This guy......

 

I had one in the mail yesterday, and I just turned 67 Saturday! Retired from ASA, typed in the CRJ series maybe the reason I received one. In a way kinda funny SKYW would pay me a bonus for my CRJ type that they really paid for years ago (if I was eligible of course).

 

SkyWest plans on 2.5 year upgrades as long as the we can get newhires.. We have been so far.. That was the big push on getting our TA to pass. Tons of "flying opportunitys" if we can hire enough.. A mailer seems dorky but it sure seems to have grab the attention of people.. Even on here...

 

anyone who comes to OO expecting less than a 4 year upgrade really needs to rethink their decision process. It can be 4 today and 8 tomorrow. The flying we will be getting will be replacing other airframes.

 

Upgrade times are an ever changing number, at every airline, on every level. No way to truly tell what tomorrow will bring. Seniority is everything...the sooner one gets in, the sooner one can move up...and that's the truth.

 

Upgrade was at 2 years when I started. After over 7 years, I had my first opportunity to upgrade. It would require a 4 hour commute to sit reserve. I'll upgrade after I can get decent seniority on the west coast other than Denver (85% 4 day trips, no thanks) If that takes another year or so, so be it. I honestly would rather spend my time applying vs studying for upgrade.

 

Except at XJT. So many undesirables pollute the top of our seniority list that unless they retire or drop dead, we are in for a long ride in the right seat.

 

Ya. Upgrades can swing widly. Ive seen them offer newhires captain spots at OO.. Right this second its 3.5"ish years. Heard the VP say the plan on it droping to 2.5"ish by this winter...

 

That one is not mine, but I use it to make sure I am getting the same data. Guess we will see how useful the data is going forward. I'm sure it will be outdated by the time the post gets approved.

I use mine to track upgrades, block hours, PBS bidding pilots and reserve percentage. That is why I am not nearly as optimistic about our pay package leading to more staffing. The company has proven over and over again that they are willing to sell our QOL down the river and my data doesn't show SGU doing anything different.

We were supposed to see an increase in staffing due to 117. Well if you look at our staffing vs block hours over the past couple years, we didn't add pilots for 117. Now here comes the company wanting to reflow the line holders with the EFB. Again, this will be to cover for decreased reserve staffing. All the reasons given for reflow should be covered with reserves.

All of our issues with trip efficiency will not get better by adding pilot input on pairing creation. It will only get better when AS and JO are shown the door and SGU decides they need to do something different because "the way we always have done it" isn't working anymore. The fact that SAPA was able to show increased efficiency with Virtual Domiciles and it was shot down, should be a good indicator of how much SGU wants to work with the pilots on solutions.

 

2 years or 5 years SKYWEST is still better than 6 months at Mesa or gojet!!!