Skywest Nov class 11/29
11-11-2010 | 06:41 AM
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I'm sorry, but you're going to tell me that even if they got $100 more per hour EACH, it would make them noncompetitive? Take a two-ish hour flight from EWR-ORD. You're telling me that the difference between profitable and uprofitable is $400? [EDIT: PROFANITY REMOVED]. That's a little over $5 a seat on a 76-seat RJ.. Take that raise down to something resembling the difference between your average RJ rate and what, say, united airbus crews make and it's laughable.
If $1.50 a ticket is the difference between your airline being profitable and failing, you're running it wrong. Period.
If $1.50 a ticket is the difference between your airline being profitable and failing, you're running it wrong. Period.
If everyone else is using outsourced labor, it would hard to make money with in-house RJ's. Of course if EVERYBODY brought them in-house then it would all work out. Pax will not refuse to fly if you raise ticket prices $5 across the board. However...a $1 increase can bump your ticket down the list on orbitz. Most people just buy the one that floats to the top.
You can also (in theory) justify money-losing RJ routes if they provide feed to lucrative mainline routes. But management will deny that of course.
11-12-2010 | 09:43 PM
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Just finished sim and word around the school house is that the 11/29 class is a go and more classes in Jan. and Feb. They said they would be upgrade classes, but I can't imagine they aren't hiring off the street. My sim partner does interviews and is scheduled to fly out to SLC for interviews next week. Sounds like we may get some good news shortly.
11-12-2010 | 09:51 PM
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Just finished sim and word around the school house is that the 11/29 class is a go and more classes in Jan. and Feb. They said they would be upgrade classes, but I can't imagine they aren't hiring off the street. My sim partner does interviews and is scheduled to fly out to SLC for interviews next week. Sounds like we may get some good news shortly.
When I got furloughed about 2 years ago, I had filled out the paper work for the Jets for Jobs program. The furlough coordinator called me yesterday about this 11/29 class. I forgot to ask him how many takers he had for the upcoming classes. My guess is that there are not too many left considering they got down to me. I am only about 250 from the bottom of the list of furloughees.
I declined the class but I'm glad that people who are still looking for work have the opportunity to get into a class.
11-15-2010 | 08:07 AM
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