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10-18-2013, 07:44 PM
#3321
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2011
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10-18-2013, 11:50 PM
#3323
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Joined APC: Oct 2011
Position: Airplanes
Posts: 134
The 8 leg days will be going away with the new rest rules. The new pairings are going to be weak to say the least. Will probably leave a lot of EMB people scrambling to hit the RJ. Those pairings should be better but will still leave people having to work about 1.5 days extra per month to make the same amount of pay. Then as 50 seaters get parked over the next few years, there will be a scramble to the bigger planes as more and more pilots slip backwards in seniority unless attrition can keep up with the downsizing, which is unlikely.
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10-19-2013, 06:17 AM
#3324
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2008
Position: B767
Posts: 1,901
The 8 leg days will be going away with the new rest rules. The new pairings are going to be weak to say the least. Will probably leave a lot of EMB people scrambling to hit the RJ. Those pairings should be better but will still leave people having to work about 1.5 days extra per month to make the same amount of pay. Then as 50 seaters get parked over the next few years, there will be a scramble to the bigger planes as more and more pilots slip backwards in seniority unless attrition can keep up with the downsizing, which is unlikely.
I flew the bro for just under a year, mostly as a lineholder. I think I only had an 8 leg day once, when I flowed up to PDX for the PDX-EUG shuttle. It was a lot of work, but the rest of the 4 day was easier.
10-19-2013, 09:09 AM
#3325
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2011
Position: Airplanes
Posts: 134
From what I understand, most of the pairings are already in compliance, at least on the CRJ side. Is that not the case on the Brasilia?
I flew the bro for just under a year, mostly as a lineholder. I think I only had an 8 leg day once, when I flowed up to PDX for the PDX-EUG shuttle. It was a lot of work, but the rest of the 4 day was easier.
I flew the bro for just under a year, mostly as a lineholder. I think I only had an 8 leg day once, when I flowed up to PDX for the PDX-EUG shuttle. It was a lot of work, but the rest of the 4 day was easier.
10-19-2013, 12:46 PM
#3326
Prime Minister/Moderator
Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Engines Turn Or People Swim
Posts: 40,057
The 8 leg days will be going away with the new rest rules. The new pairings are going to be weak to say the least. Will probably leave a lot of EMB people scrambling to hit the RJ. Those pairings should be better but will still leave people having to work about 1.5 days extra per month to make the same amount of pay. Then as 50 seaters get parked over the next few years, there will be a scramble to the bigger planes as more and more pilots slip backwards in seniority unless attrition can keep up with the downsizing, which is unlikely.
This is the near and mid-term future for SKW.
It might get even worse if SKW loses it's current contracts to lower-paid pilot groups over the next 5-7 years. I suspect there won't be too much of that though, because even though some bottom feeders could undercut SKW, I doubt any of them they could staff massive growth.
10-20-2013, 04:56 AM
#3327
Line Holder
Joined APC: Sep 2008
Position: Right
Posts: 55
Will Skywest be hiring through 2014? And how long is upgrade currently?
10-20-2013, 05:31 AM
#3328
Banned
Joined APC: May 2012
Posts: 1,071
Why is everyone worried about upgrade time? If you want a fast upgrade go to Great Lakes. Mainline has and will continue to hire FOs and Captains. The holy grail of 1000 turbine PIC is long gone. What matters now boils down to connections, education, checkairman, connections and connections. Get it?
10-20-2013, 05:45 AM
#3329
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2005
Posts: 102
Precisely. I know plenty of people that have been hired from the regionals to mainlines recently. An example of what Slats said. One was an FO with 0 TPIC but had connections at UA. Another was a checkairman with 0 connections at UA.
10-20-2013, 12:36 PM
#3330
No Weekends For You!!
Joined APC: Jun 2013
Posts: 186
Out of curiosity, how many hours did your FO friend have when he got picked up by UAL?
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