Skywest v2.0
04-07-2017, 06:14 PM
#6771
Ich bin Pilot von Beruf
Joined APC: Aug 2016
Position: CRJ Kapitän
Posts: 615
Just curious, why would you like to know, Student1? In the "olden" days, it was hard landing an interview at regionals like American Eagle without a 4-year degree. Nowadays...they will hire someone with two DUIs and felonies to boot.
04-07-2017, 06:29 PM
#6772
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Position: I pilot
Posts: 2,049
I've flown with pilots without degrees and guys with masters degrees and everything in between. Mostly guys with 4 year degrees, all different kinds of majors.
04-07-2017, 06:32 PM
#6773
Line Holder
Joined APC: Nov 2016
Posts: 45
[QUOTE=Duesenflieger;2338405]Maybe your attitude bespeaketh why.... You come into this thread accusing SKYW pilots of hurting your livelihood when in reality a select few of SKYW Inc. management are to be blamed.[/QUOTE
Hey man I didnt have an attitude until those guys gave me a hard time about being dedicated to my company for almost 2 decades. I simply came here to see what the pilot group at my parent company was like and how they felt. Unfortunately I think I came across the only two dbags here.
Hey man I didnt have an attitude until those guys gave me a hard time about being dedicated to my company for almost 2 decades. I simply came here to see what the pilot group at my parent company was like and how they felt. Unfortunately I think I came across the only two dbags here.
04-07-2017, 06:34 PM
#6774
New Hire
Joined APC: Apr 2017
Posts: 7
Swapping reserve days
New FO here on the ERJ, ORD base. New to reserve life and full of dumb questions...I'll start with one:
Any tips for being able to swap reserve days with another pilot, or is that something which is happening at all right now? (Goal: Ideally I'd like to swap such that I can get 5 days off in a row one time this month).
From what I see, SkedPlus+ doesn't support anything related to reserve swapping. The PPM says it's allowed, but doesn't discuss logistics.
Would I already need to have coordinated myself with another pilot who is willing to swap, or does CS keep some kind of running list of reserve swap requests (seems unlikely)?
I was thinking I could call also CS to ask if I could cover a day where their reserve coverage is lower in order to get the days off I'd like?
Thanks guys.
Any tips for being able to swap reserve days with another pilot, or is that something which is happening at all right now? (Goal: Ideally I'd like to swap such that I can get 5 days off in a row one time this month).
From what I see, SkedPlus+ doesn't support anything related to reserve swapping. The PPM says it's allowed, but doesn't discuss logistics.
Would I already need to have coordinated myself with another pilot who is willing to swap, or does CS keep some kind of running list of reserve swap requests (seems unlikely)?
I was thinking I could call also CS to ask if I could cover a day where their reserve coverage is lower in order to get the days off I'd like?
Thanks guys.
04-07-2017, 06:39 PM
#6775
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,091
New FO here on the ERJ, ORD base. New to reserve life and full of dumb questions...I'll start with one:
Any tips for being able to swap reserve days with another pilot, or is that something which is happening at all right now? (Goal: Ideally I'd like to swap such that I can get 5 days off in a row one time this month).
From what I see, SkedPlus+ doesn't support anything related to reserve swapping. The PPM says it's allowed, but doesn't discuss logistics.
Would I already need to have coordinated myself with another pilot who is willing to swap, or does CS keep some kind of running list of reserve swap requests (seems unlikely)?
I was thinking I could call also CS to ask if I could cover a day where their reserve coverage is lower in order to get the days off I'd like?
Thanks guys.
Any tips for being able to swap reserve days with another pilot, or is that something which is happening at all right now? (Goal: Ideally I'd like to swap such that I can get 5 days off in a row one time this month).
From what I see, SkedPlus+ doesn't support anything related to reserve swapping. The PPM says it's allowed, but doesn't discuss logistics.
Would I already need to have coordinated myself with another pilot who is willing to swap, or does CS keep some kind of running list of reserve swap requests (seems unlikely)?
I was thinking I could call also CS to ask if I could cover a day where their reserve coverage is lower in order to get the days off I'd like?
Thanks guys.
04-07-2017, 07:07 PM
#6776
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Position: I pilot
Posts: 2,049
New FO here on the ERJ, ORD base. New to reserve life and full of dumb questions...I'll start with one:
Any tips for being able to swap reserve days with another pilot, or is that something which is happening at all right now? (Goal: Ideally I'd like to swap such that I can get 5 days off in a row one time this month).
From what I see, SkedPlus+ doesn't support anything related to reserve swapping. The PPM says it's allowed, but doesn't discuss logistics.
Would I already need to have coordinated myself with another pilot who is willing to swap, or does CS keep some kind of running list of reserve swap requests (seems unlikely)?
I was thinking I could call also CS to ask if I could cover a day where their reserve coverage is lower in order to get the days off I'd like?
Thanks guys.
Any tips for being able to swap reserve days with another pilot, or is that something which is happening at all right now? (Goal: Ideally I'd like to swap such that I can get 5 days off in a row one time this month).
From what I see, SkedPlus+ doesn't support anything related to reserve swapping. The PPM says it's allowed, but doesn't discuss logistics.
Would I already need to have coordinated myself with another pilot who is willing to swap, or does CS keep some kind of running list of reserve swap requests (seems unlikely)?
I was thinking I could call also CS to ask if I could cover a day where their reserve coverage is lower in order to get the days off I'd like?
Thanks guys.
04-07-2017, 09:02 PM
#6777
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2016
Posts: 146
Don't most of United's new hires come from SkyWest?
04-07-2017, 09:14 PM
#6778
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2016
Posts: 203
You've been told this before and I hate to do it, but I'll say it again... you need to focus on your education, learning how to fly an airplane, and then come back here in 4 years. None of this matters to you right now.
04-07-2017, 09:37 PM
#6779
Prime Minister/Moderator
Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Engines Turn Or People Swim
Posts: 40,038
I didn't accuse Skywest pilots of anything ..I said Skywest Inc..management not you guys..I have always been very cordial to pilots over the years..be it in hotel vans or when you guys have come for the jumpseat..it was not an attack on you..it was simply just to vent my displeasure at managements decision to slam the door on a great group of guys that have been doing this for a very long time. We got stranded at the regional level because of 9/11..the 08 meltdown and the age 65 thing. After all those years we became senior guys at a decent company. We make fair money, weekends off, holidays off, and decent vacation time. Thats where the apprehension to move on stems from. Again, it wasn't meant as an attack towards your pilot group.
We don't necessarily like everything the company, or the regional model, does to us either. But regional pilots are temps at best, and you cannot ever forget that. If it suits you to work as a temp, and you have the ability to sustain yourself financially if/when they replace you with some cfi who's worked at mesa for 20 months then that's your choice. Generally the regional with the best pay and contract is next on the chopping block.
But if you hope for six figures AND stability in the airlines you need to move on to the majors. No guarantees there of course, but the odds are sure better.
04-08-2017, 04:56 AM
#6780
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2015
Position: LAX ER
Posts: 1,606
Also, the majority of our pilots go DL and LUV, not UAL
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