Skybus FTMFW

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

So I live in Columbus Ohio and there is this new airlines called skybus. I can fly to all these locations dirt cheap now. Anyone around me used them yet? To go from here to Boston? Oh yeah 10 bucks. To fly from here to Seattle (just outside of actually) 50 dollars HA HA HA HA.

Basically you have to pay for everything "extra" though (drinks, food, pillow, yeah everything)

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I'm a happy boy.

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[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

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[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

OMG! I LOL'd! They say new planes, so I'm still going to give it a go. Headed to Seattle in June (only 50 dollars)

 

[mtlhead 10+ year member]

dude thats amazing...is it out of columbus int'l? i need to fly to chicago...and only like 10 bucks would kick so much ***

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Go Greyhound. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skybus_Airlines

Though the exact number of $10 tickets are not advertised, Skybus guarantees that a minimum of ten such tickets will be offered for each flight. Ticket prices for the remaining fares is expected to be around half the price of other airlines. These fares do not include taxes and other airport fees, however, which add around $10 to a one-way ticket. All fees included, the cheapest round-trip ticket for one adult will cost approximately $40.[

just because it says $10 tickets does not make it so...

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

you will pay $10 to get there and then $500 to get back

 

[JonMR2turbo 10+ year member]

My dad has been an aircraft mechanic for about 25 years. He's been bouncing around different airlines the last few years and just left a company that is similiar to Skybus.

These small airline companies that are getting bigger and offering super low fees are not an airline I would fly with.

To begin with, alot of them use older corporate jets. These are planes that are made to fly on corporate schedules: the plane takes people across the country, sits for a couple days while they have a meeting or whatever, then flies them back home and sits until they have to go somewhere again.

These companies are using these planes to fly commercial schedules which means they more or less work non-stop with their only downtime being when they are having maintenance performed.

They push these planes to the absolute limit. Operating an airline is not cheap and their main revenue comes from the ticket holders. If you are getting a ticket for practically nothing then that company has to make up for it in volume. That means the company is going to put off fixing things on the planes for as long as they can because they can't afford to have a plane get grounded for repairs.

Planes have maintenance record that stays with them wherever they go. So if a pilot reports a problem after he lands, the mechanics inspect it, and if it is serious enough they fix it. But if it isn't something that immediately effects the plane's ability to fly safely, they may just write it off, in which case the plane goes to it's next destination where the next set of mechanics will look at it. The management for these small companies puts pressure on the mechanics to write as many problems off for as long as they can. The mechanics employed now are also being worked to death because these companies all offer low pay and crappy benefits so they are all having hard times finding good people. My dad quit for these reasons. He was working 18 hour shifts several days in a row every week. One of his managers even ended up having a heart attack because the poor guy was on call 24/7 and had to go in whenever he was needed.

All of this means that you have planes not originally made to handle the stresses of commercial flight, that are having their maintenance put off for as long as possible, and being worked on by overworked and overstressed employees.

 

[Crown_amps]

from wiki

Airline certification is still pending from the Federal Aviation Administration, which is required before any aircraft can carry passengers.[3] In an attempt to get a head start on marketing flights, however, Skybus has been granted a waiver from the DOT to begin ticket sales before the application is approved.[4][5] The first flights out of Columbus begin on May 22, 2007.

sounds like the scammersvilles

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

you will pay $10 to get there and then $500 to get back

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[DaGh0st 5,000+ posts]

from wiki

Airline certification is still pending from the Federal Aviation Administration, which is required before any aircraft can carry passengers.[3] In an attempt to get a head start on marketing flights, however, Skybus has been granted a waiver from the DOT to begin ticket sales before the application is approved.[4][5] The first flights out of Columbus begin on May 22, 2007.

sounds like the scammersvilles

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no way id get on one after reading that.

 

[kool-aid 10+ year member]

My dad has been an aircraft mechanic for about 25 years. He's been bouncing around different airlines the last few years and just left a company that is similiar to Skybus.
These small airline companies that are getting bigger and offering super low fees are not an airline I would fly with.

To begin with, alot of them use older corporate jets. These are planes that are made to fly on corporate schedules: the plane takes people across the country, sits for a couple days while they have a meeting or whatever, then flies them back home and sits until they have to go somewhere again.

These companies are using these planes to fly commercial schedules which means they more or less work non-stop with their only downtime being when they are having maintenance performed.

They push these planes to the absolute limit. Operating an airline is not cheap and their main revenue comes from the ticket holders. If you are getting a ticket for practically nothing then that company has to make up for it in volume. That means the company is going to put off fixing things on the planes for as long as they can because they can't afford to have a plane get grounded for repairs.

Planes have maintenance record that stays with them wherever they go. So if a pilot reports a problem after he lands, the mechanics inspect it, and if it is serious enough they fix it. But if it isn't something that immediately effects the plane's ability to fly safely, they may just write it off, in which case the plane goes to it's next destination where the next set of mechanics will look at it. The management for these small companies puts pressure on the mechanics to write as many problems off for as long as they can. The mechanics employed now are also being worked to death because these companies all offer low pay and crappy benefits so they are all having hard times finding good people. My dad quit for these reasons. He was working 18 hour shifts several days in a row every week. One of his managers even ended up having a heart attack because the poor guy was on call 24/7 and had to go in whenever he was needed.

All of this means that you have planes not originally made to handle the stresses of commercial flight, that are having their maintenance put off for as long as possible, and being worked on by overworked and overstressed employees.

have you ever heard of express jet?

 

[JonMR2turbo 10+ year member]

have you ever heard of express jet?

I've heard of the name, but I don't know anything specific about them.

But looking at their website they are using the same kind planes I am talking about.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

I dont fly, so yeah...........

 

[HitManSE 10+ year member]

I dont fly, so yeah...........

Southwest, its the only way to fly....