wow you get paid more than MESA!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats awesome. Our 5 yr CA pay for the 145 is more than your 5 year 70 seat CA pay, thats embarrassing.

PS The maid that cleaned my hotel room has a nicer looking W-2 than me, Im a 1st year FO that comparison is ridiculous

 

Good for you. How much growth have you gotten in the past year? Oh yeah thats right you lost 1/4 of your fleet. I hope that branded indy air style flying works out, it better for your sake.

 

Actually we didn't lose a single airplane.....................like I said GET A CLUE

 

Not yet at least.

 

Oh Slappy my boy................. Im in IAH, I will meet ya out back at 3pm, we can settle this like real men

 

Go get him SAAB

 

ExpressJet is a good company. One of the best. I will not bash them. But SkyWest is right on the same list with ExpressJet, Horizon, Republic...

Lets look at the difference between 50 and 70 seat pay at regionals that have two different pay scales, and lets see how it compares to Skywest's soon to be 10% override. For comparison, lets look at 5th year captain.

American Eagle:
70 seat = $71
50 seat = $68
4.5% difference
No override for FO

ASA:
70 seat = $68
50 seat = $62
9.5% difference

Comair: (Before paycut)
70 seat = $78
50 seat = $71
9.5% difference (scheduled to come down soon)

Mesa:
70 seat = $62
50 seat = $59
5% difference
No override for FO

Republic:
70 seat = $69
50 seat = $66
4.5% difference
No override for FO

Skywest (using 5% override)
70 seat = $67
50 seat = $64
5% difference

I am sorry. I just don't see a big difference between Skywest and other carriers. The override is inline with other carriers at 5%, and it is to increase to 10%!

Lets look at ExpressJet's "overrride" from the 135 to the 145.
EMB-145 = $68
EMB-135 = $62
9.5% difference
No overrride for FO

I think you are wrong about the override. Skywest is a good company. One of the best out there. Slaphappy is a moron. He is on my ignore list. I recommend you put him there too. Then stop bashing Skywest.

 

a "longjet CA" at Express gets paid for the 145, regardless if hes actually flying the 135/145. There is no excuse for a company to pay pilots 50 seat wages, or in some cases less than 50 seat wages, for 70 set airplanes. My point is, is that XJT is making money paying their pilots what they pay them, so how can SKYWEST justify paying their 70 seat pilots less than that. In proportion 70 seaters should be getting paid 20% more than the industry standard for 50 seaters, and they are not, they are getting paid below 50 seat rates in some cases!

 

It is not an over ride pay at Express. It is a little more complicated than that. We pay all of our FO the 145 rate. The CA are the only ones that could potentially get paid a difference. It only applies to CA that can only hold the 135, so if you are a 145 CA than you always get 145 pay, no over ride. If you fly the 135 than you get paid the 145 rate when you fly the 145 other than that it is the 135 rate.

 

My "ignorant" views towards alpa were acquired at a high price...I've paid more dues than you ever have

As I've said REPEATEDLY, the theory of a powerful national union has some potential, but the track record (ESPECIALLY at the regional level) is abysmal. After they fix mesa then they can come talk to me.

There's a reason that SWA and AA don't do alpa. Are they "scabs" too?