Pretty sure those numbers being thrown out by boeing is WORLDWIDE. Which if thats the case the 60,000 isn't that far fetched for growth. Airline growth in asia and the middle east is going insane right now.

 

Stay away from Skywest. Go to an airline with a flow through. Why would you come to a regional that ranks as number 13 in-terms of pay. KSLC is our most senior domicile. You will commute anyways. Go to endeavor get 30% more pay and a Delta interview. Or compass and commute to lax. Go to MESA and get a united interview for god’s sake. Whatever you do. Don’t come here. This is not a good company no more.


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The Boeing forecast was 117,000 pilots over the next 20 years just for North America. The forecast worldwide was over 630,000 with the largest forecast for Asia/Pacific at 253,000 for the same 20 year period.

 

And whilst there might be an element of wishful thinking in that, Boeing selling airplanes for a living after all, it actually doesn't appear ALL THAT off the wall either, when you look at the effect even fairly minor QOL work rule changes can bring to staffing requirements. There is an interesting discussion going on over at the United thread:

Holy Increasing Utilization Batman!

Concerning how offsetting the increasing utilization from 52.2 to 54.4 block hours per month year to year would require an additional 513 pilots to be hired, just for United.

It isn't just more money per flying hour that changes going from the regionals to the majors, it's that there are a lot more hours for pay per block hour compared to the regionals. And at a certain point, since taxes are eating up your pay increases anyway, a lot of the negotiating clout goes into QOL stuff.

I looked at the United contract and there is damn near three pages of verbiage on what seat (first class, business class, etc.), United pilots will be booked for on deadheads, sorted out by length of deadhead, foreign or domestic, company aircraft, competitor, etc., same for hotels, flying credit for going through customs, and damn near every other facet of their QOL.

It's a hell of lot more difficult for the legacies to say that recruiting and training have suddenly gone FUBAR, so everybody needs to fly 80 hours of block time this month, contract be damned.

 

I wish I only had 80 hours of block each month..

 

Yeah,well the United pilots are talking about how short the manning is when their block times go from a 52 monthly average all the way up to 54. It ain't just a different world, it's a different universe.

 

What's the typical wait time from submitting an application to contact for an interview?

 

Did you accidentally leave your phone in airplane mode?

 

Less than 48 hours.

 

If you fully qualify take the distance between your computer and the computer of Skywest's HR computer and multiply it by two. Then divide it by the speed of light to figure out your wait time.