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Originally Posted by Hou757 (Post 2633593)

Yep, your website states double occupancy. That sucks for new hires!!

Yes it does, though better than being on the expressjet seniority list. Can you confirm?

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Originally Posted by Hou757 (Post 2633593)

Yep, your website states double occupancy. That sucks for new hires!!

I know the training ladies have stated that its also quantity of rooms available issues.. we have more volume of training then say a 600 pilot list regional.. Yet they still treat us like were that size..

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Originally Posted by WesternSkies (Post 2633601)

Yes it does, though better than being on the expressjet seniority list. Can you confirm?

I can confirm that most Expressjet folks would rather be on the XJT seniority list than SkyWest. (exception to those that live out West)

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Originally Posted by amcnd (Post 2633651)

Southwest hired almost 1,000 pilots last year, everyone got a their own room. With training split between SLC and DEN, SkyWest is just being cheap. I’m amazed they still do this from a liability standpoint.

Just keep in mind that there’s not always extra rooms available even if you want to pay for it. You may just be rooming with someone you don’t know without a choice.

Keeping it professional!

There's a reason they do this and it's not just money. They want to know that you're willing to be treated like crap.

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Originally Posted by Excargodog (Post 2630157)

And yet for regional pilots as a group it would be a great thing. A year ago, when Horizon was cutting back flying by 30% because of p/$$-poor management causing them to be short of pilots, the ability of Alaska to shift that flying to Skywest kept Alaska from having to either fix their Horizon management problems or bring the scope back to mainline.

Most of us believe that the system exploits all regional pilots who basically do the same job as the mainline pilots at a third (or less) of the salary. As one of the biggest and lowest paying of the regionals, those pilots working at Skywest tend to hold down pay and benefits for all of us by being willing to do that work for less. But it's more than that. The biggies (OK, Alaska is a relative biggie) can keep their own wholly owned pilots under contro just like Alaska did, by shifting their workload to Skywest to keep Horizon under control.

The whole regional codeshare system is a house of cards, but it is propped up by the ability of the mainline to play one regional against the other.

Ah yes. What a good think SkyWest was there for Alaska to prevent flying from being done by seniority list pilots.

Do you even understand or know what a codeshare is?

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Originally Posted by Knobcrk1 (Post 2633421)

Also I think you could pay the difference if you wanted single.

Yeah, with the $37/hr first year FO pay. :D

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Originally Posted by moflyer (Post 2633679)

I’m amazed they still do this from a liability standpoint.

We could have much more efficient trips if we could swap into all variants by splitting with the FAs too.
Also a liability

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Originally Posted by Utah (Post 2633841)

There's a reason they do this and it's not just money. They want to know that you're willing to be treated like crap.

^^^^^^
A lot of truth to that statement!!!!!