Skywest training is easy. Extremely watered down, you only have to know basics. Our failures have increased... from about 1percent of new hires to 5 percent (better than average industry wide). That is due in part because we have lowered our hiring standards.

In the time I've been here I've moved up right around 500 spots every year. skywest is upgrading 37 pilots every month for the foreseeable future. We are hiring 100 a month. Those numbers are suppose to increase in 2016 with all the new planes.

Movement? Check
Good company culture? Check
Decent pay? Check.

And for this guy he lives in a Skywest base... why wouldn't he go with them?