The Gods must just like Skywest airlines better since what you quoted as being the reason ASA/XJT were hit harder was due to weather. Skyerst would have fared the same if they had the bases ASA/XJT have.

Don't think I didn't notice how Skywest fared poorly on their pro-rate flying. That must mean that ASA/XJT are better since the cost of jet fuel went up.

But then again, another reason was the increased training crew cost for the additional summer block hours that ASA/XJT is getting. I guess that means that Unical and DAL must know ASA/XJT is better.

None of the factors given had anything to do with union labor! jetblue, virgin America, allegiant are all hiring by the way.

The pro-rate flying's not going so well with high fuel cost, what a shocker, but it was more of a short term venture until block hours increased anyways. Regardless SKW is flying record block hours for UAL/DAL and we are scheduled to receive many more a/c in the near future plus the start-up of our Alaska flying. We are so understaffed it's not even funny, it's pathetic how poorly Mgmt has handled this and they've started beating us with a stick when we refuse to help make up for their shortsightedness.

This “my airline is better than yours” is high school Bullsh--.

One List, One Union, One Airline!

WOW!!! Well just wait a few more years and ya might have a change of heart......I would bet money that if is wasn't for you union, all those ERJs would turn into CRJ-900s overnight and you might be wishing you were union.

YOUR Alaska flying? You're referring to the flying you'll be doing in AAG jets on AAG routes under AAG operational control? You mean the flying jobs you TOOK from Union Horizon pilots?

That's like Republic pilots talking about THEIR Midwest Express flying. With that attitude its no wonder SKW pilots are unwelcome on QX jumpseats.

Skywest pilots aren't allowed in QX jumpseats? How about ASA pilots? Because the pilots have total control over what planes and flying they take...:rolleyes:

He said unwelcome, not "not allowed."

This is capitalism, not the boyscouts. SkyWest offers a comparable product at a lower price. And as most know, its not that SkyWest is cheap, its that Horizon is expensive. I'd love Horizon's pay scales and 401k matching, but then I'd be out of a job. I really don't mean to be snide, its just the truth about a contract industry.

Duvie hit the nail on the head. This is the dynamic of contract flying. Good, bad or indifferent...

Pretty sure SKW signed a contract with AAG which means until that contract is voided it belongs to SKW. How AAG plans to utilize SKW is completely up to them. We pilots have no control, period. It's sad what has happened to Horizon or for that matter Frontier, Midwest, ATA, Pan Am, Eastern, Braniff, etc. but that's not just this industry but every industry. Someday i know the tide will turn on SKW and blaming another pilot group is just ridiculous.

As for the Union vs. Non-Union poke, that's just childish. I'm pro union and a very big advocate for One List / One Union with XJT/ASA but every time a non-union pilot reads postings like the one above they move further away from joining the cause. It's counterproductive and petty.

The contract may be yours, but the jobs you're taking are Horizon's. Just exactly like the jobs Republic pilots took from Midwest Express. Duvie, just remember one thing while you enjoying SKW pay...it may be highest you ever get.

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