Skywest v2.0
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Skywest is quickly making a name for themselves. Almost Mesa like. They may have a hard time specifically recruiting for New York. But they still have many attractive bases and the are still getting shiny new 175’s. People will still flock to Skywest thinking New York will be short term
They need over 300 street captain the next 18 months to sustain their operation. They are averaging 4-8 because nobody wants to go sit rsv in LGA forever.
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To those who have been in the school house lately, what is the background makeup of our new hires?
As we go in to pay negotiations and the summer schedule I’m curious to what is happening in SLC/DEN.
While I’m sure there are still CFIs and freight dogs but is the ratio of foreigners and second career pilots growing?
Are there no-shows?
As we go in to pay negotiations and the summer schedule I’m curious to what is happening in SLC/DEN.
While I’m sure there are still CFIs and freight dogs but is the ratio of foreigners and second career pilots growing?
Are there no-shows?
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Joined APC: Aug 2011
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Joined APC: Aug 2011
Posts: 166
To those who have been in the school house lately, what is the background makeup of our new hires?
As we go in to pay negotiations and the summer schedule I’m curious to what is happening in SLC/DEN.
While I’m sure there are still CFIs and freight dogs but is the ratio of foreigners and second career pilots growing?
Are there no-shows?
As we go in to pay negotiations and the summer schedule I’m curious to what is happening in SLC/DEN.
While I’m sure there are still CFIs and freight dogs but is the ratio of foreigners and second career pilots growing?
Are there no-shows?
To those who have been in the school house lately, what is the background makeup of our new hires?
As we go in to pay negotiations and the summer schedule I’m curious to what is happening in SLC/DEN.
While I’m sure there are still CFIs and freight dogs but is the ratio of foreigners and second career pilots growing?
Are there no-shows?
As we go in to pay negotiations and the summer schedule I’m curious to what is happening in SLC/DEN.
While I’m sure there are still CFIs and freight dogs but is the ratio of foreigners and second career pilots growing?
Are there no-shows?
To those who have been in the school house lately, what is the background makeup of our new hires?
As we go in to pay negotiations and the summer schedule I’m curious to what is happening in SLC/DEN.
While I’m sure there are still CFIs and freight dogs but is the ratio of foreigners and second career pilots growing?
Are there no-shows?
As we go in to pay negotiations and the summer schedule I’m curious to what is happening in SLC/DEN.
While I’m sure there are still CFIs and freight dogs but is the ratio of foreigners and second career pilots growing?
Are there no-shows?
I definitely saw more career-changers in the last few years, but many of them were retired from the previous gig, or had a business that ran with minimal oversight. The "retirees" typically end up at SKW because they want the bases, either Cali or the Rockies. Being multi-millionaires, they typically aren't too worried about FO pay. They aren't going to move or commute to NY for an extra $15k.
Their IDGAF attitude helps with QOL, they can call in when they want to and not worry about getting in trouble. Reality is the company might fire a flagrant abuser to make an example, but they can't afford to fire everybody... especially people who mostly show up and do their job, and are not applying to majors.
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Good point, I could totally see 2nd career pilots being a major source of OO pilot recruiting. A 50 year old pilot with 1500 1-hour Cessna flights is (mostly) going to be ride this ship into the sunset for 15 years.
Letting that pilot sink or swim through training would definitely be a good risk-reward for company.
Letting that pilot sink or swim through training would definitely be a good risk-reward for company.
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Good point, I could totally see 2nd career pilots being a major source of OO pilot recruiting. A 50 year old pilot with 1500 1-hour Cessna flights is (mostly) going to be ride this ship into the sunset for 15 years.
Letting that pilot sink or swim through training would definitely be a good risk-reward for company.
Letting that pilot sink or swim through training would definitely be a good risk-reward for company.
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