Originally Posted by
Slats
SkyWest has given jobs to mainline pilots when they were thrown out on their a$$... Watch it bud, Great Lakes is a dying airline. How many 1500 ATP kids are gonna walk through those doors in the next year with low pay and no compensation in training? Especially since EAS will be going bye bye. All for BE1900 PIC, come on man. You can fly skydivers in a BE1900 it's defined as a commuter category airplane. A wise man chooses an airline he can live with IF he's stuck there for any duration longer than expected. Oh, the whole 65 thing will be going up to 67, so don't bank on a hiring boom anytime soon.
And GL has given many commuter pilots jobs when they were thrown out on the streets... hmmm... You're right, probably not too many people will come to Lakes who have more than 1500 hrs... I did. Why? Quick upgrade at a 121 operator. If Lakes can't find any pilot's (again doubt that will happen) then they will be forced to find ways too attract. Flying skydivers in a BE1900 is not the same as flying in a 121 environment, sorry. Anybody who is on a hiring board realizes that is the case. I'm not sure how you even can compare the two? A wise man makes choices that pay off in the long run and doesn't look into the immediate payoffs... if anyone wants to be stuck as an FO for 6+ yrs and make "good money"... don't come to Lakes.