Originally Posted by
Utah
They're still letting PBS build lines crediting over 90 hours. If we see a big reduction in flying the first thing they'll do is limit everyone to 75-80 hours for the monthly bid award. They've done that in the past when the flying has been cut back. Back in the days of hard lines we had months when the highest paying line on had 77-78 hours.
Absolutely, they will reduce everyone’s lines to the bare minimum and offer voluntary LOA's long before they put one pilot on the street. Even if we completely lose Midwest I can't see SKW furloughing. It will take deeper cuts than that to push Jerry and friends end one of their most prized records. That’s 36+ years of no furloughs, but if things really take a turn for the worst then they will and they will do it with a very…………………….very heavy heart.
In my opinion…………………….and keep in mind that this is just my opinion……………………SKW won’t furlough seeing that we will back fill some of the voids felt from UAL pulling their 73’s out. Also look for our EMB flying to slowly increase as AE, Horizon and XJT pull out of west coast markets. I’m not saying that I’m happy about it or that SKW is an equal replacement, in a lot of ways we are not (mainly speaking about XJT), but their Co.'s have decided to pull out and for the community we are service and no a/c can do it cheaper than the EMB @ SKW. JMHO, no attacks.
BTW, I was told by Mgmnt that both of our new routes into OR from SFO are profitable with less than 8 people on board and that’s with $4.14/gal gas. Yesterday I hauled 15 up to LMT and 30 out this morning (YES that was 30 adults). I was also told that SBA to SJC is profitable with 5 Pax on board. So the EMB's going nowhere for a very......very long time. Or at least until they find a solid replacement.