SKW isn't Mesa/PSA, homeboy will never get a callback.

 

CCB, I think you bring a balance to, as you correctly point out, the "kool aid drinking" yuppy side of things. While you have a certain flavor to your views that I don't personally connect with, the balance is important.

Cheers

 

The guys doing the interview are line pilots, they have a vested interest in keeping the "less than desirable" candidates from progressing through the process, it only takes a few 13 hr days sitting next to a "less than desirable" to make the job less palatable. As a side note while relatively rare, SKYW has let some "less than desirable" personality candidates go home, unemployed.

 

Give enough time, you might even see some of those things I pointed out. Lesson 101, Skrew Skeduling isn't your friend, they have one job, staffing trips, so while you think you are a unique, delicate, snowflake, in the eyes of SS, you are an employee number, a warm body filling a slot, and their obligation to you ends when you agree to whatever corncob they are trying to jam in your tater. They rely on newhires not understanding the rulebook, read it, know it, live it.

 

You "misunderestimate" me.

But anyway, you guys know that it's pilot unions you ride coat tails on when you use ASAP, kcm, cass, FFDO, and yes, even the TCAS that they pushed through as a mandate for the airlines to pay the cost of installing them.

Your welcome.

 

But anyway, you guy know that it's SkyWest Airlines you ride coat tails on when you get a paycheck every month.

 

I think that the way this is perceived is completely dependent upon one's expectations going in. I came from an airline with even worse reserve rules than we have here. My expectation of CS has been very low, and so far they have been a surprise to work with. I am not expecting anything to stay "peachy" though.

The truth is, Crew Sched DOES have one job. Staffing trips. If I was in CS that is what I would be doing too so I cannot hold it against them.

If you set the bar low, you can only do better!

 

CCB, you do make a lot of good points and I fear that too many guys don't crunch the numbers to see just how bad the pay is (at least for quite some time). While I haven't had the pleasure of receiving a 1st year FO paycheck yet, I've crunched the numbers. I'm lucky in the fact that I have a guard job to help me pay the bills. I know a lot of you guys probably hate guys like me for that...sorry. I've also spent enough time on the road to know that it truly does suck sometimes. However, I always tend to look at the bright side. I consider some of the flying I've done to be REAL flying, but I seldom make it through a Cuban 8 without spilling my coffee and tracer rounds can be quite irritating. I know the airlines have a whole new ball of suck that I haven't experienced yet and I appreciate CCB shedding light on these areas.

 

I disagree...in my class there were a couple guys who had issues in the sim, got the TBNT, reapplied six months later, did better on the sim, and were hired. Of course, that's a datapoint of two, so take that for what it's worth...

 

when will you guys in SLC grow up and stop giving dirty looks to Compass pilots...

it's old and unprofessional...especially when you turn around and try to jumpseat on our flights.