Man.......When the hell is our pilot group going to wise the eff up and vote in some actual representation?

There's too much turnover now. Anyone willing to organize a union drive is motivated enough to just get out quickly at this point.

This is the one thing I never understood. The level of apathy by so many in this company. And so many who ARGUED with me when I vocally argued for making our lives better. "we are just a regional" "We need to remain cost competitive" "if you don't like it, apply at mainline."

Unfortunately here at SkyWest we have no lack of company apologists. First thing I'd like to see is the COMPLETE bid awards published. I'm calling SAPA once a week asking for this. If enough people started doing the same we might see something. It's fine if they tell me no, but the calls won't stop. If they got 100 calls a day for a year I'm sure something would happen. May not be transparently but it will be something.

Is the limitations test sent in our welcome packet the same one used in class?

verbatim....

I keep hearing of people that will file a GMT or PIC's for PBS but oddly enough, I never hear of any resolution. I understand you can't get details about everything, but we should be able to see a report that says "PIC filed for blah blah, and this was the companies response." Instead we get just a number of resolved with no info at all. Why is it so hard to maintain documentation within SAPA?

I think a great start would be to give us a report of what was awarded and what the required min value was all the way down the list. It should be easy (and hopefully not to much of an invasion of privacy) to list the reserve awards as well. For each domicile start at #1 seniority and list what the line award was (Hours) and what the RMV was at that seniority. We could even add in TAFB and # of days off easy enough. If awarded reserve, instead of hours just list the reserve line number.

This would show two things. First how far down the list it is awarding minimum or waived default. Second it will show how screwed the upper seniority folks are since we need 88 hours for our line to complete while junior folks will get 77 hours.

It will never happen because it will expose so many flaws with the PBS system. But the above report would be easy to publish and wouldn't have any security exposure. It would allow people to see if reserve lines they wanted went junior and if junior people were getting awarded better lines in the name of optimization. We already allow all reserves or those that sit reserve during the month to see all the other reserves schedules. I know reserves are sub human and still need to pay their dues (sarcasm if you missed it), but the privacy argument is pretty null and void when you consider that.

How many crews does the latest email equate to, for the ERJ in LAX in May?
Seems there will be a big transition push as well as transfers, and how should this effect SFO?

Useful insight is much appreciated.

And yes, PBS sucks!

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What does PEN4 mean on sked+?

I have pushed for this since I have worked here. I'm tired of the guys saying I like my privacy and don't want people to know where I am...... Since they are wanted that much by the wonderful flight attendants.