http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/20...rtner=yahoomag

wow- Safety is longer your main concern as an FA.

 

This makes me sick to my stomach!

 

The race to the bottom just got more better.

 

I wish a start up like Skybus would smarten up and offer lines with much lower min guarantees. I remember that ten years ago the legacies had something like 55 to 65 hours a month minimum hours.

A LCC could offer 35 to 45 hour min guarantee lines and they could then rope in a lot of experienced pilots who are sidelined and would enjoy the part time flying job. Who cares about the pay so long as you were still able to work your mortgage company or dentist office?

The rest of the guys would be able to pick up trips to build up to 100 if they wished. Everyone would be able to get what they wanted and the company could pay crap wages still.

The best part is that they would have a larger pilot group to fend off strikes or busy times. All management would have to do it to raise overtime pay temporarily.

I understand that Skybus doesn't pay wages through training so there is little to lose in training costs. Like it or not I think this kind of thing is in our future. If a company can not pay a living wage then they must offer something else to tempt workers.

SkyHigh

 

I hate to break it to you SkyHigh, but most of us, who fly, well......we do it for a living, so your dreams of working for skybus as a part time hobby will never go through. Just take a look into the mirror and realize that your only blowing smoke up your own alley.

 

Seems from most w-2's ive seen while flying - it should be a part time gig


Maybe soon they will rid the aircraft of FA's just like whats happening at self-checkout in stores.

 

Many Fas are older retired folks that take the job at LCCs part time in order to get the travel benifits so they can travel around and see the grand kids. They certainly dont do it for money. Then again on the flip side some carriers compensate there FAs very well by allowing unlimited overtime or being able to drop schedules freely. Senior FAs will tell you how important their job is but basically in my opinion they are inflight beverage servers. Yes there is a saftety factor to it but in my experinece the onboard FAs is that I have a hard time believing they are the ones going to save anyone in a true emergancy. Not all Fas but most just seem a little um well - ditsy.

 

Hmmm. $75k for pilots (as mentioned in the article) is higher than what they advertised in the email I got last week. Guaranteed $65k for Capt and $30k for FO.

Spongebob

 

More Skybus info:


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18785438/

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A new ultra-low-cost airline is set to take to the skies and test just how much travelers will give up for the sake of saving money.

 

From the article: "Once onboard, passengers can buy food, beverages and other items. Soft drinks sell for $2, most of the beer and wine selection goes for $5 and a variety of snacks and meals are available — the most expensive costing $10. The company's Web site ask that travelers not bring their own food or drinks."

Assuming I am willing to drive to Bellingham, assuming I can find a $10 fare, and assuming I even want to go to Columbus even though I have no idea where this city is, what will the commission-based FAs do if they catch me bringing and consuming my own food and drink? Also, do the planes have lavatories? Overhead bins? Seats? Air conditioning? Anyone here flying on it soon?