Yeah I feel much better now.
How is that a stretch? If the goal is to go to a regional, upgrade, move on, then Great Lakes might not be a bad choice.

If you're looking for somewhere to spend the next five years, which could be a real possibility, then Skywest is a much better choice than the afore mentioned.

So yeah, in that context, it makes more sense to compare Great Lakes to Compass, Mesa, TSA, etc.

Don't get confused with the shiny jets. It doesn't matter where you get the time, if that's your goal. There is a much higher percentage of pilots from Great Lakes working at Legacies and Majors now than any other regional. The recruiters don't care where you got your time.

And at Lakes, at least you'll really learn how to fly. And you'll have the opportunity to get a LCA letter.

But this is no knock on Skywest. It's a good place to work. And you'll definitely have a better QOL at Skywest than you would at any other regional.

You just have to figure out what's important to you. And that might mean working somewhere else because of the bases.

 

As a former Laker with many Laker friends, I would like for you to prove that statement.

 

I seriously doubt that, and I'm not even sure what you mean by "much higher percentage"? I fly with a lot of ex-Laker CA's...

It is true that in the past Lakers often went direct to legacies, SWA & UPS, and upgrade was a lot faster than at other regionals. Unfortunately since the RJ boom many majors now prefer some glass/jet time since it is so readily available.

No but they do care what type (and how many types) it was in. Glass/jet = more better these days.

This is true, all my ex-Laker-CA FO's have been great sticks and all but one were all-around good crew members.

I fly with lots of ex-Laker CA's who came to SKW to get some jet time. Now once they get 1000 hours jet SIC, they'll certainly have a leg up on other RJ FO's who don't have any TPIC.

 

PBS question. In the PBS system, where it gives "Targeted Line Holders: #"

Does this number include the pre-built reserve lines or not?

I've had some people say yes it does, and others say it doesn't.

Also, is this "targeted" number pretty accurate when the bid actually comes out?


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No it doesn't include reserve lines. The targeted lines are pretty accurate. If you fall in the targeted number you will most like be able to hold a line.

 

SkyWest is saying Upgrades will drop by 2-3 years.. Seems they are gearing up full force hiring and Upgrading.. Attrition is around 35 a month and increasing..

 

Yup, attrition is about 1 per day at the moment.

Another thing overheard yesterday in the training center...they're having trouble keeping up with check airman losses. Bunch of guys got trained as check airmen and left before they did any line checks.

They're currently running a full CRJ upgrade class and have a whole bunch of upgrade classes scheduled through 2015. Lots of movement.

 

This is true.

 

It will drop 2-2.5 years because no one was hired for about that long

 

70 percent of you, enjoy the bump!

HP