KirillTheThrill

Is it shocking though trip? SkyWest has a significant amount of daily departures for DAL and UAL. Surprisingly investors haven’t reacted much to those stocks, just SKYW, but eventually they’ll take notice in the next few quarterly earnings.

SkyWest for the most part has the same management who declined a UAL flow many years back, most likely had the GPI program in their pocket for years, and now are colluding with their partners to hold off SkyWest pilots with mainline class dates. Pushing a class date a month back for specific hires is costing them 100’s of seniority numbers.

What a ruthless industry. The fastest path to United and slowest path to American is currently through Envoy. Think about that, now play your cards accordingly. If you don’t have your apps out to the LCC’s you’re misplaying your hand severely.

Triple5

The only people left in my DL interview class including me are from OO, still suck In limbo. I know of two people who have resigned as a result and informed DL. Their response.. to update their app to reflect the end of employment and a class date will be offered the day after. Seems to me they have us on a monthly meter, but just my take.

SuperFlyCFI

Just for some levity here folks, go look at the SkyWest Pilot Recruitment page on FB. You'll see hundreds of new FO's every month. They are obviously hiring and training.

Hiring is not the problem, attrition is.

Here's to hoping SAPA and management can come up with better pay, QOL, work rules, etc. to reduce the current loss rate.

I picked OO for the copmany's reputation, AQP training, ERJ, bases, and from the valued opinions of about 20 friends who have gone to various regionals lately.

Best of luck and success to everybody! And remember we get to fly for a living!!!

Round Luggage

Oh no you didn’t

TallFlyer

That's some funny stuff right there. Flow doesn't mean bupkis if your airline shuts down, so that's a total non sequitur, as for "less pay and QOL," at a WO, lately they haven't been able to throw money to us fast enough at PSA, and you can hear all about the SAP over on the PSA boards. I will grant you that the anointed MBAs in our management, both in DAY and DFW held on to the idea that Flow was all they needed as long as they could, but April '19 they came to their senses and figured out they needed to start paying people, and here we are. The retention bonuses late last year were nice icing on the cake, but there's so many guys with YEARS to flow bailing for DAL, UAL, FDX, etc, every week.

If you were hired prior to 2015 at PSA, flow was good to you. After that, you're giving up a lot of seniority by waiting for flow. As for FOs, just about every one I've flown with lately has an interview at LCC or better. Flow is pretty meaningless for new hires in this current environment.

domino

it is true. But not new. They have done this for years. Years. But now UA has stopped enforcing it because as UA draws down Skywest flying and moves it back to the mainline aircraft coming, they don’t care as much. “Issue will take care of its self” as they said. So I think they are now actively hiring MORE Skywest guys to hurt DL, AA and AS flying down the road. It’s genius. So now DL is having to put on the brakes. Things are about to get really interesting assuming world war three can be prevented.

R0GER BALL

Hey Chip. How ya doing, sir? What’s worse, this or the IT thing? Been a helluva year buddy.

domino

LOL. You got him.

PorkyMcFuzz

Unfortunately I am hearing of and know even of a couple doing just this. Something needs to change and change fast, time is no longer a luxury management have.

domino

all airlines have their glory days when they can say they are the best. Skywest had theirs. Now the sun is setting on it and there is no way around that.