Skywest v2.0
10-13-2017, 06:32 AM
#8801
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You think those numbers are enough to even make a dent though? Delta announced 6000 pilots tried to sign up for their last job fair in the first minute the window opened. Crashed the server etc. I don't know. The pilot shortage seems to be such a myth sometimes. Maybe a regional pilot shortage is reality. I don't see any shortage of people wanting to fly mainline.
SWA revises their numbers for this year from 800 hires to 1,000. SWA, Delta, United are all predicting big hire classes next year. Those pilots have to come from somewhere. Mainline airlines will hire the equivalent of all the SkyWest pilots just next year alone.
There isn’t a shortage of mainline applicants because that is where corporate, military, and regional jet pilots are applying.
10-13-2017, 10:15 AM
#8804
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10-13-2017, 02:50 PM
#8806
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Got an offer and got a class date! Im so damn excited! Life is good!
10-13-2017, 04:37 PM
#8807
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In my experience ORD is JR. They gave it to my whole class out of training. Jan of this year...
Now it seems guys are getting other bases out west immediately after training.
This could be temporary because of the recent addition of BOI and SAN.
It took me 3 months of ORD before I could hold SFO.
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Now it seems guys are getting other bases out west immediately after training.
This could be temporary because of the recent addition of BOI and SAN.
It took me 3 months of ORD before I could hold SFO.
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10-13-2017, 05:02 PM
#8808
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Position: 737 FO
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Go to SkyWest.com/careers > Pilot > Seniority. You can see the most junior FO and CA's hire date at every base. On the ERJ, ORD/SAN/BOI/LAX are all equally junior right now. SFO slightly more senior and PDX and SEA the most senior at 7 months. But 3 of those months will be spent training. CRJ side is a bit different. As an FO you can get anywhere in the system pretty quickly.
10-13-2017, 10:18 PM
#8810
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Skywest v2.0
Looks like ORD was assigned to FOs still in class or just out of training on the CRJ side. I think everything but places like COS and PHX are pretty JR on the CRJ but its not my fleet.
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