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Old 12-06-2017, 04:42 PM
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Expressjet announced an additional $10,000 retention bonus for every CA and FO at ExpressJet for 2018. If you add the 401k plan B match, XJT captains are making $15,000 to $20,000 more per year than a SkyWest captain. Maybe unions are not so bad?
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Expressjet announced an additional $10,000 retention bonus for every CA and FO at ExpressJet for 2018. If you add the 401k plan B match, XJT captains are making $15,000 to $20,000 more per year than a SkyWest captain. Maybe unions are not so bad?
Are you saying SkyWest pilots dont have a 401k match program or bonus program??? Because my paycheck YTD shows over 10k in 401k match, 4500 pilot bonus, and 10,500 in company financial/performance bonus
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Are you saying SkyWest pilots dont have a 401k match program or bonus program??? Because my paycheck YTD shows over 10k in 401k match, 4500 pilot bonus, and 10,500 in company financial/performance bonus
Unbelievable, yet very sad.......
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Unbelievable, yet very sad.......
Well he or she, made it sound like SkyWest pilots get nothing..... I will agree the FO’s are getting ripped off.. SkyWest FO’s are not getting these big retention bonuses..

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Skywest wouldn’t be parking Expressjet if the pilots were paid less than Skywest pilots. What did Skywest pilots do after L-ASA pilots lost the Delta CPA? You stole the flying because you are undercutting union pilots.
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Skywest wouldn’t be parking Expressjet if the pilots were paid less than Skywest pilots. What did Skywest pilots do after L-ASA pilots lost the Delta CPA? You stole the flying because you are undercutting union pilots.
Endeavor is taking most there aircraft.... We got 10 craped out 200’s for DL flying.. (yes we got some new E175’s flying in SEA/NYC)
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Originally Posted by Skyw View Post
Expressjet announced an additional $10,000 retention bonus for every CA and FO at ExpressJet for 2018. If you add the 401k plan B match, XJT captains are making $15,000 to $20,000 more per year than a SkyWest captain. Maybe unions are not so bad?
Unfortunately the purpose of a retention bonus is to encourage pilots not to leave. Expressjet may be having that problem but SkyWest is not at the moment. Not sure what unions have to do with encouraging a company to give them retention bonuses.
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Endeavor is taking most there aircraft.... We got 10 craped out 200’s for DL flying.. (yes we got some new E175’s flying in SEA/NYC)
Most? 31 out of 61 is barely 50%. OO is taking the other 30 airplanes worth of flying, by parking the CR7 and adding the E175SC.
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Are you saying SkyWest pilots dont have a 401k match program or bonus program??? Because my paycheck YTD shows over 10k in 401k match, 4500 pilot bonus, and 10,500 in company financial/performance bonus
You are absolutely right. Skywest has always taken care of their senior people first. Huge difference between the 15 years plus people and the rest.

It is still a nice “family” company at the top is it not?
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Originally Posted by Skyw View Post
Expressjet announced an additional $10,000 retention bonus for every CA and FO at ExpressJet for 2018. If you add the 401k plan B match, XJT captains are making $15,000 to $20,000 more per year than a SkyWest captain. Maybe unions are not so bad?
$10k plus an additional $10k for CRJ FO's serving Delta. The defined contribution isn't a "match" per say. It's just an extra deposit into our 401k on top of the company match. Anywhere from 2.5 - 6% extra depending on longevity.
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