It will be interesting to see if they can find 60/m. I hope so! Less time on reserve. Where did you hear 60/m?

That's shady, they told us no CRJ class for the 19th class. We're all in IAH for the jungle jet. Little bit of a bait and switch. Of course the instructors didn't even know we were told we'd have options on arrival and then surprise!

Now we can only wait till we can bid over to the CRJ.

ExpressJet was barely able to make money in the 2nd quarter of this year and is losing money the rest of the year.

ExpressJet is dragging down the profitability of SkyWest Inc.

We are still in JCBA negotiations for over 3 years now and our latest offer by management includes "significant financial concessions."

Our contract with Delta includes a rate reset coming up in 2015 - once this goes through we will really start to hemorrhage money. Delta has said that "it will be able to cut costs dramatically by 2017 with contract clauses allowing it to reset rates at its regional feeders to match its 2nd lowest contract"

Both pilot groups are adamantly opposed to any sort of paycut or QOL cut.


My prediction is that in 2-3 years, unless there really is a pilot shortage (j/k), ExpressJet will go under and its pilots that want to stay will be offered preferential employment with SkyWest Airlines.

But that's just me.

I just heard something similar...that SkyWest was approaching the pilot group to reduce pay to increase profitability. If this is true, then it must be XJT draining the SkyWest bank account, and eventually, only one will survive...Who knows though...It's anyone's guess and definitely the stronger CEO's desire more money...

There's absolutely no reason for SkyWest pilots to take any cuts because the overwhelming majority of Inc's 2nd quarter profit is from SkyWest Airlines. They have also been cost effective to receive new flying such as the E175s for United.

I know! Which is what surprised me about this call. Skywest has been the leading airline for United and Delta and now I'm certain they are the leading for Airways and American. But, at the same time, this does not come as a surprise, especially with the way Delta has been "trimming the fat" at other such as Endevour, or Pinnacle (whatever their name is), and equally how AA has done with Eagle. I don't know, its all numbers and speculation. But who knows.

2 years in iah is short?

Newb question but if Skywest is making all the money and pilots are super happy over there, why don't they (SKW inc) just make Expressjet more aligned with how Skywest operates? Or would that be a concession?

Im sure it would be a concession. After all, XJT is union and SKW is not. XJT wouldnt want that anyways, because the union is there after all, to protect the pilots. SKW has all the power and all the control. They theoretically, are the fat kid with the magnifying glass over the ant hill...When I was there though, it was a great experience and a great company to work for and with. They always seemed to want to help you, but the longer you were there, the more they took advantage.

What do you mean when you say, "stronger CEO's desire for more money"?