SkyWest ?’s
11-23-2021, 05:06 AM
#2962
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Joined APC: Jul 2008
Posts: 4,213
Originally Posted by RabidW0mbat
what are the odds someone who is currently a CA at their regional, watching it burn, would be able to upgrade fairly quickly at OO while they wait for the major / ULCC to call?
11-23-2021, 06:19 AM
#2963
On Reserve
Joined APC: Jan 2019
Position: CRJ FO
Posts: 22
Originally Posted by amcnd
they sent a email out to all FO’s saying there are over 100 upgrade spots on the CRJ for january. Please put your bid in. It was under 2 years last bid. And with low TT newhires. I would bet upgrade drops to Newhires that have the time soon.
There are currently *plenty* of folks with an upgrade bid in, just not a lot of them have the ANY at the end. 🤷🏻♂️
11-23-2021, 08:43 AM
#2964
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Joined APC: Oct 2005
Position: RJ Captain
Posts: 1,174
70 additional Captain openings for DTW, and another 30 or so for ORD on the CRJ. Plus, they'll need to backfill for this month's attrition and transfers. After downsizing DTW a while back now it's nearly doubling in size. (Which DL partner can't staff its flying?) CRJ captain pays a minimum of $75k a year and they are begging people to do it. And someone upgrading in January could easily break $100k in 2022.
This doesn't look good for CRJ to ERJ transitions in the spring.
This doesn't look good for CRJ to ERJ transitions in the spring.
11-23-2021, 10:34 AM
#2966
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Joined APC: Nov 2016
Posts: 880
ZeroTT has it right. Skywest will be here in 10 years but it will be smaller. As airframes get replaced by mainline aircraft, (DL and UAL), and pilot retention becomes harder and harder, it will naturally shrink or be absorbed by a mainline carrier to keep pilots. Flight attendants will be the only real losers as they lose jobs in droves when the regionals shrink and disappear,
11-23-2021, 09:54 PM
#2968
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Joined APC: Nov 2016
Posts: 880
Originally Posted by ZeroTT
Regional airlines are going to shrink but I expect skywest will grow. If Air Minnesota closes because it can only staff 30/50 CrJ-200’s… somebody can scoop up some of the leftovers. That someone is likely to be Skywest
11-23-2021, 10:16 PM
#2969
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Joined APC: May 2009
Position: Left Seat
Posts: 375
Originally Posted by domino
not sure they can grow. Won’t have pilots. Heck. I heard half the crew support team quit during the server meltdown of 2021. Mechanics are quitting in droves to go work elsewhere. People should be running to escape the regionals, not walking.
11-24-2021, 02:39 AM
#2970
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Joined APC: May 2017
Posts: 2,012
Originally Posted by domino
not sure they can grow. Won’t have pilots. Heck. I heard half the crew support team quit during the server meltdown of 2021. Mechanics are quitting in droves to go work elsewhere. People should be running to escape the regionals, not walking.
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