What's the Latest at ASA/Expressjet?
03-21-2014 | 03:22 PM
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[QUOTE=CaptainNameless;1607550][QUOTE]You do realize that this money losing operation is because if Jerry Atkin and Brad Rich, right?
Don't remind them. It makes the yummy koolaid taste funny.
It tastes better than ya'lls Ovaltine, that's for sure...
Don't remind them. It makes the yummy koolaid taste funny.
03-21-2014 | 06:10 PM
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Yeah and I suppose your billion dollar bracket will pan out as well...
There is something to consider here.... Why would Inc merge the list at your current seniority? OO has A LOT of pilots senior enough and definitely wouldn't want increase those #'s. I could see Inc winding down XJT and offering pref interviews to get the pilots we'll need at a much lower seniority/costs. I know it sucks but that's the way it goes unfortunately.
There is something to consider here.... Why would Inc merge the list at your current seniority? OO has A LOT of pilots senior enough and definitely wouldn't want increase those #'s. I could see Inc winding down XJT and offering pref interviews to get the pilots we'll need at a much lower seniority/costs. I know it sucks but that's the way it goes unfortunately.
Thanks for the laugh.
03-22-2014 | 07:20 AM
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[QUOTE=Slats;1607565][QUOTE=CaptainNameless;1607550]
Just keep in mind that the money losing CPAs that ASA/XJT operate under were negotiated by Skywest. The cost structures are the same except for whatever has been saved in the merger. They can save more and actually make a profit with those CPAs with a merger of all three while keeping a good percentage of the flying or they can forfeit that revenue and let it go somewhere else.
You do realize that this money losing operation is because if Jerry Atkin and Brad Rich, right?
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Don't remind them. It makes the yummy koolaid taste funny.
It tastes better than ya'lls Ovaltine, that's for sure...
Quote:
Don't remind them. It makes the yummy koolaid taste funny.
It tastes better than ya'lls Ovaltine, that's for sure...
03-22-2014 | 07:37 AM
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This guys cracks me up. Pref interviews at a regional airline? Would you mind just walking in my resume please? There must be a huge pile of them over there on the hiring departments desk. I mean, people are just dying to fly for Sky "best". Hope I get hired. Then I can fly with "real" pilots.
Thanks for the laugh.
Thanks for the laugh.
03-22-2014 | 08:12 AM
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This guys cracks me up. Pref interviews at a regional airline? Would you mind just walking in my resume please? There must be a huge pile of them over there on the hiring departments desk. I mean, people are just dying to fly for Sky "best". Hope I get hired. Then I can fly with "real" pilots.
Thanks for the laugh.
Thanks for the laugh.
03-22-2014 | 08:32 AM
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Yay for brainwashed Skywest trolls. They make life so entertaining thinking that everyone wants to fly for skywest. I would show up to my "pref interview" wearing board shorts and a Vneck. First question they asked I would open up a briefcase and crack a beer. No seriously, pref interviews. it would be my lives mission to **** with them.
ERRRRMAAAAAHHGGAWWD guise! You mean with this pref interview we can be awesome mainline Skypest pilots?!! We should be honored!
03-22-2014 | 09:36 AM
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NVUS and Slats are known trolls, but even they need to research before they spew. Thanks to USAPA, a federal judge recently declared that if a union shop merges with a non union shop, Allegheny-Mohawk and McCaskill-Bond do not apply because the non union shop has no "bargaining agent". So if ASA AND SkyWest are merged while SKW is still non union, it's almost certain they would lose their seniority unless they voted in ALPA. They're banking ALPA gets voted out in such a merger, but that's a fantasy. So bring it on Slats and NVUS, I'll be nice to you when you're my FO.
03-22-2014 | 02:55 PM
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NVUS and Slats are known trolls, but even they need to research before they spew. Thanks to USAPA, a federal judge recently declared that if a union shop merges with a non union shop, Allegheny-Mohawk and McCaskill-Bond do not apply because the non union shop has no "bargaining agent". So if ASA AND SkyWest are merged while SKW is still non union, it's almost certain they would lose their seniority unless they voted in ALPA. They're banking ALPA gets voted out in such a merger, but that's a fantasy. So bring it on Slats and NVUS, I'll be nice to you when you're my FO.
They could stipulate a "deal" as they did with Mesa.... Alpa and senority intigration mean nothin. Its all labor laws....
03-22-2014 | 05:56 PM
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NVUS and Slats are known trolls, but even they need to research before they spew. Thanks to USAPA, a federal judge recently declared that if a union shop merges with a non union shop, Allegheny-Mohawk and McCaskill-Bond do not apply because the non union shop has no "bargaining agent". So if ASA AND SkyWest are merged while SKW is still non union, it's almost certain they would lose their seniority unless they voted in ALPA. They're banking ALPA gets voted out in such a merger, but that's a fantasy. So bring it on Slats and NVUS, I'll be nice to you when you're my FO.
03-22-2014 | 11:53 PM
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You apparently think we want something to happen. Believe me, no one at XJT would request any merger with Skywest Airlines. But whether you choose to accept it or not, XJT-ASA is a big ol' chunk of the SKYW Inc. flying business. More than Skywest Airlines, if you want to start counting. If you think they have any chance to compete with RAH with a 2 or 3 way civil war dragging on for who knows how long, you don't have much perspective. I hope they offer some group therapy sessions for you guys when they announce that this 2/3 airlines charlie-foxtrot is going to be over soon, because it sounds like it is going to be a rough adjustment for you guys.
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