Originally Posted by Slaphappy

I heard we will probably start hiring again in the next 6 months.

Originally Posted by DiputadoVolador

Just curious if that is another random rumor/guess or if you heard it from someone who actually knows what is going on?

Originally Posted by FlyASA

since we are all kind of on the same "team"

Originally Posted by FlyASA

When things do get better (i.e. skywest clears their pool and any furloughs if they do furlough) do the ASA furloughees have any advantage over off the street new hires? I've heard we can transfer between the two companies.

Originally Posted by Slaphappy

I heard we will probably start hiring again in the next 6 months.

Originally Posted by Airsupport

my buddy over there said with all the cutbacks this fall skywest will be furloughing. Management wants to look like they are putting up a good fight and trying their best to keep everyone on property, but they still have a business to run and having people you dont need isn't good business.

pinchanickle is also losing a lot of hours this fall. they have already told the union the hours and we just had an loa come out for part time lines. The MEC said it looked like to them and the company we are about 50-100 heavy and if the part time lines dont work we will furlough also. I am pretty sure that if you are a regional and you fly for delta there is a good chance you will be furloughing this fall. RAH has guys on the street. ASA has already done it. Comair has been doing it. Mesaba is about to do it. We all know the Freedom situation. I really dont see skywest and pinnacle being the only ones that dont.

Originally Posted by JDFlyer

I am not complaining. I gladly took the job at SkyWest knowing full well why my first year pay would be what it was. In an industry where the economic reality is razor thin profit margins, I only ask that everybody carry their own weight. The sum total of the organization can only be profitable if the individual parts each contribute in a positive way.

In my opinion, it is a little out of balance to ask me or any other pilot, flight attendant, ramper, gate agent, etc. or any other SkyWest employee to "finance" (lower salary, lower quarterly bonus, lower stock price, etc.) the flight training for someone else. Anyway, this is all a moot point. As it was explained above, they do get paid 1st year pay from SkyWest and it is up to UAL ALPA to pay the rest.

I would assume that mainline pilots would not take the job at SkyWest if they did not want it or could not afford it.

In reality, I don't think most mainline pilots would take the job anyway. All the guys I know who left SkyWest to go to United and got promptly furloughed are all now employed in non-aviation related fields making much more money than they did flying airplanes for SkyWest and/or United and they are home every night. They are not coming back to SkyWest and will very likely not go back to United.

Originally Posted by rickair7777

No point in even discussing stapling or DOH...federal law now requires alleghany-mohawk procedures...regardless of union status.

Originally Posted by JetJock16

You're buddy's misinformed and I remember you posting a long time ago that he said furloughs were coming but yet nothing …………… no offence so please don’t take any ............ just saying.

There will be no furloughs since we still have lots of guys willing to take VLOA's and we haven't even touch PTL's yet. Currently we are fat on the list but not on line. People can say what they will but I've been preaching this for almost 2 years now and still no furloughs. Unless UAL or DAL decides to cut us back beyond our contractual mins then all bets are off.

Originally Posted by Airsupport

the cut backs we all saw last winter are nothing compared to what is coming.

Originally Posted by Nevets

Actually, theoretically there can be stapling or DOH despite the new law. As long as the DOH or stapling was considered fair and equitable either through negotiations or arbitration.