Questions for the SKYW guys
05-10-2007, 04:01 PM
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Questions for the SKYW guys
What is upgrade time and QOL like for new hires at SKYW? I've got 2300TT and didn't know if they would upgrade at 500TT in type or how it worked. One of the recruiters told me I should expect 8 months, but I've learned from the past to never trust anyone with "recruiter" in their job title.
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05-10-2007, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by citationdrvrmob
What is upgrade time and QOL like for new hires at SKYW? I've got 2300TT and didn't know if they would upgrade at 500TT in type or how it worked. One of the recruiters told me I should expect 8 months, but I've learned from the past to never trust anyone with "recruiter" in their job title.
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05-11-2007, 03:08 AM
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no its time in an actual crew airplane. CRJ, Lear, G5, 737, etc is crew time. safety pilot is not.
i bet they will waive that stuff based on merit if you get really good scores and your captains give you good write ups. but thats just me betting
i bet they will waive that stuff based on merit if you get really good scores and your captains give you good write ups. but thats just me betting
05-11-2007, 08:04 AM
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My guess is that the upgrades will start to trend a little longer than they were earlier this year. The last couple RJ class awards had captain going more senior than those earlier this spring. Last aircraft to be delivered in August or so, and no others on the horizon (could always change). Guys that were hired a year or two ago that didn't meet the upgrade requirements now do. Additionally we parked a couple of EMBs.
They've basically awarded all the captain slots for the growth aircraft, so any new awards are for attrition. On the captain side this maybe running 10-20 a month. 2690 pilots on the list now.
They've basically awarded all the captain slots for the growth aircraft, so any new awards are for attrition. On the captain side this maybe running 10-20 a month. 2690 pilots on the list now.
05-11-2007, 08:23 AM
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captain attrition should continue, when united starts hiring youll see more movement too. for some strange reason theres quite a few skw captains that i ran into in chicago that are specifically holding out for united, maybe because they live at united bases or something.
05-11-2007, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Lanesuzza
Correct me if I'm wrong. Are you saying a new hire with 2500 TT AND ATP certificate would have to fly right seat until all the low time guys upgrade just because of date of hire?
bypassing guys for upgrade because of low TT is not the case right now anyway at skywest, theyre not necessarily having that problem just yet but who knows maybe in the future?
05-11-2007, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by ghilis101
upgrades would still be in seniority order. but if the people senior to you arent eligible due to not enought TT, they continue down the list in seniority order until they fill that vacancy.
bypassing guys for upgrade because of low TT is not the case right now anyway at skywest, theyre not necessarily having that problem just yet but who knows maybe in the future?
bypassing guys for upgrade because of low TT is not the case right now anyway at skywest, theyre not necessarily having that problem just yet but who knows maybe in the future?
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