SKYW Pilots planning walkout?
 

Some of my friends at SKYW said that they have organized a 1-2 day (Call-in-Sick Stoppage of Work) to coincide with SKYW's earnings conference on February 7th. Apparently, it is in protest to their wages. (???)

I don't know how true this is, so I was curious if anyone else heard of anything. However, if it is true, that could sort of be embarrassing for SKYW Management, especially during an earnings conference and after Midwest Airlines selected them to fly 15-25 planes.

I haven't heard anything here at SKW.

Like they care....:rolleyes:

i heard something similar but i didn't hear it would be 1-2 days. i heard it was going to be like nwa flight attendant chaos, just random sick calls for some flights. the bad thing is since they don't have a union the company could just kick them to the curb since the rumor is out about them wanting to do this.

I haven't heard anything either.

Good for them, most of the pilots for Skywest work in some of the most expensive places to live in the US, they should get paid more, it might start a movement in other airlines too, which would be good for all.

I doubt it will happen. First off, we haven't the slightest semblance of unity among our pilot group. We definitely showed the world this when we voted yes to that S*#T pay package not long ago. Also, it's not a big secret that employment can be terminated by management for pretty much whatever reason they want. I know of at least one active case that is in court as we speak (pilot had to hire his own legal help to get his job back), among many others in the past. Until we get some real form of unity here, I doubt anything like this would ever happen.

Place sounds scarrier than I thought it was

I heard about that pay package . . . I suppose that they could fire someone or many, but based upon cost of training new pilots and replacing Captains and FO's things could get costly in a hurry if they did that, since it sounds like they are short pilots (hiring unitl July / August) at lower minimums. What is it now? 850TT and 50-100ME. Scary if you are a passenger. . . .

1000/100 last time i checked.