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04-06-2015 | 05:33 PM

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ManFlex

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Originally Posted by GogglesPisano

Where would you rather work?

Can't pay the mortgage with warm fuzzies.

Where's United on the list?

04-06-2015 | 05:33 PM

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Andy

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What??? United's not in the top 10???

.... never mind; I thought it was a list of most hated/evil companies.

Disclaimer: I'm a United employee until management figures out my identity for writing this post.

04-06-2015 | 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

I always wished I had gone for the job working in the women's department at Nordstrom.

You've seen way, way too much "Married With Children."

04-06-2015 | 05:52 PM

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^^^^ that's gotta be a troll because it's quite possibly the funniest thing I've ever read on here. Skywest is a whipsaw toy for united delta American and Alaska. I've worked for Skywest and now I work for Spirit. Spirit is a 10000000000 times better place to work than Skywest. That's right, spirit. Damn I took the bait.

04-06-2015 | 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SayAlt

Can you guarantee another 9/11 won't ever happen, and can you legitimately trust your company's mgmt?

If not, then the answer is a no-brainer.

Goggles is Delta. And FWIW, I agree with him - I'd much rather be at American than SkyWest.

And at this point, regional airlines are shrinking rapidly. Airlines are upguaging to mainline aircraft. United's 2015 fleet plan has the number of regional aircraft decreasing by 11% while mainline increases by 3%. Right now, it's post-911 in reverse. And frankly, that's a darned good thing for regional pilots because it means that they'll be moving to mainline fairly quickly. The losers in this are regional pilots who plan on staying there for a career.

04-06-2015 | 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ManFlex

Where's United on the list?

I didn't even see UAL on the list. Though I think the auto parts place is placed over Delta......though I'm sure there is some mathematical formula being Delta has a zillion more employees than the airlines placed above them.

04-06-2015 | 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy

Goggles is Delta. And FWIW, I agree with him - I'd much rather be at American than SkyWest.

My apologies. I totally flubbed it and misread "SkyWest" as "Southwest".

Mea culpa; good points; post deleted.

04-06-2015 | 06:14 PM

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I left 161--and declined offers from 18 and 19--to join 238.

I'm damn glad I did. Ymmv

04-06-2015 | 06:48 PM

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I just can't believe Delta Air Lines is not at the #1 spot. Insert smiley face.

04-06-2015 | 07:23 PM

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Andy

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Originally Posted by SayAlt

My apologies. I totally flubbed it and misread "SkyWest" as "Southwest".

Mea culpa; good points; post deleted.

No worries. I hope that the regional guys are seeing how mainline fleet plans are changing where the plan is to shrink their regional feed and expand mainline. It will mean less jobs, but better jobs for pilots.

If you go to this page: United Continental Holdings, Inc. - Investor Relations - Investor Relations
Click on Investor Updates. Pull up the latest.
Mainline: +21 planes for 2015
Regional: -63 planes for 2015. It's +49 EMB175, -112 smaller aircraft.