Skywest v2.0
08-19-2016 | 08:46 PM
#2731
New Hire
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 3
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From: A320
SEA base
I am planning on applying with Skywest after summer and have been reading this thread quite a bit but haven't noticed any recent information on a Seattle base for a new hire.
How likely is it to get a SEA base as a new hire?
Which aircraft is a better choice for someone who wants to fly as much as possible, assuming a SEA base is an option?
Thanks
How likely is it to get a SEA base as a new hire?
Which aircraft is a better choice for someone who wants to fly as much as possible, assuming a SEA base is an option?
Thanks
08-19-2016 | 08:51 PM
#2732
Line Holder
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 55
Likes: 0
From: CRJ
The future is with Skywest. There is a lot of movement and there is growth. TPA to DTW is pretty easy. Express Jet flies to warmer places.
08-19-2016 | 09:20 PM
#2733
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 143
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Yes. The E175 still has 63 reserve lines and an endless amount of composite line holders who get hardly any flying awarded. The CRJ has very few reserves in ORD, higher pay for the first couple of years and better benefits (Delta and American). If you want ORD it's absolutely no brainier to take the CRJ. I've been senior enough to hold the 175 since the first bid for it but there's no way I'll give up my Delta and American benefits while subjecting myself to 4 day trips or crappy standups just to fly a nicer airplane. On top of the credit being higher on the CRJ and the flight benefits being better on the CRJ the pairing mix is also far better.
My credit this month is around 130 on the CRJ. That's pretty much unhead of on the E175.
My credit this month is around 130 on the CRJ. That's pretty much unhead of on the E175.
08-19-2016 | 10:09 PM
#2734
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,082
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From: ERJ CA
Oh Em Eff Gee my Sept line blows. Three CNs??? Almost 100 hrs credit? 11 days off (+ 2 golden days)??? More "replaced/not-awarded because of line constraints" than I can count?!? 13 coverage days??? And this is in one of the better-staffed bases!
08-19-2016 | 10:42 PM
#2736
Respek
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,915
Likes: 62
What did you bid for and what's your seniority in base?
08-20-2016 | 01:53 AM
#2738
Line Holder
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 46
Likes: 0
pay starts at CTP, you get your first paycheck same time everyone else does, it will just have the back pay. Travel doesn't start any sooner then everybody else in class. they technically have you in the system for easier deadheading to class but other than that it wont be any faster than after the first week of class.
I have just been accepted into OO so very excited to start and have dates for CTP and CRJ Ground School.
After DTW and MSP, what are the next most junior bases on the CRJ please?
Thank you
08-20-2016 | 03:32 AM
#2739
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 608
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AMEN !
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08-20-2016 | 04:52 AM
#2740
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 1,875
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From: Downward Dog
CN means the company plucked away what you could have held and gave you what they wanted.
PN means you messed up bidding at your seniority.
You are a company man this month.
PN means you messed up bidding at your seniority.
You are a company man this month.
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