Strenyakov

Skywest has always avoided having a pilots union because they have paid market rate for pilots and treated the pilots well. They were careful who they hired to avoid conflicts.

When they locked in the pilots to subpar pay last year it assures them high profits for the next 4+ years. Endeavor and the others are starting to pass Skywest by large amounts and it will get worse as other contracts come up. New pilots will go where the money is when there is such a difference.

Without enough incoming pilots, Skywest will shrink as needed.

With low pay, negative growth coming soon, I don't see Skywest being able to stop a Union push. I hate to say that. Maybe not soon, but in 2 years, yes. Two years after that a contract, right about the time the current agreement ends.

Check Complete

From what I have heard from various elements within middle management is that the company's top management will make no effort to persuade anybody to stay. In fact they wish there was more movement, especially the higher seniority group. (duh!) And as quoted, I feel our managment has their heads in the sand (or maybe somewhere else) in denial about the stemming loss of personnel, the demand is exceeding the supply. And it's not just pilots, but especially true with mechanics and dispatchers too.

I have been talking with more and more guys with 10, 15, 20 years plus like myself that are dusting off their logbooks and updating their resumes. The wonderful lady in records says she receives around 10 to 15 requests a week from individuals for pilot flight time records.

The exodus from here will follow the curve from the majors retirement profile, if not greater. I predict the CFI that is coming to SkyWest today will be bypassing the regional product all together and go right to the ULCC's within 2 to 3 years.

And if you think about it SkyWest is really just maybe one tier up from Great Lakes. Per their article in the Denver Post, their death was primarily attributed to the inability to attract and retain pilots, thus numerous cancellations.

The time to leave is now.

TheAshtar

After reading T.T.’s ‘From the Top’ I’m reassured! 100 “new” airplanes in the last 18 months! Wow!!!

I flew a “new” one not too long ago something something something XJ. Must have come “new” from the factory with no fuel senders in the left wing! Nice!

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WesternSkies

“From the top rope”

93Sierra

"And mostly everyone has averaged 29 days off a month!!!! This summer will be interesting.....

It's like we are on the titanic. SLC and most skywest mainline are in first class going out in half full life boats, while the common folk crj drivers not in said holy land, are trying to get to a life raft.

Simpsons

Soon there will be an email from our SAPA president that will look almost identical to TG's email.

WesternSkies

Sounds like company is interested in focusing most of the money towards new hires.

Squallrider

The thing about the TA is it can’t be worse then what we have and we would be waiting 4 more years minimum to see anything new. So yes it probably won’t meet what we deserve but it’s better and sooner than waiting on ours to expire.

That being said it doesn’t warrant a automatic yes or no but due consideration

flysooner9

Has there been any word at all on what the TA would have in it?