Originally Posted by palgia841
At a good regional the first year sucks, but after that the pay is livable, benefits are good and so is time off. I would much rather get 17/18 days off a months and do several overnights than work M-F. If I wanted a M-F job I could have accepted jobs in engineering or meteorology where I'd be making 3X the money. Again, its all relative.
Do you *really* think you'll be able to hold 17/18 days off at Skywest?
I have friends at Skywest and they like it there. They had 100 people below them in two months...but then again they were around what, 2200 of 2400 themselves? While I know Skywest is very successful and growing, 8 month upgrades to the Bro and 24 month upgrades to the jet aren't going to happen forever. Will they exist 8 and 24 months from now?
I applied to Skywest and never got an interview despite meeting their minimums. At the time they were 19.06/hr first year, no pay or hotel during training, and you had to buy your initial set of Jepps. If offered a class I honestly do not know if I would have accepted or not because even as a young person I have bills to pay and cannot be without income that long. Now they provide uniforms, a hotel during training, don't make you spend money for Jepps and I believe pay you as well.