Originally Posted by
SKYWCRJCA
ALPA is the solution? Yup its official you're several beers short of a six pack nevets! Expressjet would have filed for bankruptcy if they had not been bought out. It was not turning a profit. You're so full of BS it's sad.
I never said ALPA was the solution. What I said is that skywest pilots coat tail off of us union pilots.
Anyway, Skywest caused the CAL CPA to lose money. Trust me, CAL wouldve never let XJT go out of business. The alternative would have been painful to them as well.
So I'll concede this much, better skywest than any other regional. Happy now? I'm happy because now skywest has to deal with the mess they created rather than some other regional.
Originally Posted by
JustAMushroom
What in the world are you talking about? You're complaining that another company got the best of you? Okay I Get it. When SkyWest has a downturn I wouldn't want others to cheer at the pain. But you've got to wake up and take your blinders off. Your company (including the pilots) was not running a sustainable business. You're management built a good model that turned obsolete and they were not smart enough to change with the times. They weren't able to contain cost, pilot pay being one of them. A competitor ate their lunch. You should be grateful you're on a winning team, for the time being. Through the work of thousands of others, you're able to continue the old obsolete ways a little longer. And when you fail to adapt you eventually get forced into a Pinnicle deal and then you really lower the bar for us all.
Our CEO was doing whats best for the shareholders, just as our current CEO does, nothing more. And what I'm talking about is being whipsawed by a cheaper skywest pilot group. Thats the only reason why the CAL CPA ended up losing money. Hence, skywest bought it and now they own it. Our pilots have nothing to do with running a sustainable business. We show up, do our job and go home. But if your idea of a sustainable model is cheaper pilot labor, then I would rather not accommodate that anymore. We did that already while still maintaining better compensation than any other regional pilot group. For me, it couldn't have turned out any better since those responsible for our loses are now dealing with it. Poetic justice. If management wants to save more money, don't come us XJT pilots, go to the two sets of management teams first.