Originally Posted by
Utah
PDX is a really small domicile for SkyWest. Junior FO has over 1500 pilots junior to him on our seniority list. 20 + FOs are waiting to get in to a base with a total of only 30. Rumor has it the additional Alaska aircraft will be based in California as well.
It's going to be a really long time until you can hold PDX at SkyWest.
And the junior Captain has over 16 years with the company.
Holding SEA would happen sooner, but it still might be a while.
Commuting to BOI would suck. Most of the trips start really early requiring a commute in the day before, and you may not be able to get home on the last day of the trip either.
Thanks for the comments both of y’all!
I’d be willing to commute to Denver or SLC. But I am 100% saying that with 0 experience commuting on benefits alone. I’ve held previous jobs where I had to commute 4 hours away but those were positive space. Would you recommend not commuting if it can be avoided? A big thing for me for Skywest is the flight benefits and just the variety of flying!
Also I’m not sure what upgrade times will be at horizon but it definitely sounds like at Skywest as soon as you hit minimums you’ll be upgrade if you choose to.
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