SkyWest Cadet Benefits
01-03-2016, 09:35 PM
#31
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Originally Posted by zondaracer
Cadets get to go first in seniority in the class (behind transitions, intra-company transfers, and behind pilots switching over from expressjet).
Other than that, these cadet programs have a perceived value for CFIs that want to go to the regionals.
Other than that, these cadet programs have a perceived value for CFIs that want to go to the regionals.
Oh! Kind of like the flows at Envoy!
Doh!! Did I just say that?!
Kidding of course ... I realize SW cadets actually DO get hired, lol.
01-04-2016, 03:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Out Of Trim
Oh! Kind of like the flows at Envoy!
Doh!! Did I just say that?!
Kidding of course ... I realize SW cadets actually DO get hired, lol.
Doh!! Did I just say that?!
Kidding of course ... I realize SW cadets actually DO get hired, lol.
01-04-2016, 04:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Phteven
Paying your own way to an interview to get a higher seniority number in class sounds like a ****ty deal. I assume this is not the case if you are eligible for an ATP right away, right?
I suppose any effort to drawstring in new hires helps keep classes full. Skywest has set up recruitment tables at Horizon crew hotels - have they done this for other carriers?
I suppose any effort to drawstring in new hires helps keep classes full. Skywest has set up recruitment tables at Horizon crew hotels - have they done this for other carriers?
01-04-2016, 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by IFLYPLANEZBRO
A couple of guys I know are in the cadet program. You don't pay for anything. Skywest covers two nights in a hotel room for the interviews. Buys you lunch, show you around the airplanes in the maintenance hangar, and have a few pilots meet with you and talk to you about what it's like at Skywest. Then once you come back the second time you have an actual interview with sim,technical, and hr. Also the cadets in my class got single occupancy rooms through training.
01-04-2016, 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Phteven
Paying your own way to an interview to get a higher seniority number in class sounds like a ****ty deal. I assume this is not the case if you are eligible for an ATP right away, right?
I suppose any effort to drawstring in new hires helps keep classes full. Skywest has set up recruitment tables at Horizon crew hotels - have they done this for other carriers?
I suppose any effort to drawstring in new hires helps keep classes full. Skywest has set up recruitment tables at Horizon crew hotels - have they done this for other carriers?
They positive spaced us everywhere.
Never had to pay to go to either interview I did.
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01-04-2016, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by yerongard
They positive spaced us everywhere.
Never had to pay to go to either interview I did.
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Never had to pay to go to either interview I did.
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Interesting the OP paid for tickets yet everyone else on here says you get positive spaced.
01-04-2016, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by FaceBiter
Embarassing like paying flight instructors tuition at one of the lamest flight schools in the country while the current pilot group gets nothing in return...?
Or 10k bonuses, and 40% raises to newhires in exchange for.....?
Nada.
Now that's embarrassing.
Or 10k bonuses, and 40% raises to newhires in exchange for.....?
Nada.
Now that's embarrassing.
It's the company's way of subsidizing new hire compensation...creatively.
If they're not on the seniority list, SAPA has no responsibility or bargaining authority for them.
If the company just kept raising new hire pay, the old hires would throw a fit eventually.
"Embarrassing" implies old hires might be valued assets. Actually any regional pilot much over 8 years is a liability. They'd much rather you leave so they can bring in some low-paid noobs who will always answer a 435 area code call. If you can get hired by a major, cool. If not you can go back to driving truck for all they care...just get the hell off their payroll.
01-04-2016, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
I don't think embarrassing is the right word.
It's the company's way of subsidizing new hire compensation...creatively.
If they're not on the seniority list, SAPA has no responsibility or bargaining authority for them.
If the company just kept raising new hire pay, the old hires would throw a fit eventually.
"Embarrassing" implies old hires might be valued assets. Actually any regional pilot much over 8 years is a liability. They'd much rather you leave so they can bring in some low-paid noobs who will always answer a 435 area code call. If you can get hired by a major, cool. If not you can go back to driving truck for all they care...just get the hell off their payroll.
It's the company's way of subsidizing new hire compensation...creatively.
If they're not on the seniority list, SAPA has no responsibility or bargaining authority for them.
If the company just kept raising new hire pay, the old hires would throw a fit eventually.
"Embarrassing" implies old hires might be valued assets. Actually any regional pilot much over 8 years is a liability. They'd much rather you leave so they can bring in some low-paid noobs who will always answer a 435 area code call. If you can get hired by a major, cool. If not you can go back to driving truck for all they care...just get the hell off their payroll.
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