Originally Posted by
disillusioned
Got to love someone who only sits 2.5 months of reserve telling everyone how fantastic SkyWest is. There is SkyWest for line holders, which is not a bad gig. And SkyWest reserve which is a company where you think you have sold your soul and wonder why the hell you thought spending all those years becoming a pilot was a good idea.
Funny thing is that line is become less and less defined and line holders are getting bent over on a regular basis. With the latest being that pilots are awarded so much flying with our ****ty PBS system, that they are timing out and have the possibility of not getting paid without using vacation time.
I wish I had worked for the SkyWest of old. As of right now, they are just another regional. Except they are just another regional that does not have the legal backing of a contract, no flow through to a major and currently an 8 year upgrade. I would recommend someone to go anywhere else as well.
But I do talk to friends at other regionals with the same hiring timeframe at their regionals and I feel like my reserve went a lot better than some of theirs did. Yeah I know SkyWest isn't perfect, and we have some real problems immediately in our face, but we will get it figured out and move on. Skywest is a regional SkyWest is a regional SkyWest is a regional SkyWest is a regional SkyWest is a regional.... And there are much worse regionals, remember the park we are playing in. I have worked worse jobs for worse companys, keep your perspective accurate and plan accordingly, in a few years if I don't like my position at SkyWest I will absolutely be gone. Maybe a fractional, corporate or freight is in my future all options are considered. But for now life is good.