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Is there a way to see how many new aircraft/routes are coming? Or anything else that would translate to more flying for a fresh out of training FO in a month?
Embraer's order-book shows 32 E175s are firm order backlogged for SkyWest... I really don't know how you guys get info, but this is all I have to go on. Thanks again!
Honestly none of us know. I don't think MT and CC know, either. So if anyone tells you that they do know, they're pulling stuff out of thin air.Originally Posted by MajHam
I've heard the ERJ is growing on the West Coast, but I wish there was a way to quantify the growth. Want to hitch my wagon to a star. Is there a way to see how many new aircraft/routes are coming? Or anything else that would translate to more flying for a fresh out of training FO in a month?
Embraer's order-book shows 32 E175s are firm order backlogged for SkyWest... I really don't know how you guys get info, but this is all I have to go on. Thanks again!
When I got hired they wanted me to take the Brasilia because "we need a lot of Brasilia pilots." A year later they got rid of every single Brasilia. Fortunately I'd declined the Bro and had gone straight to the CRJ.
Also, when I got hired, SLC was impossible to hold as an FO (as in, many years to even make it onto reserve in SLC.) Now they're sending newhires to SLC.
Houston was a giant base, now it's barely clinging to existence.
PDX CRJ was a small base but super senior. Now it doesn't exist.
MSP was our most junior base, with lots and lots of movement. Now MSP appears to be stagnating and DTW (new base) is most junior on the CRJ.
I could go on and on. There is absolutely no way for anyone to tell you which fleet and which base will grow, and which will shrink, because it changes month-to-month.
The only 2 things constant in this industry are:
1) Change. Don't come to an airline or choose an airframe because of a particular base (ask all the SkyWest guys who used to be based in SBP, SMF, SAN, PDX CRJ, IAH, etc etc.) Bases, airframes, and flying contracts come and go.
2) Seniority is everything. I deferred my class date by a few months for various reasons. That difference of a few months means a 10% difference in seniority in my base and on my fleet, which can mean the difference between being on reserve and holding a line. When times turn bad (as they certainly will, it's only a question of when), a difference of one seniority number can mean the difference between having a job and being on the street.