Skywest v2.0
03-03-2017, 10:22 PM
#6071
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Everyone knows United is dumping the CRJ-700s. I know Skywest had the Aspen 700s. Does it have many more that it flys for United?
There is another airline that was supposed to do the Aspen flying but was unable to. Their 700 contracts are coming to an end and they were hoping to dump their 700s and bring in 36 ERJ-170s or 175s. In fact I hear they have already entered a deal to get rid of the 700s.
Because they were not able to handle the Aspen flying due to not having a training program (from what I am told), I am hearing that United wants Skywest to do that flying and Skywest is working hard to put a deal together to obtain the planes from the parent company of the other airline.
If any of this is true could Skywest handle another 36 planes? How fast could they take these planes? Might they have any special deals to take the other airline's pilots? Maybe longevity for pay?
Most of the pilots who have the time to hold captain are already captains at Skywest. Can you see a possible street captain program?
There is another airline that was supposed to do the Aspen flying but was unable to. Their 700 contracts are coming to an end and they were hoping to dump their 700s and bring in 36 ERJ-170s or 175s. In fact I hear they have already entered a deal to get rid of the 700s.
Because they were not able to handle the Aspen flying due to not having a training program (from what I am told), I am hearing that United wants Skywest to do that flying and Skywest is working hard to put a deal together to obtain the planes from the parent company of the other airline.
If any of this is true could Skywest handle another 36 planes? How fast could they take these planes? Might they have any special deals to take the other airline's pilots? Maybe longevity for pay?
Most of the pilots who have the time to hold captain are already captains at Skywest. Can you see a possible street captain program?
I'm gonna assume you're a water skiing type of guy or big fan of chuck Lindberg.
The *rumor was that GoJet was trying to cobble together ASE flying.
And yeah I'm not gonna speculate on any of that other stuff, but we do offer folks from other airlines longevity for pay (per a check airman I flew with that mentioned soft landings 2.0).
03-04-2017, 01:12 AM
#6072
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I'm gonna assume you're a water skiing type of guy or big fan of chuck Lindberg.
The *rumor was that GoJet was trying to cobble together ASE flying.
And yeah I'm not gonna speculate on any of that other stuff, but we do offer folks from other airlines longevity for pay (per a check airman I flew with that mentioned soft landings 2.0).
The *rumor was that GoJet was trying to cobble together ASE flying.
And yeah I'm not gonna speculate on any of that other stuff, but we do offer folks from other airlines longevity for pay (per a check airman I flew with that mentioned soft landings 2.0).
03-04-2017, 02:32 AM
#6073
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I'm gonna assume you're a water skiing type of guy or big fan of chuck Lindberg.
The *rumor was that GoJet was trying to cobble together ASE flying.
And yeah I'm not gonna speculate on any of that other stuff, but we do offer folks from other airlines longevity for pay (per a check airman I flew with that mentioned soft landings 2.0).
The *rumor was that GoJet was trying to cobble together ASE flying.
And yeah I'm not gonna speculate on any of that other stuff, but we do offer folks from other airlines longevity for pay (per a check airman I flew with that mentioned soft landings 2.0).
03-04-2017, 02:34 AM
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Everyone knows United is dumping the CRJ-700s. I know Skywest had the Aspen 700s. Does it have many more that it flys for United?
There is another airline that was supposed to do the Aspen flying but was unable to. Their 700 contracts are coming to an end and they were hoping to dump their 700s and bring in 36 ERJ-170s or 175s. In fact I hear they have already entered a deal to get rid of the 700s.
Because they were not able to handle the Aspen flying due to not having a training program (from what I am told), I am hearing that United wants Skywest to do that flying and Skywest is working hard to put a deal together to obtain the planes from the parent company of the other airline.
If any of this is true could Skywest handle another 36 planes? How fast could they take these planes? Might they have any special deals to take the other airline's pilots? Maybe longevity for pay?
Most of the pilots who have the time to hold captain are already captains at Skywest. Can you see a possible street captain program?
There is another airline that was supposed to do the Aspen flying but was unable to. Their 700 contracts are coming to an end and they were hoping to dump their 700s and bring in 36 ERJ-170s or 175s. In fact I hear they have already entered a deal to get rid of the 700s.
Because they were not able to handle the Aspen flying due to not having a training program (from what I am told), I am hearing that United wants Skywest to do that flying and Skywest is working hard to put a deal together to obtain the planes from the parent company of the other airline.
If any of this is true could Skywest handle another 36 planes? How fast could they take these planes? Might they have any special deals to take the other airline's pilots? Maybe longevity for pay?
Most of the pilots who have the time to hold captain are already captains at Skywest. Can you see a possible street captain program?
03-04-2017, 02:42 AM
#6075
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SkiWest .
03-04-2017, 06:00 AM
#6077
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No. In the US (different overseas), your seniority is global and applicable to all seats, aircraft, and bases. It is set based on hire date, and for those with the same hire date, some other random order.
This means your RELATIVE seniority in a certain base, airplane, and seat is what matters.
So if you stay an FO for a longer time, ie don't take the first upgrade, you can then wait until people with global seniority junior to you hold a line in a certain base, and then upgrade. You'll come into that base on top of those with global seniority less than yours.
For example, a certain pilot's seniority might look like this...
Global: 50%
Junior Base FO: 8%
Junior Base CA: 55%
Senior Base FO: 45%
Senior Base CA: Can't hold it at all.
If schedule was key, then he'd want to stay an FO in the junior base.
If money/TPIC was his priority, then he'd have to upgrade into the junior base.
If wanted to live in the senior base, he could be an FO with average seniority, but couldn't even hold CA yet. In some cases he might even have BETTER seniority as a junior base CA than a senior base FO!
This means your RELATIVE seniority in a certain base, airplane, and seat is what matters.
So if you stay an FO for a longer time, ie don't take the first upgrade, you can then wait until people with global seniority junior to you hold a line in a certain base, and then upgrade. You'll come into that base on top of those with global seniority less than yours.
For example, a certain pilot's seniority might look like this...
Global: 50%
Junior Base FO: 8%
Junior Base CA: 55%
Senior Base FO: 45%
Senior Base CA: Can't hold it at all.
If schedule was key, then he'd want to stay an FO in the junior base.
If money/TPIC was his priority, then he'd have to upgrade into the junior base.
If wanted to live in the senior base, he could be an FO with average seniority, but couldn't even hold CA yet. In some cases he might even have BETTER seniority as a junior base CA than a senior base FO!
03-04-2017, 11:16 AM
#6079
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Just relaying what a check airman told me. Soft landings 2.0 is what he called it.
03-04-2017, 07:40 PM
#6080
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You realize that CKA get a grand total of 2 days training beyond normal line guys? They're not exactly SGU management; it's not like being a CKA gives you some magic insight into what's going on. The last CKA I flew with said he heard we were gonna take PenAir's Saabs to fly some EAS routes. Ummmmm.....
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