This thread is funny. About once a month there is a new thread asking about SkyWest, the answer is no but then everyone starts speculating and of course, it is the same speculation for the last 3 years.... SkyWest is going to take Mesa's flying in PHX, get Dash 8s, contract with Southwest... I've heard them all.

SkyWest won't be hiring for a long time, maybe more than a year. They have a huge pool and my guess is 99% of them will take the job without any hesitation. No one in the pool has any idea when, or if, they will be called to groundschool. There are about 60 that were given a class date, but then had it cancelled. The top 20 Brasilia class was given only a 3 days notice of the cancellation.

SkyWest has offered some of their pilots leave of absences so you can assume they are overstaffed right now. So far, they have not furloughed which is a good thing but doesn't mean they are out of danger of having to do it. They lost flying with Midwest and it resulted in them being overstaffed with CRJ pilots.

They are taking delivery of 700s starting in Dec. Some claim that there is flying for this new aircraft, others say they are still working on it.

I think it will take new flying before the training department is fired up again. Attrition isn't happening fast enough to make a difference.

Oddly, they are still accepting applications and I have even seen recruiting ads on some of the aviation job websites. I think it is worth putting in an application to let them know you are interested but don't expect an interview or job any time soon.