Originally Posted by
stanrhintx
This may be silly asking you this, as I know how you feel about Mesa and sometimes enjoy teasing you about your bashing them. BUT- if you were an FO with just under a year at Mesa, 550TT and 250 on the ERJ, and were looking for a better quality of life, would you bail from Mesa and go to SkyWest if given the opportunity? For a bit more perspective, I'm in MCO on reserve. Live in DFW area. 8 days off per month isn't much when you have a wife and two boys. How many days off do you get on reserve for SkyWest? And are they likely to put someone with jet experience on the CRJ? Frankly, I wouldn't want to move to a turboprop. Any advice you have would be appreciated.
I was a 2+ year captain upgrade when I left. Best decision I ever made.
I am definitely a western person, so mesa's easterly migration out of DEN and PHX was a large factor in my decision. But there were also a a lot of other great reasons to escape mesa, I don't really see any good things in their immediate future what with code-share dissatisfaction and labor strife.
Minimum ten days off per month, but there isn't much reserve with the current growth. They treat people VERY well, they go out of their way to do so (I was pretty surprised at how serious they are about being nice to you, even though I had some idea before I came). If you need a day off for some important family thing, the CP will make it happen even if PBS or CT doesn't.
Previous airline people seem to all go to the jet, so you could assume that.
If you are considering it, try to get your hours up to 1000 asap, there is a LOT of hiring going on for the next 12 months or more and the sooner you get on, the more folks are going to be below you. Apparently they lowered their mins to 850 for ATP graduates, so you might want to apply now anyway...with 121 experience they might take you with less than 1000, who knows...