Originally Posted by
Sr. Barco
A Skywest FO told me they are essentially operating with no FO reserves and Captains are covering FO trips in many cases. Can anyone backup any of these claims or add your experience at your company?
3 SW domiciles have no FO reserves next month. For the past two months, Check Airmen have been flying FO trips after offering 1 1/2 time to FO's and not getting anyone to fly it. Pilots are getting forced into 90+ hour lines in March and April, when it is supposed to be slow.
We have about 190 pilots (CA and FO) in training right now so I am sure that is contributing somewhat. We seem to be filling classes but we are also losing a bunch before they can get out of training. We have lowered our standards and it is showing. (We lost 4 out of training last week)
Overall we are getting 40+ attrition per month and March was the first month that had more FO's than CA's leaving. All signs point to this summer sucking really bad.