I've also been wondering what's going on with the trickle upgrading. We're not much better off on the FO side in the junior domiciles though. MSP had 0 FO reserve lines for June and IAH has 7.

It's kind of a Catch 22. Staffing may be part of the reason they can't upgrade, but if they don't pick up the pace no one will want to come here with an 8+ year upgrade.

 

Actually if you read the posting it says bases outside of ORD are not announced yet but announcements will be made in the coming weeks. For now its still only a hub officially.

 

Denied... those are just routes United announced, not a base for SKYW.

 

Ouch...

Dear Crewmember,

Today SkyWest announced that certain routes will be discontinued due to lack of profitability and increased costs, effective with the Sept. 2, 2014 United schedule change. As you’re aware, recent regulatory changes within the industry have increased total operating costs, putting additional pressure on underperforming markets. We continue to evaluate all markets on a regular basis with our partners to ensure we’re able to maintain sustainable and profitable flying.

This reduction will affect all EMB Captains and EMB First Officers based in PDX. These decisions are not easy and we will do all we can to make this transition as smooth as possible on you and your families. With growth and opportunity throughout the system, crews will have options as outlined in the Pilot Policy Manual SP 3022. Moving Expense Reimbursement (MER) will apply according to Company Policy Manual SP 65. Please note that relocation incentive is not applicable as there is no location designated for incentive.

Klen

 

And since PDX is a very senior base (or so I understand) that will certainly have a ripple effect on the more junior EMB guys, right?

Guess it's the jet for me...

 

Nothing is very senior as far as EMB FOs go. I imagine most of the senior EMB pilots who live in PDX would take transitions to the RJ rather than stay on the Brasilia.

 

I wonder which bases will be next. SBP? SFO? PSP?

 

The real fun part is you can't bump equipment in the same base if there's junior bases on your equipment.

Commuting for everyone!

 

SLC, would be my bet, but then they would have to open DEN

 

Now that they've gotten rid of MOD a lot of the SFO routes are longer and could probably be served by RJs. The two really short ones left are SMF and MRY and those flights are oversold 90% of the time. They could probably fill a 200 pretty easy on those routes.