skblu

And no pay for everyone that was in training... we all got locked out of KCM and “unpaid administrative leave” pasted to our sched+ calendars

amcnd

SkyWest is in preservation mode. And they want to use its strengths to be ready for the long haul.. Last call they had 520 million in cash. Not a lot of “tail risk” (contract vs aircraft ownership liability) they want to come out the other side of this stronger. Thats the plan. . They think this Is maybe a 1.5-2 year event... to give you perspective Mesa had 57mill last quarter in cash... Financial strength will be key... So ya. The next 6months, 1 year , 2 yeas...???.. will suck. But hang in there. The industry will look drastically different in 2 years..

CRJJ

I always read your comments and you seem like a seasoned pilot.
If you had to make a wild guess, how many pilot could get laid off with this event?. I'm talking about skywest, not the rest.
Are we talking hundreds? Maybe thousands?. I barely have 800 junior to me and I have no idea what to expect.

amcnd

have Zero idea.. hopefully ZERO!!. But as they say. This seems worse then 9/11.. My take. It all depends on the next 90 days....

rswitz

I bet many of us who can afford an unpaid leave will take it. But I doubt that alone will prevent furloughs.

Anyone buying company stock? Chip just bought $500,000 worth.

alejandro

Have friend who was cut loose today after 2 months into training up in Denver.

amcnd

“cut loose”... or told to “go home”.... ?? Lots of spin on verbiage right now.. Cut loose means turn in your badge, manuals, KCM badge ect... Go home means, keep studying, will be in touch when will be spinning training back up...

And to be fair. No one knows the answer. Not even the training managers.. Unprecedented times..

CRJJ

Having 90 days would be a luxury right now, enough time to find something else. But with these type of late evening communications, it seems like you can let go just anytime. But hey, it is what it is, and we have to be optimistic.

RV2312

Well, I was part of a CRJ class yesterday. We were scheduled to do our ground validation this morning. Yesterday morning we did matrix, in the afternoon we got epaulets, walked out to the hangar and took a class picture, finished the GV review for the test...
...and then we were told to stand by.
D.V., the CRJ fleet training manager came in and had the unfortunate job of letting us all know that training was halted as of that moment. The training folks were obviously stuck between a rock and a hard place. Keep moving forward until you're told to stop. I totally get it and considering the circumstances they are doing everything they can. Lot's of questions, many that didn't have ready answers, were asked. The upshot was "We don't know how long this will last, but you'll be called back by seniority number when we resume."
Unfortunately, even though we were one testing event away from completing the ground phase, we can expect to start at the beginning of Indoc again if/when called back.
We had not received our KCM or SKYW badges at that point, I think that was going to happen today. We were asked to turn in our Company equipment, or if you wanted to bail immediately they would send you a shipping label. I believe training pay was supposed to go through yesterday.
Definitely a huge kick in the jimmy, but it didn't come a big surprise either.

We'll just have to see where it all ends up, I surely don't know.

CRJiceADsucks

Apparently I’m on “go home status” then, still have all CO materials, and no emails demanding the back. Deep into sim training.

We will see how much crazier it will get.