SkyWest ?’s
11-21-2021, 06:08 PM
#2953
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2016
Posts: 893
might have the ability, but it won’t. They (lifers) will be expected to work more days to keep the operation moving along. Eventually, as many are already talking about, the lifers will just quit.
11-21-2021, 06:13 PM
#2954
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2016
Posts: 1,111
11-21-2021, 06:39 PM
#2955
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,293
I think they’re going to have to match mainline FO pay or they’re not going to be able to keep the lights on. Already closing markets to cover the contract flying. The mainlines will need to be part of the solution before it all melts down. Things are getting real interesting.
11-21-2021, 07:00 PM
#2956
Banned
Joined APC: May 2017
Posts: 2,012
It's possible Skywest will act foolishly. But they're the only regional with a real chance to keep the lights on .. ie with enough senior people to run the training machine required. And, crucially, they have the ability to offer targeted bonuses without negotiating an LOA. They can afford to pay their LCA's $250k/yr and they can do it the second they want to. If anyone survives this, it will be skywest, but it will be because a skywest LCA job becomes a legit career destination
11-21-2021, 10:13 PM
#2957
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2021
Posts: 130
It's possible Skywest will act foolishly. But they're the only regional with a real chance to keep the lights on .. ie with enough senior people to run the training machine required. And, crucially, they have the ability to offer targeted bonuses without negotiating an LOA. They can afford to pay their LCA's $250k/yr and they can do it the second they want to. If anyone survives this, it will be skywest, but it will be because a skywest LCA job becomes a legit career destination
11-22-2021, 04:16 AM
#2958
Banned
Joined APC: May 2017
Posts: 2,012
An airline cannot magically replace every LCA every three months. You can only make as many captains as you have people with 1000 hours.
skywest is the only regional that might survive that
11-22-2021, 04:25 PM
#2959
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2016
Posts: 524
“pilot shortage” triggers a lot of people. There’s not really a pilot shortage. There are plenty of people who want to be regional FO’s. The problem is captains and especially LCA’s.
An airline cannot magically replace every LCA every three months. You can only make as many captains as you have people with 1000 hours.
skywest is the only regional that might survive that
An airline cannot magically replace every LCA every three months. You can only make as many captains as you have people with 1000 hours.
skywest is the only regional that might survive that
11-22-2021, 05:26 PM
#2960
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,293
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
