Good point.

Is the backup plan to advocate ALPA?

Someone on Flightinfo forums have started a rumor of 40 planes for American...I don't have access to those forums, anyone have any info from there or otherwise?

The rumor has been going around for awhile... SKYW is very focused on strengthening their relationship with the new AA. Perhaps an announcement tomorrow during the earnings call related to AA or Alaska.

Ever since we got the 175 the powers that be have been going to and from Seattle. The last number I heard was 7 175s for Alaska, I would be surprised if we don't get some flying for American. I do hope Eagle gets some too tho, they deserve it, but if not them I hope it comes here.

Are you even done with class? How about you get off probation first.
Thanks for voting in the concessions at endevour before you left.

Who doesn't want more flying at mainline
You may be projecting how you felt while at 9e on others.

(Hint: cheaper regional feed isn't going to help mainline retake flying)

Man, that would be sooooooo cool. I hope that SKW gets 100 175 for AS. That would be great. Actually, an honest question: Can you staff all this "growth?"

Any additional 175's would be staffed by parking the remaining EMB's and 200's. The 700's flown for AS are the oldest we have, and most likely would be replaced by the 175... it wouldn't necessarily be growth, just refleeting.

Of course everyone wants flying to go to mainline (unless you want to be a regional lifer) but if it isn't going there (RFPs) then any regional pilot hopes it comes to their company.

I think we are able to staff anything that comes our way, they are drawing down the Bro which is 34 planes worth of staffing plus we are hiring 50 a month "for the foreseeable future". From what I heard (obv taken with a lumb of salt) is that we have interviewed about 850 ppl this year and hired almost half of those with about 1300 apps on file. That being said Delta is increasing their class sizes to over a 100 starting in the new year and projecting to hire almost 1000 (160 odd will be flow from Compass) and the other mainlines are projecting similar figures, so if mainline hires 3000 total next year and the LCCs another 500 or so then you'd think Skywest would lose about 400 ppl to attrition...I think the Bro drawdown will provide sufficient staffing for a while along with any 200s we lose.

Supposedly we submitted the paperwork to fly to Juneau Alaska.

can we staff it? We have 300 pilots ready to go (all us Bro pilots awaiting the bro cut)


outside of that, can any regional really? we're hiring as much as anybody else (I think 45-50 a month?)