Originally Posted by
avi8tor4life
Fight using what?
I know where you're going with that [rhetorical] question. Before you can have an effective union, you need something else:
Originally Posted by Washout
Some call it balls, others solidarity. Both things are hard to find in this industry...
When it comes to the scarcity of these things, Skywest is no different than the industry as a whole. Perhaps even more divided.
Originally Posted by
viper548
summer (July/Aug). They keep TDYing reserves because they are short staffed. I don't think they're getting to the point where they are canceling flights, yet. Allegiant, AirTran and Virgin America are hiring and I suspect we will have some attrition to those companies. I think there are a few cargo companies hiring too.
If Skywest was going to hire (or run initial classes) to help with the summer rush, it would have happened already. I think the "powers that be" are willing to run the operation thin on pilots through the summer so we're not grotesquely overstaffed come fall. Consider the reduction of CVG flying and the possibility of the Air Tran routes going away....