about the Heisman trophy? Probably not. Here's a little help:

Winners by school

School Winners Ohio State 7 Notre Dame 7 USC 7 Oklahoma 4 Army 3 Michigan 3 Nebraska 3 Auburn 2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisman_Trophy

If you have a stat for the most dorks at one college, you're right...Michigan might just be at the top. Take off your Zubaz and come to the real world...we're waiting!

The Heisman is an individual award and it sure proved well for Troy Smith this year. He was drafted in what, the 6th round? Impressive.

Here is the most important fact anyhow:

Michigan 57 wins
Ohio State 40 wins
Ties 6

I can't wait to be at the game in Ann Arbor in November. The team with the most experienced QB always wins. This year that happens to be Michigan. Ohio State will be 10-3 in 2007. Michigan will be 12-1.

 

[starchkr]

Ummm...not that i give a rip about either of those schools, but to save ya from any crap from buxflyr there RP, he went last in the fifth round, almost the sixth, but not quite there.

 

[Shrek]

starchkr.............so far so good

 

[buxflyr]

The Heisman is an individual award and it sure proved well for Troy Smith this year. He was drafted in what, the 6th round? Impressive.

Here is the most important fact anyhow:

Michigan 57 wins
Ohio State 40 wins
Ties 6

I can't wait to be at the game in Ann Arbor in November. The team with the most experienced QB always wins. This year that happens to be Michigan. Ohio State will be 10-3 in 2007. Michigan will be 12-1.

Half of those wins from Michigan are from before WWII.

I know michigan will be good this year, but as long as Llllloyd Carr is still at michigan, 5-1 in the last 6 years has a good chance to turn into 6-1! Keep Lloyd!

 

[buxflyr]

OK...so I dont work at Skybus, but I live in Columbus and on the radio the other day, they said Skybus sold 60,000 tickets the first day the website was up. Does that seem crazy to anyone else? Skybus is going to have their one shot at landing customer's loyalty on that first flight....wonder if it will work??

 

[ableone]

156 people and One Lav?

Anyone care to take bets on how long that is going to last?

 

[shindler]

let's also remind everyone that quite few Skybus pilot were Gojet pilot.....
nothing else to add.

 

[buxflyr]

let's also remind everyone that quite few Skybus pilot were Gojet pilot.....
nothing else to add.

Is that a proven fact, or is that a FI rumor?

 

[Shrek]

Is that a proven fact, or is that a FI rumor?

Fact = DT who was the Chief Pilot over at GoJet is now a checkairman (80,000 per year) over at Skybus and took around 5 pilots from GoJet the first month.

But who knows since then...........

Does it actually surprise you that this type of operation attracts GoJet pilots?

 

[5niner0]

CMH, useless to me! I guess that's a good thing you live there!

 

[boulevard]

Fact = Shrek doesn't know the definition of "fact"

Cite your sources.

 

[Cobra]

FYI, I don't fly for them. I am just an Ohio native who likes to hope for the best when a new big company plans on bringing jobs to the state. I can answer a couple of your questions though. CMH will only have a max of 8-10 planes stationed there. The other "focus cities" that will come online in the near future will be the bases for the other aircraft.
And yes, you do keep the pillows and blankets if you buy them on board...it states that on the web site.

Why go through all the trouble with these "new jobs?" You can probably make more money working at Mickie D's or Walmart. I rather munch on a employee discounted cheeseburger than a bag of stale peanuts. Wouldn't you?

 

[bgaviator]

Well, first of all....good luck making the kind of wages Skybus employees make at Walmart or McDonald's.....you must not know what those companie's pay their employees.
Secondly, and just a pet peave of mine....people keep mentioning peanuts....what airline serves peanuts anymore? I don't think any do anymore due to allergies.

 

[Shrek]

Fact = Shrek doesn't know the definition of "fact"

Cite your sources.

On here?!...........lol The info is accurate and you know it.........

NEVER FORGET

 

[Cobra]

Well, first of all....good luck making the kind of wages Skybus employees make at Walmart or McDonald's.....you must not know what those companie's pay their employees.
Secondly, and just a pet peave of mine....people keep mentioning peanuts....what airline serves peanuts anymore? I don't think any do anymore due to allergies.

I think you missed the point. And yes, airlines still serve peanuts.

 

[bgaviator]

Not Skybus....peanut free airline.

 

[TWA]

Not Skybus....peanut free airline.

Thanks for that piece of info, we are all now enlightened. But really,
go figure, no nuts served on the airline whose pilots don't have balls. Sorry, I couldn't resist.

 

[Headfake14]

...now thats funny...

 

[skiandsurf]

Not Skybus....peanut free airline.

Skybus doesnt serve anything. But they will sell you peanuts, and other crap as well.

 

[bailey3083]

BG..It is great you are happy that CMH is getting an airline since America West shut down their ops but the real issue at hand is Skybus is damaging the pilot profession more then anything else. It is an insult to everyone who has busted their asses to climb up the aviation ladder to now see an airline come along and offer slave wages for flying 156 pilot around.
A Airbus with 156 seats means people who are over 6 foot will not have any room between the seats and if the person ahead of them puts their seat back then they will be laying in your lap.

Bailey

 

[skiandsurf]

and if the person ahead of them puts their seat back then they will be laying in your lap.

Bailey

You are assuming that the seats will recline. Sure, maybe for a fee.