Originally Posted by
elmetal
I'm not a first or second year employee. And this isn't corporate America. I'm comparing us to other airlines. Including but not limited to republic, xjt, PSA, pdt, etc.
And yeah. 12 days off of vacation and 4 sick days a year until year 5 is absolutely ridiculous.
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You are comparing one aspect. When you make a comparison you have to do so holistically. What in their contracts' is better or worse than SkyWest PPM?
There is some stuff SkyWest pilots have that other regional pilots envy. Like min days off on reserve/line holder. Some airlines can build the schedules down to 11 days off per month. Even if every bid period resulted in 12 days off, that is
still 12 more days throughout the year than someone at an airline with 11 days off per month. One of the places you made a comparison to has no minimum day pay on reserve and only for line holders with trips beginning and ending at certain times - this means their pilots may credit 1 hour on day one or the last day, and need more trips to hit guarantee...resulting in less days off
How many other regionals have Pilot Profit Sharing? How many get a quarterly bonus? I am not saying it is perfect, but there's good stuff, and some things that can be improved upon.
Originally Posted by
elmetal
K. Look at the ppm and our accrual rates. I'm not making anything up. I love my job, but I'm not a koolaid drinker.
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You are drinking the koolaid that Republic, PSA, Piedmont etc have life so much better than you do. You don't have to drink SkyWest koolaid, but sometimes the grass is not always greener on the other side.
The goal is to move on to a legacy, and I see your point of wanting to make things better for those behind you, but keep the big picture. You are going to talk to guys at other carriers and find out some of the goodies in their contracts, but they are not going to always tell you about some of the garbage in it.