Silver Airways
#3691
#3692
We all knew the 1900's were going away. This doesn't mean there aren't bigger things going on. Do you think VPC put all this money into Silver to just paint some planes and fly to the bahamas? They could have done that with the planes we had. These things don't happen over night.... We just launched Sabre last month!
Airlines don't have high profit margins so unless they're huge like a major they're not going to make money hand over fist. So how else does a company like VPC make money on an investment? By selling it, so it doesn't make sense for them to pump it full of brand new RJ's or Q's and be some super regional at least in my opinion. Buying the Saab's, Sabre, etc etc is just the beginning for another company to see the potential future value and further grow. This is all just the bored ramblings and $.02 input being thrown around by us.
#3694
Nope, I just find amusing how you contradict yourself and don't know what to do but find yourself qualified to tell another pilot that he is just a T-prop pilot and that he shouldn't expect to make a decent living. So where are you going?
#3696
And to further make my point I'm going to a T-Prop operator that allows you to make a decent living. Go back to the Eagle threads.
#3697
Ha ha, ok Cruz... I will go back to being creepy in the Eagle threads. good luck with whatever decision you make, hope it works out for you and your family.
#3698
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2013
Posts: 2,939
Why would the company and your union need to meet to discuss how to improve a pilot retention situation? Does that make any sense to anyone?
If the company wanted to do you a favor, they would. They wouldn't need the unions permission to give each of you an annual $10,000 bonus to stick around.
Let's face it. Right now, Silver is a very tiny player in the airline world. It doesn't have any money to do anything to make itself better. The investment company that owns you isn't in the business of doling out one extra dime. They are in the business of making about 12% on their investment by any means necessary (otherwise they would have invested in real estate). Retention is a management problem, and management can be replaced if they don't dance to their drum beat. But what Silver does have, just like all other airlines, is the rumor mill hope fantasy to get you to stick around a little longer on the possibility that something big might be coming, but it isn't. If something big was coming, you would know, you would see things changing, reading about such things in various news outlets.
Most pilots stick around a poor company like Silver because of a quick upgrade path. But if that is not to be, what's holding you at Silver? Might as well sit FO at a better airline that doesn't open and close bases every few weeks.
And here is the other thing that I bet none of you think about much. There is going to be a certain percentage of you who get stuck at a regional airline and never make it to the majors. Which regional are you going to be stuck at?
You have to honestly ask yourself what's in it for you at Silver? Many pilots will want to stay because they like where they are at in Florida with its outstation basing. That might be the only legitimate reason to stay. Obviously it is a very personal and subjective decision.
If the company wanted to do you a favor, they would. They wouldn't need the unions permission to give each of you an annual $10,000 bonus to stick around.
Let's face it. Right now, Silver is a very tiny player in the airline world. It doesn't have any money to do anything to make itself better. The investment company that owns you isn't in the business of doling out one extra dime. They are in the business of making about 12% on their investment by any means necessary (otherwise they would have invested in real estate). Retention is a management problem, and management can be replaced if they don't dance to their drum beat. But what Silver does have, just like all other airlines, is the rumor mill hope fantasy to get you to stick around a little longer on the possibility that something big might be coming, but it isn't. If something big was coming, you would know, you would see things changing, reading about such things in various news outlets.
Most pilots stick around a poor company like Silver because of a quick upgrade path. But if that is not to be, what's holding you at Silver? Might as well sit FO at a better airline that doesn't open and close bases every few weeks.
And here is the other thing that I bet none of you think about much. There is going to be a certain percentage of you who get stuck at a regional airline and never make it to the majors. Which regional are you going to be stuck at?
You have to honestly ask yourself what's in it for you at Silver? Many pilots will want to stay because they like where they are at in Florida with its outstation basing. That might be the only legitimate reason to stay. Obviously it is a very personal and subjective decision.
#3700
Who said anything about preventing an FO from picking up open time or taking a junior assignment?
What happens when all available FOs are 30/7? They can the flight. I don't think CAs fly right seat to pick up open time above other FOs at other airlines (at least not my old airline), they do it when schist hits the fan...like we're gonna see here in 2-3 months.
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