Originally Posted by
JetBlast77
Well forgive me, im not familiar with your contract. We have the ability to edit our lines, however we chose to be almost exactly what we want each month. I like this better than PBS because i can work how much i want, when i want, not just "what my senority can hold". Also, i have the ability to bid check airmen lines, where i can get all my trips dropped, be pay protected for the whole month, then pickup an entire month. I can get paid 200 hours for working 90. If i bid a stand up line with 57 hours credit, anything i pick up goes on top of guarantee (75 hours) reguardless of the block. I can bad day worse day trade anything all month with pleanty of open time to chose from. After the 29th of the previous month, anything that is dropped or edited in my schedule for the next month is pay protected reguardless of the reason. In a vacation month, anything i pick up is added onto 75 hours of pay, even if my block is 20 hours. If you guys can do this stuff thats awesome, you truly understand how good it can be
Most of that we cannot do but that's also what's keeping us in the black. Last year I blocked 754 hours and had a year end credit value of 1187. Our Perf and Fin bonuses increased my pay another $2500. Not the best but by far not the worse. We are competitively paid and if we want to work we can make a crap load of money, if we don't we still get paid very well for a subcontractor. And our company's currently making money. A balance has to be maintained otherwise we will find ourselves shrinking which benefits no one. What good is all that money when you get downgraded or furloughed?
With respect XJT was losing money prior to SkyWest Inc. purchasing you and now you are still losing money. They need to figure out how to correct this before it sinks the ship.