SkyWest and Trans States bid on AA 175
05-14-2014, 07:09 PM
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It really doesn't matter which airline we pilots believe is "better prepared" to take on more flying, what matters is which airline submitted the most competitive bid. Compass will indeed have a greater challenge staffing the airplanes than Skywest would if we are awarded any of the AA flying simply because we do not have the economies of scale they do. That being said, we staffed 36 ERJs from one CRJ. I'm not saying it will be pretty but we've done it before, I'm certain we can do it again.
05-14-2014, 07:35 PM
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The advantage Skywest has in terms of staffing is that they currently have 3300 pilots, so adding 30 E175s would be significant but not outrageous. For companies like Compass, TSA, PSA and Mesa it would cause them to nearly double the size of their companies which is probably not possible for them to staff.
Skywest also has the advantage of being able to park Brasilias or CRJ 200s in order to staff E175 orders which management has said they're prepared to do. Compass can't park E175s to staff more E175s and Mesa also only flies large RJs.
No one said that the 'great Skywest' isn't having staffing problems. I think the person above was just pointing out that Skywest is big enough to have some backup plans in order to be able to staff a new contract where other companies cannot.
Skywest also has the advantage of being able to park Brasilias or CRJ 200s in order to staff E175 orders which management has said they're prepared to do. Compass can't park E175s to staff more E175s and Mesa also only flies large RJs.
No one said that the 'great Skywest' isn't having staffing problems. I think the person above was just pointing out that Skywest is big enough to have some backup plans in order to be able to staff a new contract where other companies cannot.
how dare you logic us!?!!
05-14-2014, 08:03 PM
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Late '07 - '08. Not the same, but pretty close. Not only were we taking deliveries, but it was a risky proposition for guys to leave for a start up. It would be the equivalent of guys leaving Skywest for California Pacific (if it ever actually started up). Pretty tough sell for new hires back then.
Again, it really doesn't matter what we think...it's up to AMR, TSH, and Skywest management at this point. Any posturing here about what airlines other than your own can or cannot accomplish is based on either arrogance or ignorance
Again, it really doesn't matter what we think...it's up to AMR, TSH, and Skywest management at this point. Any posturing here about what airlines other than your own can or cannot accomplish is based on either arrogance or ignorance
05-15-2014, 01:24 PM
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05-15-2014, 02:30 PM
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