SkyWest LAX/SAN Base
06-08-2007, 06:31 PM
#11
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[QUOTE=determined2fly;177451]
Because they were looking at ANOTHER 5-6 years to upgrade.
At least one lived in SLC.
No truth at all. If you are an ASA pilot you don't have to do the sim, that's the only exception. But there are plenty of ex-eagle people at SKW, so they seem to like them just fine (some of them had 5-6 years at eagle).[/quote
just curious...do you happen to know why these guys are ex-eagle people? Are conditions better at SKW? why would anyone give up 5-6 years senority to go to another regional?
just curious...do you happen to know why these guys are ex-eagle people? Are conditions better at SKW? why would anyone give up 5-6 years senority to go to another regional?
Because they were looking at ANOTHER 5-6 years to upgrade.
At least one lived in SLC.
06-08-2007, 06:39 PM
#12
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Posts: 615
[quote=determined2fly;177451]
saw a friend of mine from college at slc for ground school. asked him why he came from eagle to skw. upgrade time was his answer.
No truth at all. If you are an ASA pilot you don't have to do the sim, that's the only exception. But there are plenty of ex-eagle people at SKW, so they seem to like them just fine (some of them had 5-6 years at eagle).[/quote
just curious...do you happen to know why these guys are ex-eagle people? Are conditions better at SKW? why would anyone give up 5-6 years senority to go to another regional?
just curious...do you happen to know why these guys are ex-eagle people? Are conditions better at SKW? why would anyone give up 5-6 years senority to go to another regional?
06-08-2007, 07:52 PM
#13
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Posts: 90
Upgrade time was not the only reason I switched from Eagle to Skywest. I actually make more on 19.25/hr here than I did at 23.something at eagle due to better work rules. You're generally treated much better at SKW, and it's got way more base options and better potential to move around the country.
There was a guy in my class at SKW who had been at Eagle for 6 years. He was awarded EMB CA after 10 months at Skywest.
There was a guy in my class at SKW who had been at Eagle for 6 years. He was awarded EMB CA after 10 months at Skywest.
06-09-2007, 10:17 AM
#15
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Upgrade time was not the only reason I switched from Eagle to Skywest. I actually make more on 19.25/hr here than I did at 23.something at eagle due to better work rules. You're generally treated much better at SKW, and it's got way more base options and better potential to move around the country.
There was a guy in my class at SKW who had been at Eagle for 6 years. He was awarded EMB CA after 10 months at Skywest.
There was a guy in my class at SKW who had been at Eagle for 6 years. He was awarded EMB CA after 10 months at Skywest.
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06-09-2007, 11:00 AM
#16
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You need 2500 to upgrade at SKW so there are a lot of guys upgrading "out of order" because the guys ahead of them don't have the TT. There are a few 8 month Bro upgrades to guys that have come in with the required TT to upgrade
06-09-2007, 11:30 AM
#18
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Obviously it was seniority order, except for the flight instructors who don't have the experience to be a CA. Also the vast majority of CFI's who hire into the bro chose transition over to jet FO instead of upgrading in the brasilia...not sure why, QOL or SJS or both?
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