Originally Posted by
Nevets
We haven't been profitable in many years because our CEO whipsawed you against us. It's only annoying to you because it's true. And it's the reason why you should go union, to actually help the situation instead of just being spectators. It's Skywest Inc's fault that xjt isn't profitable, not xjt pilots. And the fact that xjt is losing money is NOT making you get paid any less. So I don't understand why you even you even bring up who sustains who. The fact of the matter is that all of us work for the same shareholders, the same BOD, the same CEO, the same president, the same EVP. The money that is made or lost all goes in the same pile. The only reason why there are two separate airlines is to suppress your wages and mine. As soon as you can admit that, we will be on the same page.
Yeah it is all your guys fault that my bonuses have went down!! Oh wait, I guess my low wages and lack of work rules allows Inc to purchases other airlines (i.e. Air Meekong) but if that would have made money, I'm positive they would have shared it with us pilots.
As soon as pilots realize that operations are such a small drop in the bucket, we won't see any significant gains in pay packages. Hell, I can give myself more of a raise on each trip by flying the block than I will get out of this upcoming offer. I have lost more than 2% in QOL each year just by SW making up their own interpretations of 117 and the PBS buffers they use. But since it cost them about $6 to have me sit at the airport for 4 hours, they will schedule the trips that way. There is no reason we should be this many years into 117 and not be able to stack trips.
Would any of this change with a union? Maybe not. But it really is tiresome to hear our pilot group act like it would put the company under to pay me for the hours I am away from my family. There is so much waste with duplicate management and outdated equipment (we still do payroll with an f'ing excel sheet), but whatever we do, let's not make any changes. Just keep telling the pilots how expensive they are.