Originally Posted by
AvPilot
Posts like this are irritating. I highly doubt this poster as well as many others who make similar statements have worked at Republic POST contract AND Skywest. Republic should not have the stigma it previously had. The working conditions have greatly improved due to the new contract. It is inaccurate to compare Republic under the previous contract and working conditions, which many posters continuously do.
Such posts are perpetuated by the same ignoramuses who say Endeavor is nothing more than Pinnacle-Colgan-Mesaba in a different color dress, or that Silver is just Gulfstream in disguise. The airline industry is very fluid. I've worked in it since the 80's. I don't remember a time when it was not turbulent. The players come and go. AAG was once the darling of the industry. United was a gem. Just look at both of them now struggling to stay alive. The industry laughed at PeoplExpress. Meanwhile, all the airlines are now making billions on a similar business model.
My point is, when an airline has a significant management change, signs a new labor contract, or restructures its finances, it is not necessarily the "same" airline.