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06-03-2013 | 09:32 AM
#2211
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From: Stick Monkey
why do you think there is such a lag to upgrade people when it appears to be such a black and white need present on the scheduler's side?
06-03-2013 | 10:12 AM
#2213
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One of our pilots discovered a lot of us airways 900 flying out east that is more than 4 900s could possible do starting in August.
Flying to cities include:
ABE, AVL, AUS, BHM, BUF, CHS, CVG, CLE, DTW, GSO, MDT, BDL, IND, JAX, SDF, MEM, MYR, BNA, ORF, OMA, SAT, SAV, STL, IAD, and ILM.
Interesting to say at least.
Flying to cities include:
ABE, AVL, AUS, BHM, BUF, CHS, CVG, CLE, DTW, GSO, MDT, BDL, IND, JAX, SDF, MEM, MYR, BNA, ORF, OMA, SAT, SAV, STL, IAD, and ILM.
Interesting to say at least.
06-03-2013 | 10:20 AM
#2214
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From: Stick Monkey
Well, it has to be far cheaper for the company to have more, new Captains than to pay fewer captains more money and more risk of penalty pay for longer than normal work routines due to a shortage, no?
06-03-2013 | 10:48 AM
#2215
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From: AA
It looks like it could just be a glitch on the US Airways website, but if you search for flights between those outstations and CLT after August 1 or so, some of them say operated by SkyWest. So I'm not totally buying it yet, but it could help explain why we randomly starting hiring again.
06-03-2013 | 11:32 AM
#2216
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From: PT Inbound
"Short staffed is the new normal staffed."
06-03-2013 | 11:55 AM
#2217
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
All employees get paid a minimum guarantee, optional health insurance, retirement matching, profit sharing (after first year), etc. I think just adding more bodies to the payroll makes it more expensive than to just pay fewer people a little more money to cover the same amount of work. Their benefits, health insurance, etc. remains the same. The only extra cost is their extra pay so I dunno. In my head, it seems as though paying fewer people a little more money to cover extra work would be cheaper than properly staffing, even if they are all first year captains.
I suspect SKW envisions a real shortage of ATP's at the regional entry if/when the majors start retiring people...they may be willing to pay folks to sit around now (they are certainly doing that in my base) rather than lose flying due to lack of staff later.
06-03-2013 | 04:57 PM
#2218
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Skywest is not hiring and has no recruiting planned at all. If you want to go to their webpage you can any time.
06-03-2013 | 05:17 PM
#2219
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From: PLEASE ADVISE
Why would you believe that the webpage is a more reliable source than an OO pilot?
06-03-2013 | 05:23 PM
#2220
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From: AA
And I realize that by making this point it calls into question everything on this site, too, but that's kinda my point: none of us really know anything.
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