CL65 has a sick sense of humor...LoL

 

I don't envy skywest.....but they do annoy the hell out of me. They are the "Golden Child" of the regional industry. Everything just seems to fall in their lap, including a lot flying done by other companies that they've under cut in price by flying anything with 100 seats or less for stinking 50 seat pay! They took over Air Wisconsin flying at United for starters and they just put Skyway out of business. Ask those boys how they feel about Skywest.
In addition, being a commuter myself I do everything I can to get a jumpseater on board. There are many ways to do this and most of you know what I'm talking about when it comes to weight/balance issues on the RJ. I've been kicked out of the jumpseat twice by being over by 40 pounds and no effort by the captain whatsoever. These are just my personal issues with skypest.
I do have to hand it to their management though, they do a great job of keeping employees happy and dishing out the kool-aid.

 

Make of it what you wish. Not a pacifist/defeatist. Just a humble pilot who knows how to make the most out of any situation.

On a side note, I think it's funny that anyone would envy a skywest pilot.

 

 

That's hilarious.

 

Wow. You know, from the other side, that's kind of annoying.
Name that show!

 

Envy SKW? Heck, no. I can't afford that kind of paycut.

 

... because ya know it's true!!!

 

SKW is a company that I wouldn't mind working at if they had any domiciles that I'd consider. They might look a little less on the $$$ amount per hour but they make more than most in the long run. I don't see any company as a company I envy though. I simply see things in their contract I want in mine. I like their employee purchase plan for the stock. I've seen some complain here how they aren't seeing that big of a bump in their program but they don't realize the deal they are getting is one of the best out there. I'm not just talking about the airline industry. My sister and bro-in-law both are higher ups in IBM and their plan is no better.

You could ask the same for others though. Why do so many envy XJT? Why do so many envy RAH?

I must say however that I am amazed how civil this thread has managed to stay for this long. Kudos to all of you!

 

They only guys I envy fly either purple or brown airplanes...