skybus
I met a couple of skybus guys going thru training during my weekend layover at the sherry in MIA. One was a former dal guy (over 50, took the lump sum) and was doing it for the second career. Other guy was furloughed twa/aa guy awaiting recall. He said (not sure if it's true so don't shoot the messenger!) that upon recall, he would be a left seater in STL due to the fences set up by the twa acquistion. I asked him about going back to aa, and he was so-so about the prospects (maybe he thought I was a skybus plant?).
$65k for the capts and $40k for the right seaters is what he told me. Based in Columbus with all new airplanes. They are enjoying training and don't seemto mind the future pay. I think they are hoping for rapid growth and the prospect of being in on the ground floor of something that will grow rapidly.
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