Skywest v2.0
11-17-2016, 11:16 AM
#4221
Line Holder
Joined APC: Sep 2016
Position: seated
Posts: 32
upgrade time
Thanks! ...do new hires have different rules for upgrade times? (upgrade time is 2-years regardless, correct? Regardless of transition to the same airframe or another?)
11-17-2016, 11:24 AM
#4222
Line Holder
Joined APC: Sep 2016
Position: seated
Posts: 32
Very appreciated! I'm guessing those 60-80 hours block represent the most senior? I'm concerned about the low end for most junior. I know it's impossible to guess with the new 175s coming, but I'm just checking what I can for now. Know anyone who is very junior at a 175 base (and if so can you ask them how much they fly)? Thanks!
As a line holder probably 60-80 block, credit more than that. How long to hold a line? No idea, we're getting 8 175s on the delta side alone between now and the end of the year so I would say pretty quick. Upgrade On 175 is a grey area. Ppl are getting it around 4 years and more but we're also staffing senior bases. They just started awarding it to Chicago ppl at 4 years so going down and like I said lots of 175s coming. Whole point is the 175 is in flux, the CRJ is as close to a certainty on reserve and upgrade times as you're going to get.
11-17-2016, 11:24 AM
#4223
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2005
Position: RJ Captain
Posts: 1,174
Pilot Profit Sharing pays out starting in the first year and pays out twice a year. It's based off the number of hours you work in the six month period it covers and whether you are in the right or left seat. I'm guessing again on the FO amount but maybe $1000 every six months.
Captains get more.
11-17-2016, 11:42 AM
#4224
Line Holder
Joined APC: Oct 2016
Posts: 53
Got a CJO a few days ago and will be starting early 2017. I requested the CRJ and I'm more than a two hour drive from both DTW and ORD. I've heard both are junior for the CRJ and I could most likely get either one right out of training. I'm assuming ORD is a larger base, but since they're both about the same distance from where I live, are there any pros or cons to deciding between DTW and ORD?
11-17-2016, 11:53 AM
#4225
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2016
Posts: 336
Got a CJO a few days ago and will be starting early 2017. I requested the CRJ and I'm more than a two hour drive from both DTW and ORD. I've heard both are junior for the CRJ and I could most likely get either one right out of training. I'm assuming ORD is a larger base, but since they're both about the same distance from where I live, are there any pros or cons to deciding between DTW and ORD?
11-17-2016, 12:07 PM
#4227
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Joined APC: Nov 2015
Posts: 180
Pay really is not everything, and the people I know at envoy are being used and abused. I can't help but feel like something will be done here at SkyWest to continue to attract new hires though. The pay difference is fairly large at this point and what attracted me here was the ability to be based where I live out west.
11-17-2016, 12:34 PM
#4228
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Joined APC: Mar 2011
Position: 737 FO
Posts: 2,518
60k to sit reserve for years? No thanks. How long is the upgrade currently? How about that flow? First year FOs make 40k at Skywest with the ability to make more. Upgrade is 2 years and falling. Practically no reserve time at the Midwest bases. 4:12 minimum pay per day. Should I keep going?
11-17-2016, 01:07 PM
#4229
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2006
Posts: 235
Got a CJO a few days ago and will be starting early 2017. I requested the CRJ and I'm more than a two hour drive from both DTW and ORD. I've heard both are junior for the CRJ and I could most likely get either one right out of training. I'm assuming ORD is a larger base, but since they're both about the same distance from where I live, are there any pros or cons to deciding between DTW and ORD?
11-17-2016, 02:53 PM
#4230
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2006
Position: 767 Pilot
Posts: 1,133
You seniority may improve faster in DTW, but the flying is probably better in ORD (depends what you want). A great deal depends on where flying moves (UA 700s going away, AA 700s joining the fleet, DTW final size not yet determined). As an FO you should be able to transfer into either base on a monthly basis, so if you feel like changing your mind you can with little trouble.
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