Originally Posted by
Turbine
How does base swapping work at Skywest?
Beyond the seniority requirement, how often does a pilot get the option of switching bases ? i.e. do they have to wait for a proffer and how often are those etc.. How long until a swap would be effective?
We also have a Domicile Vacancy Report (DVR), which is often useless...
Often, when folks move out of a domicile with no vacancies listed on the DVR, others can sneak into it, if they had their bid in. That's the good news.
Bad news: the DVR will show the company's expected vacancies at a domicile, but they can ignore seniority to push qualified people into a domicile, instead of allowing in-domicile folks to upgrade. Happened to our PDX/SEA CRJ crews in those base(s) for E-175 transfers. I'm not sure where those folks are based now that the CRJ has moved out of those bases...but I believe they will be paid at E-175 rates while they still fly the CRJ, so that part of our policy manual still works...