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Old 09-30-2015, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by disillusioned View Post
I found it interesting to see SL said that we are only losing 25 per month to attrition over the summer instead of the 40 they predicted. I'm not sure what months he considers summer, but these are the attrition numbers.

April-49, May-41, June-27, July-51, Aug-33, Sept-38

If you consider June, July and August summer, that is an average of 37 per month. When I see stuff like this, it makes me wonder if they are intentionally giving the wrong information or out of touch and don't know the right information. Either way, it doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy feeling.
yeah that actually seems surprisingly low...isn't the fall/winter when hiring picks up usually? maybe that has something to do with people not moving on? Also I think it's interesting that you guys are getting 80 a month which i believe is more than any other regional. skywest seems to be a good job staying ahead of hiring as i think attrition will only get higher.
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Old 09-30-2015, 10:06 PM
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Supposedly the September CRJ class had 100 guys in it. Source: SKW recruiting team at interview this week.
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Old 09-30-2015, 10:10 PM
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That's unbelievable! You get the job?
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Old 09-30-2015, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Flightcap View Post
Supposedly the September CRJ class had 100 guys in it. Source: SKW recruiting team at interview this week.
Believe the class has 78. It's still a huge class. The August class had 50 with 3 who washed out.
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Old 10-01-2015, 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by sharicha28 View Post
Believe the class has 78. It's still a huge class. The August class had 50 with 3 who washed out.
Looks like guys and girls with a February - March DOH are a third of the way up the FO list. At that rate they'll just be over their 1000 hours part 121 in time for the upgrade if this continues.

Disclaimer - I know there are many factors that affect upgrade time, and nobody seems to come to SkyWest for a "quick upgrade", but just wanted to share an observation I made.
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Old 10-01-2015, 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by sunglasses View Post
Looks like guys and girls with a February - March DOH are a third of the way up the FO list. At that rate they'll just be over their 1000 hours part 121 in time for the upgrade if this continues.

Disclaimer - I know there are many factors that affect upgrade time, and nobody seems to come to SkyWest for a "quick upgrade", but just wanted to share an observation I made.
Movement slows as u get further up the list. Hard to see it dropping lower than 3 years
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Old 10-01-2015, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by sharicha28 View Post
Believe the class has 78. It's still a huge class. The August class had 50 with 3 who washed out.
I'm not sure where you got your numbers but as I recall there were around 10 people that washed out in August and it appears about 8, possibly 11, washed out in September. Going back to a high 49K employee number had been here a little over 3 months, it seems unlikely that they went to other employment.

Talking with a friend that is a manager in the training department, he said about 10-12% aren't making it and he expects that number to go up. SkyWest is no longer going to extremes to get people through, too expensive. Basically the pilot pool is drying up, his words.
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Old 10-01-2015, 06:51 AM
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6 washed out of the May CRJ class. It looks like it's snowballing.
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Old 10-01-2015, 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Check Complete View Post
I'm not sure where you got your numbers but as I recall there were around 10 people that washed out in August and it appears about 8, possibly 11, washed out in September. Going back to a high 49K employee number had been here a little over 3 months, it seems unlikely that they went to other employment.

Talking with a friend that is a manager in the training department, he said about 10-12% aren't making it and he expects that number to go up. SkyWest is no longer going to extremes to get people through, too expensive. Basically the pilot pool is drying up, his words.
I would say there not going to extremes... They are following policy.. Up to 8hrs extra training. And after that evaluating whats best for the student and SkyWest...
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Old 10-01-2015, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by zondaracer View Post
6 washed out of the May CRJ class. It looks like it's snowballing.
What is it that these guys are not able to do that has them washing out? Are they washing out in ground school or the sim? I have 3 types in corporate jets, and I have never been worried about not making it. I studied and was there to learn. Now I am not Chuck Yeager, but I am wondering what it is these guys hare having so much trouble with. Thanks.
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