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Old 09-15-2018, 09:01 AM
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It is difficult to understand why you would forgo Republic's $17,500 bonus, better pay scale, better per diem, and better work rules, and far better training pay to work for Skywest if you want LGA anyway, although I'll grant you, 'brickyard' seems like a silly call sign.
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Old 09-15-2018, 02:07 PM
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Envoy does... Envoy started the RTP program. If your not interested in Envoy I don’t blame you. But Rsv at home base is not the same as Rsv commuter. I’d give Envoy a second look if RTP & LGA base is your goal. LGA is very junior no matter which carrier you go with.

Help our industry out, join a unionized carrier. Don’t gut it.
Unfortunately they don’t have RTP for civilians. Skywest is the only carrier based in LGA or JFK with a civilian RTP. I appreciate all the warnings about lesser conditions, but I don’t have much choice. Do you know anything else about the actual survival of the SkyWest LGA base and contract? Someone said the contract is 12y, when did it start?
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Old 09-15-2018, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog View Post
It is difficult to understand why you would forgo Republic's $17,500 bonus, better pay scale, better per diem, and better work rules, and far better training pay to work for Skywest if you want LGA anyway, although I'll grant you, 'brickyard' seems like a silly call sign.
They don’t have a civilian RTP. Skywest gives me $27,500 bonus to compensate me for my training cost. I appreciate the warninings about lessor conditions but don’t have much choice. Do you know anything about the contract/base survival? Thanks
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They don’t have a civilian RTP. Skywest gives me $27,500 bonus to compensate me for my training cost. I appreciate the warninings about lessor conditions but don’t have much choice. Do you know anything about the contract/base survival? Thanks
I hear from lesser sources that their presence in NY is at risk due to poor performance.
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Old 09-15-2018, 03:42 PM
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They don’t have a civilian RTP. Skywest gives me $27,500 bonus to compensate me for my training cost. I appreciate the warninings about lessor conditions but don’t have much choice. Do you know anything about the contract/base survival? Thanks
All regional flying is at the whim of the codeshare partner. But why worry? Take Skywest's money and get your training and type rating. Once you have that you can move to an LGA based regional with better pay and rules. Complete whatever you are obligated by contract to do with Skywest but don't think you owe them any favors afterward. They damn sure won't do YOU any favors.
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Originally Posted by Shadre Reevis View Post
I hear from lesser sources that their presence in NY is at risk due to poor performance.
We are over staffed in Lga and a quick look at the stats doesn’t show any issues. Have a link to different stats?
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We are over staffed in Lga and a quick look at the stats doesn’t show any issues. Have a link to different stats?
I wouldn't know if I have different stats since you haven't provided a link for your own stats. Also I understand EDV has had to cover over 160 flights for other carriers last month alone. I don't know how many were Skywest, but you can see how that might affect overall performance.

Not here to badmouth anyone, just telling what I heard. Grain of salt and all that.
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I hear from lesser sources that their presence in NY is at risk due to poor performance.
I laugh when anyone says that... that has been time tested as a urban myth....
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I laugh when anyone says that... that has been time tested as a urban myth....
Time tested? May I ask how long you have had a base in LGA?
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Originally Posted by Shadre Reevis View Post
I wouldn't know if I have different stats since you haven't provided a link for your own stats. Also I understand EDV has had to cover over 160 flights for other carriers last month alone. I don't know how many were Skywest, but you can see how that might affect overall performance.

Not here to badmouth anyone, just telling what I heard. Grain of salt and all that.
So no deltanet or DOT... just what you have heard. Ok.
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