This.......

That's precious. It really is. Your buddy's original argument was that Skywest has better benefits because, as he put it, "the flexibility" of having multiple airlines to choose from.

So now it's been pointed out that you are the bottom of all those boarding lists and your comeback is to point out that you get to fly on your own metal??? ***?

Here's a newsflash Mr. Non-Wholly Owned: Envoy pilots have equal boarding priority not only on AA but our own metal as well. Shocker, right? And Envoy's network is pretty extensive all by itself. Then add AA's network on top of that which these days includes everything from US Airways. And unlike Skywest, Envoy/PSA/PDT pilots have equal priority on AA. We are not the last guys on a very long list hoping for one empty seat and no standbys.

Yet you still want to try and argue about this? You guys are desperately grasping at straws. I've heard weird things about Skywest pilots before and never really believed it...now I'm starting to think otherwise.

Express carriers aren't the last on their lists. I don't even work at Skywest. I just think having flexibility is just as important as super priority. When a flight is full, your pass riders have more options by choosing other airlines. I never said it was better. Get over yourself.

You're right. It isn't better. Tell that to the kid who was attempting to make that lame argument.

Logic is lost on him. Have I been bumped off a flight? Sure. Who hasn't? Would I rather walk across the terminal to check in for possibly 3 other options with 3 different carriers, or hope for a better result on the next American flight in 6 hours? Hmmmmm.

that was pretty funny. stereotyping all skywest pilots because of someone that doesn't even work for skywest. lol

I wish I had delta bennies, I think they are the best. But delta benefits aren't woth commuting or the pay/qol cuts I would take by jumping ship tp a carrier that could give me them.

United benefits are kinda meh, and AA benefits are almost completely useless if you are at a non-wholly-owned (I wish I could get US Airways bennies back!)

So if I'm reading this right, it's..

#1 AA's WO's
#2 Skywest

then...

?? Delta?

Apologies for being the NOOB

I have only been bumped once. It was from a jumpseat on mainline metal by a mainline pilot. And depending on where you are commuting from/to, there is usually more than one flight every six hours. Between where I live and the hub I work out of, there is a flight roughly every 2 hours. I'm easily able to commute in day of and come home the day my trip ends most of the time. There are a lot of benefits to working for a WO if you're a commuter. And I still have the ability to get home on either Delta or United or Southwest or whomever just like everyone else.

The consensus should be,
1. It's hardly a benefit anymore.
2. Whatever you know personally is best and all others are wrong.
3. SkyWest Pilots are weird. All 4000-ish. :eek:

In my opinion, where you are going and coming from largely varies what is "best" on its own case by case basis. This is really about your significant others anyway, YOU can Jumpseat on anybody.