Skywest Questions

[Flyboy57]

Should I let the guy I bought my car off of borrow it whenever he wants because he owned it first?

Okay, you win the award for the most off-the-wall analogy I've seen online. Are you saying you "bought" the seat of the retiree?? Please explain.

 

[Flyboy57]

True. Although looking at some of the overweight pilots out there, some severely so, the sedentary nature of the job will be what does them in early even with the demographic changes.

Some of the most overweight I've seen are actually a long ways from retirement. Seniors don't have an exclusive on obesity these days.

 

[Flyboy57]

. . . Is he really in his airline uniform, in class with his ALPA lanyard???

What's embarrassing? The uniform or the lanyard?

 

[ClarkGriswold]

Gee...a Naval aviator, then airline pilot who now shares his love for aviation with aspiring young aviators. Why wouldn't someone want to be like him? I'm confused.

The problem with this individual is he has no credibility and if anyone knew his background they wouldn't care to hear his passion and certainly wouldn't pay for it.

Again, there's life outside of airplanes, ESPECIALLY after retirement. Go explore please.

 

[Flyboy57]

The problem with this individual is he has no credibility and if anyone knew his background they wouldn't care to hear his passion and certainly wouldn't pay for it.

Again, there's life outside of airplanes, ESPECIALLY after retirement. Go explore please.

Well, then obviously there's backstory not shared in the original post. Based on the video offered, he seems like a decent guy with some interesting experience that he's sharing.

And I agree....there's life outside of airplanes. Perhaps you should go explore it sooner, rather than later. The beauty of America is the freedom to pursue whatever you wish. Artificial limits on what and when people pursue their passions seem antithetical to that freedom.

 

[Hacker15e]

Well, then obviously there's backstory not shared in the original post. Based on the video offered, he seems like a decent guy with some interesting experience that he's sharing.

We just recently covered that territory in this other thread:
http://forums.jetcareers.com/threads/your-lanyard-and-you.232357/

 

[JordanD]

Okay, you win the award for the most off-the-wall analogy I've seen online. Are you saying you "bought" the seat of the retiree?? Please explain.

It stops being his seat when he becomes a retiree. We obviously aren't going to agree on this.

 

[JordanD]

The problem with this individual is he has no credibility and if anyone knew his background they wouldn't care to hear his passion and certainly wouldn't pay for it.

Again, there's life outside of airplanes, ESPECIALLY after retirement. Go explore please.

I really wish people would see that "passion for flying" and wanting protect the profession really should be the same thing, but every time I hear it in this thread passion is just a euphemism for justifying doing the opposite.

 

[etflies]

Well, then obviously there's backstory not shared in the original post. Based on the video offered, he seems like a decent guy with some interesting experience that he's sharing.

He's a Continental scab. Hence why one might not want to hold him up as a shining example of what young pilots ought to aspire to be.

 

[Flyboy57]

It stops being his seat when he becomes a retiree. We obviously aren't going to agree on this.

You're probably correct. But keep in mind the old saying, what goes around comes around. Remember you'll be there someday, too.

 

[JordanD]

You're probably correct. But keep in mind the old saying, what goes around comes around. Remember you'll be there someday, too.

I have zero plans of touching an airliner after I'm 65

 

[Flyboy57]

I really wish people would see that "passion for flying" and wanting protect the profession really should be the same thing, but every time I hear it in this thread passion is just a euphemism for justifying doing the opposite.

He's a Continental scab. Hence why one might not want to hold him up as a shining example of what young pilots ought to aspire to be.

This is where the pilot community stubs its toe, in my opinion. On the one hand they talk about the "profession", then on the other act like blue-collar thugs talking about "scabs". I think wanting to be in the former, but acting like the latter has been at the root of the problem for career pilots for quite some time. But that's probably a discussion for another thread.

 

[Flyboy57]

I have zero plans of touching an airliner after I'm 65

It's good to have that choice, either way.

 

[B767]

You're probably correct. But keep in mind the old saying, what goes around comes around. Remember you'll be there someday, too.

What the hell are you talking about???

 

[JordanD]

This is where the pilot community stubs its toe, in my opinion. On the one hand they talk about the "profession", then on the other act like blue-collar thugs talking about "scabs". I think wanting to be in the former, but acting like the latter has been at the root of the problem for career pilots for quite some time. But that's probably a discussion for another thread.

Not my quote on the second one.

I don't always agree with union rhetoric or tactics... But why scabs are harmful to this profession is self explanatory.

 

[etflies]

This is where the pilot community stubs its toe, in my opinion. On the one hand they talk about the "profession", then on the other act like blue-collar thugs talking about "scabs". I think wanting to be in the former, but acting like the latter has been at the root of the problem for career pilots for quite some time. But that's probably a discussion for another thread.

There is nothing "thug" about calling someone what they are in this case.

 

[B767]

Pretty simple. If you're over 65 you aren't on the SKW seniority list. Thus, you aren't flying any repo flights. I don't care how bad the ROW repos are. Done more than a handful here. They should be flown by legitimate 121 qualified SKW pilots. Whether rsv or for JM pay. Same with other repo flights. Flown by a rsv or someone that's getting paid time and a half.

 

[Flyboy57]

Pretty simple. If you're over 65 you aren't on the SKW seniority list. Thus, you aren't flying any repo flights. I don't care how bad the ROW repos are. Done more than a handful here. They should be flown by legitimate 121 qualified SKW pilots. Whether rsv or for JM pay. Same with other repo flights. Flown by a rsv or someone that's getting paid time and a half.

Yep, that's a simple way of looking at it. And provides impetus to continue raising the 121 retirement age, which is probably inevitable the way things are going.

 

[JordanD]

Yep, that's a simple way of looking at it. And provides impetus to continue raising the 121 retirement age, which is probably inevitable the way things are going.

Which im staunchly against them doing. There really ought to be a "pilot years" measurement like dog years. There's no way pilots are part of the "well you know people are living longer and healthier, let's all work til we die!" Demographic. This job is hell on your body after a few decades I'm sure.

 

[B767]

Yep, that's a simple way of looking at it. And provides impetus to continue raising the 121 retirement age, which is probably inevitable the way things are going.

Pretty sure SKW is NOT in control of raising 121 retirement age. They are trying to circumvent it.