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08-16-2023 | 04:06 PM
#81
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Howdy
SkyWest-er here with an interview later this month. I live 15 minutes from LAX and only do locals, home every night. A couple JB jumpseaters have told me there's a decent amount of them on JB out of LAX. How senior do these go/ how realistic would it be to hold only locals?
SkyWest-er here with an interview later this month. I live 15 minutes from LAX and only do locals, home every night. A couple JB jumpseaters have told me there's a decent amount of them on JB out of LAX. How senior do these go/ how realistic would it be to hold only locals?
08-16-2023 | 07:41 PM
#82
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Damnn…..yeah some people do that stuff in STI and SDQ but I’d stay away……………
In all seriousness the locals (two LAS turns) as you say are very very senior.
Check out Alaska, UAL
In all seriousness the locals (two LAS turns) as you say are very very senior.
Check out Alaska, UAL
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08-17-2023 | 07:59 AM
#84
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You guys are not painting an accurate picture for our SkyWest bro. Locals go senior in the bidding process, but many of those same people aim to drop those day trips asap. Open Time is continously littered with them. It is not far fetched at all to swap/drop/add and build a schedule with a bunch of locals. Are you going to do all day trips as a brand new guy? Of course not. But you won't get that anywhere.
08-17-2023 | 10:10 AM
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You guys are not painting an accurate picture for our SkyWest bro. Locals go senior in the bidding process, but many of those same people aim to drop those day trips asap. Open Time is continously littered with them. It is not far fetched at all to swap/drop/add and build a schedule with a bunch of locals. Are you going to do all day trips as a brand new guy? Of course not. But you won't get that anywhere.
also a lot of guys not flying much on reserve, if you want to maximize time at home. When you DO fly it sucks (redeyes), but you arent flying a ton on reserve
08-17-2023 | 02:35 PM
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Could someone on reserve pick up trips in open time (hopefully not a redeye) and rack up hours so the company will call the guy with fewer hours for the month first? Does the LAX base even have much flying in open time that’s not gnarly redeyes?
08-17-2023 | 02:57 PM
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VDA/RSA/Premium trips, but other than that, if you pick up trips on open time as a rsv, you are flying for free. To be fair, not every trip in open time is a redeye. Its just that as a lineholder and being JR, you can bet that you will have them.
Open time is a mixed bag. Mostly filled with redeyes, but there is variety. If the spirit acquisition goes through, LAX will grow for JetBlue, but until that happens, its not fair for me to say that things will be great. JetBlue has wanted to open a vegas base recently though, so they ARE trying to increase their presence out west.
08-17-2023 | 04:18 PM
#88
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From Oct 2022.
Buyer beware
Latest from the schoolhouse:
Hawaii is pretty much a done deal. Likely scenario is initially out of LAX and then SFO. Would be done with regular NEOs not LRs or XLRs.
More flying to return to FLL and a little more to MCO. When we decided to make the summer cuts, those were the only two places we could do it. JFK is slot restricted; expecting BOS to be soon. Management really wants to grow LAX so that was off the table especially in lieu of future Hawaiian plans.
Airbus has approached us about the 330s. Preliminary discussions but nothing serious. At best that would be 5-10 years down the road.
Hawaii is pretty much a done deal. Likely scenario is initially out of LAX and then SFO. Would be done with regular NEOs not LRs or XLRs.
More flying to return to FLL and a little more to MCO. When we decided to make the summer cuts, those were the only two places we could do it. JFK is slot restricted; expecting BOS to be soon. Management really wants to grow LAX so that was off the table especially in lieu of future Hawaiian plans.
Airbus has approached us about the 330s. Preliminary discussions but nothing serious. At best that would be 5-10 years down the road.
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