Originally Posted by
weasil
Your base is bid on and awarded based on your seniority in your class and which domiciles have a need for pilots. Your class seniority at Skywest is based on your social security number (Numerical order from low to high, last four digits). No training contract at Skywest.
Where are you hoping to get based? You wouldn't be the first ex-military guy to come here. Flew with a retired USAF Colonel recently, fascinating guy. Wished I could have listened to his tales for a few more days.
Hoping for Colorado Springs (where I am stationed at now). That would allow being on reserve and being at home.
As for ruining things for future military guys, I get it, but based upon my reading of the entire thread, there seems to be a never-ending revolving door among regional pilots. Guys going between regionals due to many reasons, etc., guys moving up to the majors, etc. It also appears, again based upon reading the threads, that the companies aren't that interested in fostering the team spirit that we enjoy in the military. It appears the companies care only about profit, and their give-a-crap factor for their employees appears to be pretty low. Not trying to insult the company or the industry, simply an observation based upon reading posts in here.
Trust me, we military guys would LOVE to sign on to one company and stay there for the long haul - we are all about loyalty. But my read of the industry is that that may be an unrealistic view of the airline world.