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Looking for information on Skywest:

Most junior CRJ domicile- ORD?
What is the upgrade time on the CRJ? vs Mesa?


Any info would be appreciated.

Check out www.airlinepilotcentral.com. It will show you when the most junior captain was hired and at what base. That should give you some good answers to your questions and is slightly more reliable than someone on this forum shooting there mouth off who may or may not know what they are talking about.

I do know what I'm talking about...

ORD is junior for CRJ CA at SKW.

CRJ CA has varied at SKW, but is about 3-4 years lately.

Mesa ERJ goes pretty quick, at about 2 years (occasionally less), but the CRJ is more like 3-4 (An ERJ upgrade locks you into the ERJ bases for 3 years: MCO or IAD)

Things are not going well at mesa from my experience, I would not plan on long term growth. Also the captains at mesa do not seem to move, so if growth stops, upgrade will stop.

I hear the props are reserved for high time hires at Mesa, what's that all about?

They need high-timers for the relatively rapid upgrades in the prop. The jet FO's are locked in the jet for life, so they cannot become prop captains.

just what does "relatively rapid" mean?

Skywest CRJ capatin can be held at around 2 years or less even if you're willing to go to FAT city

One year, give or take a little (but skywest is about the same). But it's mostly irrelevant, as you have no choice of aircraft and can never change aircraft (except to upgrade to jet captain). About the only way you could control your destiny with mesa would be to accept the job, and see what aircraft they offer...if it's not the one you want, bail.

Not in FAT city. Very senior on the CRJ captain side. Most junior captain in FAT on the CRJ with a hire date of June 2000. Different story on the EMB.....

My question is why are all these people that can hold Brasilia captain after a year with the company bypassing it? Not very smart in my opinion unless you are planning to stay with SkyWest the rest of your life.