Originally Posted by R0GER BALL

Chip is right sizing his company to an ERJ only 121 operation. He’s not in a hurry as attrition helps this process. For three months the company has been losing 130ish CA and only upgrading 30ish. Gone are the emails from Tracy too. Nothing.

I don’t think this was the original plan. Chip met with the training group and spoke to how it was a mistake to give the FOs all the money in the last pay package. On the Q1 call he said “this fall it will be a great time to be a SkyWest Captain.” Note he avoided using “pilot” or “and first officer”. I think he was gonna pay captains 150 something. FOs no increase. Maybe there was even a preliminary agreement with SAPA. Then…. The WO AA pay package happened. And everything changed. And Chip can’t afford to pay both seats. Or, he just won’t.

So here we are. Rightsizing. Chip doesn’t want the CRJ 900s. 9e gets em. SkyWest loves those 200’s as they make the most money. But Kirby is serious. They are going away. Delta’s will too. So, boom! A 135 op.That levee the commitment to the crj 700s for American. TBD I guess. They are very old. No replacement plan.

So, as Chip calls it, the “refleeting” continues. He’s bleeding mechanics and crew support and dispatchers also obtw. Getting smaller with ERJ only and doing the 135 ops on the 200 makes sense. Good business decision in this market.

I get that there’s allot of pilots available to hire. But hiring is about “talent accusation”. If you’re not getting the best, you become a Mesa or GoJet.

So all this feet dragging and lack of info from SAPA makes sense. I’d take the job offer!