Originally Posted by FLowpayFO

Go to Skywest. Eagle is too unpredictable when it comes to staffing anything near the west coast, and plus when you upgrade at Skywest, at least you have a handful of West Coast bases to choose from when its time to upgrade vs. going to JFK/LGA or even SJU.

Neither company is perfect, they both pay like garbage as an FO, but in the end this is how I summarize it...

American Eagle:

- is possibly being sold off, who knows what will happen, union involved or not.

- Majority of flying is done on the East Coast. (I'm an EGL, and a west coaster, not fun).

- You could be based in LGA, JFK, SJU, MIA, who knows. And if you did land on the rock, try commuting to SJU from LAX, it doew not work in favor to your health.

SkyWEST:

- Pay is better

- Solid company that keeps growing and has millions of dollars in cash reserves (so I hear).

- Feeds for the two largest airlines in the world, and did I mention it has the word WEST in the name?

- If you had to commute, at least all the bases are within a 4 hour commute.

-Oh and the bonus, better travel benefits!


My friends at SKYW seem happy as a fat pig, my EGL friends its 50/50. And with Eagle if you commute, and get a seat in the back of an AA flight, you pay, which can add up to $60 round trip if First is the only seat available. So on top of spending around $2500 a year on crashpads, all the little costs add up to commuting which won't make it worth the headache.

Good luck.