Skywest opens IAH base
11-08-2010 | 11:30 AM
#181
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. 98% of the time I get treated very well on Skywest, and that's a WAY higher percentage than I get on my own airline.
Thanks for taking the time to at hear my points, and for providing me your perspective as well.
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11-08-2010 | 11:32 AM
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Great point. When the RJ first came out, management sold it as a tool to extend the reach of the airline and create new routes that would grow and eventually become mainline. I wonder how those guys sleep at night spewing that kind of dishonest crap?
11-08-2010 | 12:49 PM
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I will say, though, that while the large majority of Skywest's UAX flying is fee for departure, an increasing amount is at-risk--routes that UAL doesn't want to fly at all and doesn't really want to pay someone much to fly. I don't have any problem with those at all--it's places like (I think) Duluth, Paducah, Asheville, Midland, and a number of others. I'd prefer it to be mainline flying, but I don't think mainline wants it period.
But LAX-PDX in a CRJ200 is ridiculous.
11-08-2010 | 02:36 PM
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By the way I'm not "Wrong, just wrong". How does contributing to the bottom line make any difference? Fact: UAL used to have close to 11,000 pilots. UAL Express used to have, dunno, 2000 pilots? Prior to the merger, UAL had 6000 pilots, UAL Express has 9000 pilots? UAL parked 100 airplanes and reduced capacity by almost the exact percentage that UAL Express GAINED capacity. I call that replacement. What do you call it?
It's not the "fault" of pilots trying to get to the same place you are.
11-08-2010 | 03:13 PM
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11-08-2010 | 10:14 PM
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Not sure what you mean by your last sentence? I've always been West Coast, and have NEVER denied a jumpseater!
11-09-2010 | 12:16 AM
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Again its the minority, but a bigger minority than the junior bases have.
11-09-2010 | 05:36 AM
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I'm not trying to paint everyone with on the west coast with the same stroke but what I was alluding to was the disparity in seniority between PSP, LAX, SFO, FAT, SLC, vs. ORD and DEN. Most captains on the west coast are towards the top of the seniority list and most i fly with have never commuted. Therefore, they have no sympathy for commuters and some make the process of getting numbers (ballast) as hard as possible. Don't take it personal but when i was in ORD I saw this attitude less and its probably becasue most guys out there were commuters incuding myself at the time and know the sensitivity of the JS.
Again its the minority, but a bigger minority than the junior bases have.
Again its the minority, but a bigger minority than the junior bases have.
11-09-2010 | 06:55 AM
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Not on the SkyW Express side, in fact there are a few EMB CAs who have called meetings with BN (LAX CP), and the CS manager in LAX to try and resolve the issue of leaving NRs behind.
11-09-2010 | 07:32 AM
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