Hoping for Colorado Springs (where I am stationed at now). That would allow being on reserve and being at home.

As for ruining things for future military guys, I get it, but based upon my reading of the entire thread, there seems to be a never-ending revolving door among regional pilots. Guys going between regionals due to many reasons, etc., guys moving up to the majors, etc. It also appears, again based upon reading the threads, that the companies aren't that interested in fostering the team spirit that we enjoy in the military. It appears the companies care only about profit, and their give-a-crap factor for their employees appears to be pretty low. Not trying to insult the company or the industry, simply an observation based upon reading posts in here.

Trust me, we military guys would LOVE to sign on to one company and stay there for the long haul - we are all about loyalty. But my read of the industry is that that may be an unrealistic view of the airline world.

 

All of this is a pretty accurate view of the regionals. COS is one of the most junior bases on the RJ and should be possible within a few months if not right away.

 

So SKW doesn't use age to determine class seniority for base bids, they use your last 4? So someone that is 9xxx can pretty much count on being at the end of the line for base choices?

 

Correct sir. 9999 will be bottom plug.

 

Yes but a lot of the times base choices don't matter that much. Frequently they'll just throw the entire class in ORD, MSP or DEN regardless of what you bid for. At least one more bid will usually close while you're still in training so you have a second shot at getting what you want. There's a lot of movement on the bottom right now so people haven't had much trouble getting into the more junior bases on either airplane. If your base choice is something like SEA, PDX, PHX, SFO (on the RJ) you're not going to get it regardless of your last 4 digits.

 

How long are people currently sitting reserve on the RJ in a junior base such as MSP vs current reserve on the bro out west?

 

They used to go by age but apparently that can be considered age discrimination. At least you have a ballpark idea of where you stand before you accept the job.

 

I'm guessing a bunch of newhires are going to be headed to ORD.....

 

Anyone got any more info on this? is it new flying? how much? is it replacing Chautauqua?

 

Read boardroom on SWOL. "Market Development"