Haha, troublemaker.

 

I snooped around Jerry's desk and saw the contract....they are signed!

 

Considering how overstaffed the jet is and how many guys and gals are swimming right now, I don't think any hiring is likely. Stanger things have happened though.

 

umm, wow this reminds me I need to do something.

 

I would venture to guess that there are exactly 118 people in the pool. I'm one of them. They send us a monthly update, and the last email was sent to 118 email addresses on Oct 17. This email stated that there have been no changes except there was a "recruitment summit", and that they "hoped to be able to have some positive news in the coming months".

 

The numbers for pilot overstaffing I've heard have ranged from 200-400. We also typically have nearly a dozen RJs sitting on the ramp unused every day in SLC.

There won't be a newhire class for a long time.

 

If there are 118 in the pool and SkyWest trains 20 a month, you can guess that there won't be any hiring for at least 8 months after they start their training again. Granted, not everyone in the pool will have remained unemployed and may have moved on to a different job. So the soonest a new hire would see the training facility at SkyWest would be the end of December if they start things up in January.

Don't hold your breath, you might turn blue. These are all ifs and pure speculation in a very unstable economy. The only good thing happening for the airlines is a barrel of oil has stayed under $70 for a few weeks now. Hopefully, some of the big ones do some hedging at the bottom and learn from July of 08.

I also think we will see a few companies go under in the next year. It will suck for those pilots that will lose their jobs but it may also strengthen others. I am not hoping for this, just pure speculation.

 

I would tend to agree that there probably won't be any hiring for quite some time. I know our reserve coverage is over the number that they want, which is great if you want time off, I've been granted every request I've submitted, and couldn't come too soon for the holidays! Then again who really knows, probably soon they will be building 95+ hour schedules for us again begging everyone to pick up JR man stuff, and we'll be longing for the days of overstaffed'ness again.

 

But did you call? Details, closure!

 

They asked me to e-mail back my Instrument break down, and so of course, I did.