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12-18-2012, 07:27 PM
#1691
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Joined APC: Mar 2009
Position: Lunar Lander Commander
Posts: 158
Sure, but it'd be pretty hard after dealing with 1st year pay to intentionally go from 36.6 to 28.xx once 2nd year pay comes around. But if you want to, there's no reason you couldn't.
If they don't give you a Bro class, just take the jet class if you get it, and upgrade to the Bro when your # comes up in a few years. This way you never take a "paycut" and you get what you're looking for..
If they don't give you a Bro class, just take the jet class if you get it, and upgrade to the Bro when your # comes up in a few years. This way you never take a "paycut" and you get what you're looking for..
12-18-2012, 07:27 PM
#1692
Rollin'
Joined APC: Sep 2008
Position: AA Airbus
Posts: 829
12-19-2012, 10:55 AM
#1695
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Joined APC: Jan 2009
Position: 737 right
Posts: 285
I think that the seat lock should only be for 12 months. Whats the differance between a transition or a downgrade?
12-19-2012, 11:07 AM
#1696
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Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: 717 FO
Posts: 394
In your case it would be both. A downgrade to FO and a transition to the jet. Downgrades have the more restrictive seat lock.
12-19-2012, 03:50 PM
#1697
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Joined APC: Apr 2009
Position: CL-65 / Gear Wrangler
Posts: 321
12-19-2012, 04:49 PM
#1698
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Joined APC: Jan 2009
Position: 737 right
Posts: 285
SkyWest only owned 9 of the EMB-120's at the end of 2010. 39 at that time were leased. The fleet is a little smaller since then. I personally took one plane back to the leasor.
12-19-2012, 07:26 PM
#1699
On Reserve
Joined APC: Mar 2012
Position: Cessna Caravan
Posts: 15
Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but here goes:
So I'm curious...how's the schedule at Skywest for someone who lives in base? What is the length of most trips (how many days)? Are there a lot of day trips? How much flexibility do you have in your scheduling (i.e. how hard is it to drop trips on days you don't want to fly and pick up trips on your days off)? How long does one generally stay on reserve? How is the schedule for a typical reserve guy (again how easy or hard is it to drop/pick up reserve days)?
I know these are a lot of questions, but I'm trying to get a good feel for what the QOL is like in regards to the typical pilot's schedule.
Thanks!
So I'm curious...how's the schedule at Skywest for someone who lives in base? What is the length of most trips (how many days)? Are there a lot of day trips? How much flexibility do you have in your scheduling (i.e. how hard is it to drop trips on days you don't want to fly and pick up trips on your days off)? How long does one generally stay on reserve? How is the schedule for a typical reserve guy (again how easy or hard is it to drop/pick up reserve days)?
I know these are a lot of questions, but I'm trying to get a good feel for what the QOL is like in regards to the typical pilot's schedule.
Thanks!
12-19-2012, 07:36 PM
#1700
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Joined APC: May 2009
Position: Another RJ FO
Posts: 1,272
Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but here goes:
So I'm curious...how's the schedule at Skywest for someone who lives in base? What is the length of most trips (how many days)? Are there a lot of day trips? How much flexibility do you have in your scheduling (i.e. how hard is it to drop trips on days you don't want to fly and pick up trips on your days off)? How long does one generally stay on reserve? How is the schedule for a typical reserve guy (again how easy or hard is it to drop/pick up reserve days)?
I know these are a lot of questions, but I'm trying to get a good feel for what the QOL is like in regards to the typical pilot's schedule.
Thanks!
So I'm curious...how's the schedule at Skywest for someone who lives in base? What is the length of most trips (how many days)? Are there a lot of day trips? How much flexibility do you have in your scheduling (i.e. how hard is it to drop trips on days you don't want to fly and pick up trips on your days off)? How long does one generally stay on reserve? How is the schedule for a typical reserve guy (again how easy or hard is it to drop/pick up reserve days)?
I know these are a lot of questions, but I'm trying to get a good feel for what the QOL is like in regards to the typical pilot's schedule.
Thanks!
Dropping trips is a bit domicile specific too. I personally have had almost no luck ever dropping trips and there isn't much open time in my domicile either. I've talked to people in other domiciles who are able to drop things easy and there are hundreds of trips on open time.
Trip length is domicile specific too but it seems like most places have a lot of 4 day pairings.
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