Originally Posted by
Jetjock65
Off subject but since there are so many skywest guys here already- do you guys have an ATL base, its not listed on the website and always thought that they did-If they do, Is it a senior-Jr. or avg. seniority base?
Thanks for the info!
Yes we do but it's small and relatively senior, although it could get more JR seeing that most of our trips are stand-ups (CDO’s), locals and two days which only benefit those who live here. This means that commuters usually have to buy 4-5 hotel rooms each month so pilots are bailing for ORD or MKE where they can hold commutable 4 day trips.
As for our future, who knows? We've averaged 16 lines per month since last July (when we opened) but next month we were told we'll only have 11 lines (reduction of 5 lines). Not that ATL's flying is being reduced by that much, there will just be more SLC crews running around covering the flying. ATL’s always been a temporary fix for SLC’s complaining about having to many 5 day trips and now I guess their complaining about not having enough flying. ATL crews aren't even good enough to be a red headed stepchild.
IMO, as more 9E jets arrive I’m sure it will just continue to get worst until they close us sometime in early 09.