Originally Posted by
buddies8
maybe you should rethink skw's hold on mainlines.
but pilots looking to get to a regional and leave is what has caused the low pay rates because they did not want to fight for pay. When was the last time the skw pilot group fought for raises?
If we're going to play this game... Who was the last regional to vote in a concessionary contract?
We're filling our classes with 60+ in each. I assume that most of those 60+ probably had offers from other airlines including maybe Envoy? However, they still chose SkyWest for whatever reason. One of those reasons could've been OO's significantly higher pay to that of the AA WO's. That coupled with higher pay rates at other regionals probably forced AAG's hand into giving you guys at the Wholly owned carriers the rates/signing bonuses they gave to attract some of those 60+. Your rates are now higher than ours, which is what we all want to see because it in turn forces our mgt to up their game if they want to keep attracting the number of candidates they have been.
.....You're welcome.