I am on the waiting list for the jet and I just jumped up about 30 spots. My thoughts are that they are going to transition guys from the Bro to the jet and hire for the Bro. Apparently, they are short on the jet and somewhat ok on the Bro, at least from what I can see on the FO side of things on the Bro. They have let me do a lot with changing my schedule, which to me means things are ok in terms of having enough FOs on the bro.

We just got word that they are having jet classes every three weeks with the number of seats being determined by company need. They are planning one Bro class per month and they said it will probably start on the first Monday of every month. They did not give a date as to when this will stop, nor did they say who will be awarded the flying out of Cincy.

Also, I just sent in a buddy's resume who is currently at Trans States and is looking for someone to rescue him. He was called the same day I sent his resume out to schedule an interview. I have also spoken with a couple of cfi's from this site who are having a tough time even getting word of whether they have got the job or not. Again, this leads me to believe that they are more concerned with getting qualified applicants for the jet and bringing people over to the jet to get the numbers of pilots on the jet to where they need to be. And, they will hire as needed for the Bro, but they don't seem in too much of a hurry to hire guys who are really wanting to get on here.

I have heard that a lot of people are not showing up for the interviews which shocks me. I assume this is because of first year pay. Just think about this... chances are you will have a line within two months on either plane and your second year pay is higher than Trans States top FO pay, Mesa's 8 year FO pay and you will probably have around 13 days off even if you are the last line holder. I think it is worth the suffering through the interview and the first year to have the opportunity to fly for SkyWest. But, I don't know who is not showing and why they aren't going to the interview, so take those comments for they are worth.

Those are my thoughts, anyone else from SkyWest with their thoughts or think this is at all accurate???

Thanks!

Merry Christmas!