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05-02-2015, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Crazy Canuck
Fwiw, every single first year FO I know of (myself Included) has voted NO to this pay package
05-02-2015, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Brosilia
Congratulations! You've been hired at NoDues Airlines! Pay? Eff it! Vote in the new pay package pronto (free pay for those hired prior to April 30th)! The captain sitting next to you? His family doesn't need extra pay, but you sure do! We all know how hard it is spending eight months sitting next to a fake news reporter telling people how bad the traffic is. Lucky you, (what an opportunity!), to sit next to the next Brooke Baldwin flown by the next Ho Lee Fuk. SFO? Have it! Please tell your captain the hardships you endured waiting for a slot to fly at home; the horrors of commuting for 2 months!
back when. I paid union dues. When corrected for inflation, my 3rd year turbo prop days paid about twice what the non union Skywest 1st year does today. I have commuted. With Skywest pay commuting is not viable. I have a house, you know, a life. That's why I want, and am enquiring about, SFO basing. Upping 1st year pay barely puts it into a viable range staying at home, not commuting. I am not advocating anyone voting for the first year pay increase without a significant pay increase for everyone else. But that's what a union is for, something it seems Skywest has repeatedly rejected.
05-02-2015, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by chazbird
Interesting reactions. Pay what sort of dues? I have, both literally and figuratively. 11 aviation moves, and a regional (two actually) way
back when. I paid union dues. When corrected for inflation, my 3rd year turbo prop days paid about twice what the non union Skywest 1st year does today. I have commuted. With Skywest pay commuting is not viable. I have a house, you know, a life. That's why I want, and am enquiring about, SFO basing. Upping 1st year pay barely puts it into a viable range staying at home, not commuting. I am not advocating anyone voting for the first year pay increase without a significant pay increase for everyone else. But that's what a union is for, something it seems Skywest has repeatedly rejected.
back when. I paid union dues. When corrected for inflation, my 3rd year turbo prop days paid about twice what the non union Skywest 1st year does today. I have commuted. With Skywest pay commuting is not viable. I have a house, you know, a life. That's why I want, and am enquiring about, SFO basing. Upping 1st year pay barely puts it into a viable range staying at home, not commuting. I am not advocating anyone voting for the first year pay increase without a significant pay increase for everyone else. But that's what a union is for, something it seems Skywest has repeatedly rejected.
05-02-2015, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by chazbird
Interesting reactions. Pay what sort of dues? I have, both literally and figuratively. 11 aviation moves, and a regional (two actually) way
back when. I paid union dues. When corrected for inflation, my 3rd year turbo prop days paid about twice what the non union Skywest 1st year does today. I have commuted. With Skywest pay commuting is not viable. I have a house, you know, a life. That's why I want, and am enquiring about, SFO basing. Upping 1st year pay barely puts it into a viable range staying at home, not commuting. I am not advocating anyone voting for the first year pay increase without a significant pay increase for everyone else. But that's what a union is for, something it seems Skywest has repeatedly rejected.
back when. I paid union dues. When corrected for inflation, my 3rd year turbo prop days paid about twice what the non union Skywest 1st year does today. I have commuted. With Skywest pay commuting is not viable. I have a house, you know, a life. That's why I want, and am enquiring about, SFO basing. Upping 1st year pay barely puts it into a viable range staying at home, not commuting. I am not advocating anyone voting for the first year pay increase without a significant pay increase for everyone else. But that's what a union is for, something it seems Skywest has repeatedly rejected.
I'll take my answer off the air.
05-02-2015, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Brosilia
Congratulations! You've been hired at NoDues Airlines! Pay? Eff it! Vote in the new pay package pronto (free pay for those hired prior to April 30th)! The captain sitting next to you? His family doesn't need extra pay, but you sure do! We all know how hard it is spending eight months sitting next to a fake news reporter telling people how bad the traffic is. Lucky you, (what an opportunity!), to sit next to the next Brooke Baldwin flown by the next Ho Lee Fuk. SFO? Have it! Please tell your captain the hardships you endured waiting for a slot to fly at home; the horrors of commuting for 2 months!
05-03-2015, 05:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Mercyful Fate
Unions!! Yay team!!
05-03-2015, 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by TheFly
So how do you explain nearly every other regional that has a union and pays significantly less than SkyWest? We'll start with Republic and Mesa...
I'll take my answer off the air.
I'll take my answer off the air.
05-03-2015, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by FaceBiter
News flash champ, nobody cares.
SkyWest will just get the 1500 hour CFI to sling gear in MSP with a smile on his face and a phone full of selfies for instagram. $24/hr will be the most money he's ever made in his life, and if he's really lucky a newb flight attendant will even let him touch her leg.
Everyone wins, except you.
SkyWest will just get the 1500 hour CFI to sling gear in MSP with a smile on his face and a phone full of selfies for instagram. $24/hr will be the most money he's ever made in his life, and if he's really lucky a newb flight attendant will even let him touch her leg.
Everyone wins, except you.
05-03-2015, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by TheFly
So how do you explain nearly every other regional that has a union and pays significantly less than SkyWest? We'll start with Republic and Mesa...
I'll take my answer off the air.
I'll take my answer off the air.
Both of your examples are the outcome of CEOs who whipsawed their pilots. Both of those pilot groups traded pay and QOL in order to one list their pilot groups. They did what they had to and we should all applaud them for making the sacrifice. But you guys wouldn't know anything about that, would you?
05-03-2015, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Nevets
Both of your examples are the outcome of CEOs who whipsawed their pilots. Both of those pilot groups traded pay and QOL in order to one list their pilot groups. They did what they had to and we should all applaud them for making the sacrifice. But you guys wouldn't know anything about that, would you?
Ask your friends who have left guys. Add their info to your decision. We need to wake up! Now if only we had someone who could lead us....
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