ClickClickBoom

Your immature attitude is that, yours. CFIs don't get the cash, for one reason and one reason only, they don't have any 121 CRJ time nor type for said airframe. There are plenty of guys with the CFI and 121 CRJ experience who will get the nod. You don't deserve anything, gotta earn it, you deserve your moms love, but that ain't the airline business. Want the job, earn it.

8ballfreight

Back to the point:
I think this 5k rumor is great. Not for the 5k, but for the slow realization they will experience in sgu. You Don't know the value of something until price it and send it out to the market.

StuckMike

SkyWest is still able to attract a lot of pilots, even in this race-to-the-quickest-upgrade environment. Heard from the man who would know that there were 50+ Jan new hires, and they already have 40 lined up for Feb with 4 weeks of recruiting still to go.

The upgrade is coming down, should see 3 ish year upgrades if they can renew some of the contracts that are expiring, and even quicker if they can win new contracts. Their biggest need is pilots, they have the opportunities.

We are minimally staffed and they want to become adequately staffed before accepting more flying. SEA is growing, 7-8 months for the most JR CRJ 700/900 FO. So depending on where one lives and what one is looking for, SkyWest, according to the hiring numbers, is still appealing to many even without a $5,000 bonus.

I chose to stay here and not chase the fastest current upgrade because I do think that SkyWest can still be a good place to be for many years.

8ballfreight

Did you just infer that sgu turned down flying-didnt bid/lost those recent plane placements because they want more pilots in reserve first?

disillusioned

Rumor is they are realizing that you can't just keep adding hours if you don't have enough staff to fly them. Dec numbers hurt and I think it was because our reserve levels are so low, and if pilots can't drop a trip, they will just call in.

Lots of United flying expiring this year. Some will move from 700/900 to ERJ, some we will lose. But the overall feeling is that we will not do flying for free. If we lose it and someone else can't fly it, we will work to be ready to fly it for a premium price.

Now if they can hire enough to keep up with attrition and any new flying available remains to be seen. I still think we have to address where we are inefficient in our utilization, and it sounds like SGU is looking into some things. Time will tell.

BigBeard

Is this why they're taking two weeks to get back to interviewees on whether or not they got the job?

Caution Terrain

Three weeks + here

Paid2fly

More likely than not.

Is offline

I had a friend interview about two weeks ago and they let him know within 2 days. If it were me I'd be checking in with someone after a week, but I've been known to be impatient.

BigBeard

Oh..

I'll go ahead and not expect a call anytime soon, then.