Skywest Questions

bimmerphile said:
But if you truly only need 1 flight to get to work, what difference would it make? Your only option arrives 5 min before report. You don't make it, the flight you were to operate gets canceled. I'm not sure how the pilot wins anything in that situation with management

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From what I have been told you just call in sick, I mean why not. Whose going question your honesty right? Yeah no thanks. Make an honest call saying, yep I planned that poorly considering the circumstances then dust the resume off I guess...
 
JDean3204 said:
I had called Crew Sched two hours prior and informed them that flights were looking bad, they ended up not even giving me a sad because they were appreciative that I kept them in the loop at the first sign of trouble.... You're the second one to say communication was an issue, that was not it. I even called the BCP and told him that if a company bird hadn't left me in Portland I'd be there at the current time... I had a 9pm show and my first call to Crew Support was 7pm. During a normal day that is still two more flights between the city pair to catch a flight and be there prior to report. Not really sure how much more clearly one can commute an issue than that. I'm all ears if anyone has advice though
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You should have called them before the company flight left and made sure they got you on it.
 
ClarkGriswold said:
You should have called them before the company flight left and made sure they got you on it.
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Not sure if Crew Sched could have gotten me on that flight. Maybe by putting me on a dead head which was not allowed as PDX was not my domicile. Now if I had called travel center, they may have been able to help. That I really kick myself about for sure.
 
tcco94 said:
I'm all ears to learning! I'm saying the bonuses will get taxed. No?
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Why would you think bonuses would be taxed differently? Some may be withheld on larger lump sums, you'll make the difference back on your return. You're taxed at the same rate.

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bimmerphile said:
Why would you think bonuses would be taxed differently? Some may be withheld on larger lump sums, you'll make the difference back on your return. You're taxed at the same rate.

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I didn't mean it was taxed at a different rate. I was just saying since it's so big, more is taken out....which we all obviously know. Not sure how my wording was though.
 
bimmerphile said:
Why would you think bonuses would be taxed differently? Some may be withheld on larger lump sums, you'll make the difference back on your return. You're taxed at the same rate.

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I'm hoping that's true with the return. My 10k bonus after taxes was 5800. I had to do a double take, then raised my hand and asked where's the rest of it?!?
 
B767 said:
To make a short story long:

With a clause that says, say, two flights, you might have to try to commute out a night early. Previous company required proof that you tried multiple flights. OO has no clause and there's no fuss if you try one flight and miss it with a large caveat that you don't abuse that. You can't be calling in every week saying you missed your commute. You'll get a talking to. But if it's infrequent there's no questions asked and we don't have to have proof.
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My boss wants two flights.

Which is (1) what it should be, and (2) why it should be written down somewhere.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
My boss wants two flights.

Which is (1) what it should be, and (2) why it should be written down somewhere.
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Good for him? There's no company policy, so how can me make his own policy up?

As far as getting fired for calling in on the commute bit...I don't know what happened. I read his post. To me it sounded like he sprained his ankle, then tried to sit reserve days "risking" not getting called. Then when he did get called he said he couldn't fly. Then he did it again the next day. If that's what happened (I could've misinterpreted it but that's how I read it. Not: he had the trips on schedule then sprained his ankle and called in) then that's a big issue right there. The company has a huge issue with people trying to risk it on reserve and calling in sick when CS calls you for an assignment. Especially while on probation.
 
ClarkGriswold said:
You should have called them before the company flight left and made sure they got you on it.
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That poses a problem sometimes. There's a lot of cooks in the kitchen here and different people do different things. Sometimes that might have worked. Depending on who was working. Other times it wouldn't work at all because "there is absolutely no way WE can put you on a DL painted plane when you're going to work an AS trip."
 
B767 said:
Good for him? There's no company policy, so how can me make his own policy up?
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Uh, he can, because there is no Company policy.

As far as getting fired for calling in on the commute bit...I don't know what happened. I read his post. To me it sounded like he sprained his ankle, then tried to sit reserve days "risking" not getting called. Then when he did get called he said he couldn't fly. Then he did it again the next day. If that's what happened (I could've misinterpreted it but that's how I read it. Not: he had the trips on schedule then sprained his ankle and called in) then that's a big issue right there. The company has a huge issue with people trying to risk it on reserve and calling in sick when CS calls you for an assignment. Especially while on probation.
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Sick or unavailable at notification is a SAD, as is failing to show.

"SADs don't matter" except when they do.
 
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JDean3204 said:
Not sure if Crew Sched could have gotten me on that flight. Maybe by putting me on a dead head which was not allowed as PDX was not my domicile. Now if I had called travel center, they may have been able to help. That I really kick myself about for sure.
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For those who are wondering, call Flight Control. Colloquially known as Dispatch.

(Yes, both terms appear interchangeably in the FOM.)
 
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