Originally Posted by
SkyWestPilot1
If I were in your shoes I would spend more time evaluating WHAT company one should go to work for based on: FINANCIALS (Income, balance sheet, cash flow), BUSINESS PLAN, GROWTH (Past, current and future), TRACK RECORD OF MANAGEMENT, ON-GOING STRATEGY/TACTICS, EMPLOYEE MORAL, etc.
This is a perfect example of commen cents, and btw the exact reason I only applied at SkyWest way back when. I really didn't think this thread would go anywhere after the 2nd post was written. I thought that pretty well summed it up. Oh and btw I have worked for a union in the past, what did I learn? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Thanks SkyWestPilot1, at least someone isn't belly-aching. It always amazes me how many people blame their problems, situations, et el on others, vs. taking responsibility for their own actions. It is apparent that you took responsibility for your actions by leaving an ALPA carrier to join a non-ALPA carrier in SkyWest. I'm sure that was part of your decision but definitely not the only reasons. It is interesting though, that on this bafflegab site, how many people believe the rhetoric of Organized Labor vs. actually doing an in-depth analysis of the company they want to work for.
Sling a resume here, sling one there, . . . whichever one sticks is where I will go. . . seems to be the attitude around these forums. Remember folks, you are interviewing your employer as much as they are interviewing you.
Everyone wants to go to a SWA, a UPS or a FDX, (because of pay and equipment only) but quite frankly, many of you wouldn't even get a call if you had the time, and the majority wouldn't make it through the Human Resources part of the interview. These companies hire educated, humble and quality candidates. Many are so skilled at hiring their pilots (by weeding out the riff raff )that they can offer great pay, benefits and job security, because they only have to hire and train once. I would also have to place SkyWest in that category at this time. Their corporate culture breeds excellence, and those that chose to achieve it will be gone. That is why they are the envy of others (both airlines and pilots).
I have talked to many SWA and SKYW pilots, and it has seems amazing how the majority of pilots mutually agree that these two companies KNOW what they are doing in the airline business world. SWA pilots give SKYW kudos and vice versa. IT's crazy that these two airlines started in 1971 and 1972 respectively. By all means this is not to say that others don't, but it it is most apparent between these two.
In addition, Southwest's Herbert (Herb) D. Kelleher - Executive Chairman of the Board, Gary Kelly - Vice Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,Colleen Barrett - President, have said that if they were to start an airline they would do it how SKYW is doing it. SWA, itself, has even looked into the possibility of operating the CRJ700 and CRJ900. What do you think that would do to the airline environment? I have my ideas.