StuckMike

Been here at SkyWest for a while now, and there's no such thing as a perfect airline or perfect job. But there are still many, perhaps even most of the people I've worked with here do care about each other and producing the highest quality service for our customers.

Could we use more people to staff better? Absolutely. So come fly here and help solve the problem. Are there people that work in crew support that find themselves so pressured to staff flying that they end up going too far? Rarely, but it does happen. Out of the probably 100 experiences with crew support that I've personally had this year, all but one have been professional and curteous.

This is still a good place to be, and it can get better if we all work together to improve performance and support each other.

Sure one pilot's influence may be small in a company of 3400 pilots, but we could go from the good place that SkyWest is now back to the GREAT place it used to be if we each take what influence we do have on performance and customer experience and even our fellow crew members and do what we can to contribute and not just grab as much as we can.

Ask anyone who has flown for an airline and they will tell you that one crew member can make or break a trip.

Go ahead, let the attacks begin. This is a forum afterall

-"We must all hang together, or most assuredly, we will all hang separately."
George Washington

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The problem here at Skywest is they are starting to run it like any other regional and not the "old" Skywest. When 15 year guys are being forced into 95 hours of block and there is talk of 12/4 pay caps along with a new Jr. man policy you tend drive moral down a bit.

They are gonna give all the pilots a surface 2. The pilots are responsible for it should it happen to get broken. Who could complain about that. That will fix everything.....

moflyer

SP 3017 TR 04-28. You actually have 30 hrs to contact scheduling. I completed my 200 IOE in September and have not done 700 or 900 IOE yet.

etflies

A noble thought, but the issue isn't crews doing their jobs but the company running roughshod over common sense and the rules they're supposed to abide by. Poor treatment of crews, running absurdly thin, PBS "awarding" minimum days off every month for months on end, etc. I'd love to pick up open time and make some extra money, assuming I have enough days off to de-stress and take care of things back home but anymore, time off is at a premium. I'm not willing to sacrifice it for a few extra bucks an hour.

There is absolutely a disconnect in SGU from what things are like for the line employees and they don't seem to have any interest in fixing it. See the now rescinded water memo disaster not long ago. The crews are doing in tremendous job in spite of the disconnect. I'm sure there are some who are taking advantage of the company and not doing their part, but they're few and far between. I've worked at more than one regional, and have plenty of friends sprinkled through the ranks. Unfortunately, SkyWest is just another regional when you get down to brass tacks. I realize this isn't unique to one company, but a systemic problem for most regionals, and that is why SKW isn't any different anymore. Unfortunately.

zesj97pm48

Mmmm 50 plus classes and constantly hiring -

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etflies

Yes treatment or lack of treatment will see staff turnover quicker than passengers

amcnd

I have never heard of 12/4 pay talk at SkyWest... All im hearing is maybe a bonus for Newhires.. And a short course for typed pilots..

CloudShredder

That'd be nice if that came soon. They're seriously lagging behind in first year pay compared to several other carriers.

rcfd13

Bonuses for new hires at any carrier make me mad. Rather than giving all of the pilots a pay raise they clearly deserve if we're understaffed they try to sweeten the deal for people who only look at year 1 pay and don't think long term. Also bonuses can be given or taken away by the companies at will without adjusting pay scales or contracts.

I wish they'd just fix the pay scale instead.

mobius27

And the most junior CRJ upgrade is finally under 7 years. Just barely less than 7, but hey, it's going in the right direction. It should be getting close to that big gap in hiring soon shouldn't it?