SFO is on the small side for a base and there are currently a number of standing bids in for it on the RJ side. Doubtful someone would get it on the RJ for a while. There are only 4 EMB FOs there, all on reserve, with only 1 wanting to transfer in. It wouldn't surprise me if someone got SFO out of training.

For the RJ, it's much more likely that you'd get MSP, IAH, or ORD. If you didn't get your choice of those out of training, it propbably wouldn't be more than a couple of months before you could transfer.

 

The further west the more senior.

 

Not that seniority makes a bit of difference when dealing with this company...

 

Many of the CRJ new hires got assigned other bases before they were done with training including ORD, MSP, DEN, FAT, and COS. For the Bro it seems all the bases have had vacancies lately.

 

Ain't that the truth, bowstaff skillz, nunchuck skillz, COMPUTER HACKING SKILLZ, that's what determines your life at skywest, you ability to understand complex computer programs.

 

I would think long and hard about going to skywest now. I heard that all the classes have been canceled at skywest this week because of a slowdown this fall.

Today expressjet announced 200 more new hires, so I would look at them over skywest. Plus I think the fact that skywest is non-union is also bad, in the future when the majors hire I would expect those from union airlines to get on before those from non-union.

 

 

Nice contribution.

 

That is incorrect. They "postponed" indefinitely an upgrade CRJ class in July. They still have several new hire classes scheduled through the summer, and I think a Brasilia upgrade class is scheduled for July... At least according to Crew Support that I talked with today.

Assuming you're a Skywest employee, I'd recommending checking out the President's newsletter on SAPA. There was a little bit of clarification on this issue. Judging by what the CRJ FO reserve situation is like, it seems pretty obvious why the upgrade class was "postponed" (hint, Fall block hour reduction seems like a fishy reason).

As far as the union vs. non-union thing, nothing you wrote has any validity to it whatsoever. Is this something you came up with by yourself? If so, I think we'd all be interested to know what that's based on.

 

My suggestion to you.. Go where there is opportunity and a quicker upgrade. The PIC turbine is more important than union vs non-union. Take it from me, I have been riding the wave in this industry since 1993. Roll the dice..