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shrsailplanes 04-04-2020 01:58 PM

I believe reliability tracking is currently suspended. So anyone worried about that stuff over health shouldn’t.

schildkrote 04-04-2020 04:35 PM

In my opinion, Skywest handled this the best they could, probably better than a lot of other airlines, and the wait times for crew scheduling.... although they were about 30-40 minutes to speak to someone a few days ago are down to about a 15-20 min wait, so they are slowly catching up to the craziness. Some of the United trips got totally chopped up and I'm barely flying half of the assigned block, the delta trips look like they are sticking with less cancellations.

The airport now seems safer than the grocery store, so I really don't mind being there currently.

hawk21 04-04-2020 04:40 PM


Originally Posted by schildkrote (Post 3023735)

The airport now seems safer than the grocery store, so I really don't mind being there currently.

That tends to happen when you have 3 people in the airports these days and a million people lined up for toilet paper at the store.

MasterOfPuppets 04-04-2020 04:57 PM


Originally Posted by Turbosina (Post 3023318)
Yeah, the last trip I flew, we had an FA coughing and sneezing and complaining she felt terrible. Sitting next to her on the hotel van was fantastic, let me tell you. We asked her why the heck she didn't call off...you can guess the answer. "I need the money! I don't want an occurrence!!"

Fortunately that was 12 days ago and I feel fine, and so does my wife, but seriously folks...

Dude! Call in sick for her! Either that or refuse to fly with her. Stand up for your crew and the passengers you are entrusted with.

MasterOfPuppets 04-04-2020 04:59 PM


Originally Posted by Turboprop (Post 3023545)
getting more OT on the days that I was not awarded for any trips, standups are really nice because you are at the hotel for about 9 hours. getting paid almost 7-hour credit. Enjoy the VTO brother, we hold the fort for ya.

stay CORONA FREE!

picking up OT when new hires got furloughed? Come on man be better than that.

TenaciousB 04-04-2020 05:31 PM


Originally Posted by Loon (Post 3023493)
And how exactly do YOU(assuming you're a pilot) practice proper "social distancing " in the cockpit?
get real. If it bothers you that much, stay home.

You don’t, hence the 20% part of my comment. You get that social distancing with 2 of 3 other crewmembers is better than 0 of three from a risk management standpoint, correct?

Also, I would stay home but they would give that trip to a reserve and he or she would be in the same place. I have integrity so I haven’t called in yet, though I do post trips for pickup when I can.

Any other questions?

captive apple 04-04-2020 06:05 PM


Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets (Post 3023760)
picking up OT when new hires got furloughed? Come on man be better than that.

Why are you saying new hires were furloughed?

Flymeaway 04-04-2020 06:50 PM


Originally Posted by captive apple (Post 3023818)
Why are you saying new hires were furloughed?

Anyone not finished with LOE was sent home a couple weeks ago with no pay/benefits. They're calling it involuntary "admin leave," but it's a furlough for all intents and purposes.

savedbythevnav 04-05-2020 09:12 AM


Originally Posted by captive apple (Post 3023818)
Why are you saying new hires were furloughed?

“administrative leave without pay” and will be “recalled in order of seniority”

Nothing to see here guys! Obviously not a furlough!


/s

gojo 04-05-2020 09:40 AM


Originally Posted by savedbythevnav (Post 3024279)
“administrative leave without pay” and will be “recalled in order of seniority”

Nothing to see here guys! Obviously not a furlough!


/s

Really???? Sounds exactly like one to me. It’s just a colorful renaming. It’s going to look so much better in the coming years when Skywest can say, never furloughed. However, we did do administrative leave without pay. NOT


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