Originally Posted by weasil

People who are in training right now have reported on the company forums that training is just postponed - not cancelled for the july/aug classes - they said there was no hotel space available due to4 big outdoor shows running in the SLC area right now. Take this info as third hand... I have no idea if it is true but that's the third time I've read that posted by somebody as hearing it directly from the head of training.

Originally Posted by kersplatt

I was scheduled to be in the July 7th Brasilia class. It was not cancelled due to lack of hotels. There was a hotel reserved and it was cancelled on July 3rd. The explanation was they were fearful of what is happening in the industry. SkyWest expects to train us but wants to wait and train us until they are confident they can keep us on without a furlough in the near future. Mainly they are fearing Delta and United to do some cuts in their flying. I believe they are being conservatie and wise. It sucked to get the call after I had already quit my job but understood and accepted their justification. We are all in a pool with no class date and no clue when or if we will be trained. My fear is this is exactly what Express Jet said to a friend of mine in their pool last year around Sept/Oct. He never made it to ground school and would have been furloughed even if he did. As solid as SkyWest is, they are not immune to the bad economy. Express Jet was thought to be solid last summer and everyone thought I was a fool for not applying when I met their minimums and held out for SkyWest. My hope is that SkyWest will prosper and have us in training by the end of the year. That is just me being an optimist and no information to back this up.