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Old 12-31-2014, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Concorde001


I forgot I was on the Skywest thread for a moment reading the last posts...Lots of complaints!
I thought SKW was one of the better regional airlines to work for? Not true anymore?
What is the size of classes? How many are showing up to class lately?




I'm not sure why there is so much negativity. I have several friends, and former coworkers that work at SkyWest, and their perception and QOL is anything but what we've been reading on the last few pages here. Considering the fact that SkyWest has not offered a hiring bonus, and they're not having difficulty filling classes, I find it hard to believe that SkyWest is such a horrible place. Although the reserve situation sounds somewhat difficult when stuck on the bottom of the list, but since when is reserve an easy thing? Everyone starts out somewhere right? I understand some of the issues associated with a lack of a union to represent their issues, but it's not all bad at SkyWest like the negativity here would suggest.

Lately, I have seen more positivity in the Envoy threads since the new TA was passed, and all my former coworkers and friends that work there are not too happy with their current situation. I had one of my friends say "I should have waited the 90 days and re-interviewed at SkyWest instead of taking the first job offer I got at Envoy."

Take everything that is said here on APC with a grain of salt. There is bad at EVERY carrier. Go look at the mainline threads, and you'll see FedEx pilots, and American Airlines pilots complaining about how awful it is at their job when they're raking in 6 figure incomes doing the same job the regional pilots do only with bigger equipment.
I know for sure that SkyWest has had a hard time filling classes. The recruiters have to recruit every hard to get around 50/month and have not been able to reach their goal of 70/month
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