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02-20-2015, 08:22 PM
#8881
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Joined APC: Nov 2014
Posts: 98
I know at the regional level nothing is for certain but how stable are the larger bases at Skywest? I've got a class date and would like to end living in base a few months after the end of class. Is there any talk of flying shifting out of a specific base? Im talking about DEN, IAH, COS, and PHX in particular.
02-20-2015, 08:58 PM
#8882
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Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Engines Turn Or People Swim
Posts: 39,275
PHX is in doubt, the others are good for now.
02-22-2015, 09:43 AM
#8883
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Joined APC: Mar 2014
Posts: 9
Originally Posted by SongMan
How about SFO and LAX?
02-22-2015, 10:21 AM
#8884
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Joined APC: Oct 2014
Position: Either seat can be warmed for adequate pay
Posts: 26
I'm hoping to get to LAX asap so that timeline sounds pretty nice.
How long was the wait to get into the sims?
I'm thinking that if I take the biggest gap between ground and sim it'll help knock out a month or two of having to commute to MSP or ORD. I don't care about reserve as long as I can drive to base.
How long was the wait to get into the sims?
I'm thinking that if I take the biggest gap between ground and sim it'll help knock out a month or two of having to commute to MSP or ORD. I don't care about reserve as long as I can drive to base.
02-22-2015, 11:31 AM
#8885
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Joined APC: Apr 2014
Position: RJ right-seat warmer
Posts: 632
Originally Posted by Steve McCroskey
I'm hoping to get to LAX asap so that timeline sounds pretty nice.
How long was the wait to get into the sims?
I'm thinking that if I take the biggest gap between ground and sim it'll help knock out a month or two of having to commute to MSP or ORD. I don't care about reserve as long as I can drive to base.
How long was the wait to get into the sims?
I'm thinking that if I take the biggest gap between ground and sim it'll help knock out a month or two of having to commute to MSP or ORD. I don't care about reserve as long as I can drive to base.
However...I got lucky. I nabbed the last spot among the deferrals. Plenty of guys in my class had all of 12 hours off between the end of Ground and Sim Day 1. Not everyone can take the delay... You bid for it. And in your class, your seniority is determined by the last 4 of your SSN. 0000= senior, 9999= junior. So, just be aware... The delay is not by any means guaranteed. And BTW, LAX is now slightly more senior than SFO on the CRJ. It'd take me another 2 months to hold LAX.
02-22-2015, 11:37 AM
#8886
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Joined APC: Jun 2013
Position: A320
Posts: 170
Sounds more and more like DTW might become a base soon. Also by this summer pretty much all the 2008 will have taken upgrade if they want it. 2011 new hires get ready for the upgrade its coming fast. The guys upgrading now are getting sim in SLC and CVG.
02-22-2015, 11:39 AM
#8887
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Joined APC: Apr 2012
Position: PLEASE ADVISE
Posts: 339
With the 175 will PDX start to move you think? Shooting for it by 1 year.
02-22-2015, 11:43 AM
#8888
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Joined APC: Oct 2014
Position: Either seat can be warmed for adequate pay
Posts: 26
I'm not too worried about seniority number. What was the longest deferral? I know the delay is getting a bit longer. I'm going to move in May to LA and I'll take the closest base I can until I can get LA. There's no limit to domicile changes per year right?
02-22-2015, 11:47 AM
#8889
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Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: Cessna 150 Left seat
Posts: 430
Originally Posted by kfahmi
Hah... That was my plan, as well, and I got lucky. A 7 week wait between ground and sims meant 7 weeks less commuting to ORD reserve from home in SFO. (I was awarded SFO for March and I was a Sept 14 hire.)
However...I got lucky. I nabbed the last spot among the deferrals. Plenty of guys in my class had all of 12 hours off between the end of Ground and Sim Day 1. Not everyone can take the delay... You bid for it. And in your class, your seniority is determined by the last 4 of your SSN. 0000= senior, 9999= junior. So, just be aware... The delay is not by any means guaranteed. And BTW, LAX is now slightly more senior than SFO on the CRJ. It'd take me another 2 months to hold LAX.
However...I got lucky. I nabbed the last spot among the deferrals. Plenty of guys in my class had all of 12 hours off between the end of Ground and Sim Day 1. Not everyone can take the delay... You bid for it. And in your class, your seniority is determined by the last 4 of your SSN. 0000= senior, 9999= junior. So, just be aware... The delay is not by any means guaranteed. And BTW, LAX is now slightly more senior than SFO on the CRJ. It'd take me another 2 months to hold LAX.
With gap between ground and sim, wouldn't you lose some study/sim material? Or are things very much solidified in memory that long gap won't affect the deferral. I Would hate to study things twice with long gap.
Thanks!
02-22-2015, 12:09 PM
#8890
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Joined APC: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,464
Originally Posted by Steve McCroskey
I'm not too worried about seniority number. What was the longest deferral? I know the delay is getting a bit longer. I'm going to move in May to LA and I'll take the closest base I can until I can get LA. There's no limit to domicile changes per year right?
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