SMACFUM

Your arguments hold absolutely no water whatsoever.

1) It saves the company cash.
So what?!?! You know what would also save the company cash? Not paying for hotel rooms at all. Not paying a salary while in training. Would you support that too? Just because it "saves them cash"? How about double occupancy for all overnights for everybody your entire career at SKW? Following your logic, that should be OK too.
News Flash, Its the not pilots' responsibility to save the company money. I'm pretty sure SkyWest is now the ONLY regional left forcing grown adult professionals to bunk-up with complete strangers. This ain't college folks.

2) You don't need to share a bedroom and sleep 5 feet away from your classmate to be "close contact" to study. Seriously? That's just dumb. If you want a study partner, walk out of your room, and go knock on your neighbors door 10 feet away.

Staying in a room with someone else doesn't make you "less professional".
Yes, that's the exact message it sends. That you're not worth the $$, and the company is too cheap to treat you like an adult and provide you with your own room.

WaterRooster

Actually they do hold water lol Just because you don't agree with them doesn't make them any less true.

You know they world doesn't revolve around your opinions or wants right? Entitled kids these days.....

SMACFUM

Hahaha......Right. You do know there is no "truth" in opinions right?
But please, continue defending the company, while making personal insults in every post.

WaterRooster

All I want is a thumbs up emoji.......

Duesenflieger

Frankly having my own room in training never concerned me. I'm more frustrated with pay. Why are our brethren at Envoy and Endeavor being paid $20k retention bonuses while we are not? How about we address that issue. New hires will flock to the AA wholly owneds now (it's already happening FYI). And lets not delude ourselves our latest classes have not been seeing the same impressive numbers as they were a few months before summer...so I've heard.

Squallrider

Because Skywest isn't a dumpster on fire , we fill classes. Why give bonuses when you can fill classes? As anyone knows a retention bonus is very unlikely to stop you from moving on, it might stop a few going to a LCC but if Delta calls 20k isn't going to stop anyone.

spikemath

We're still averaging about 60 new hires a month. Some months were closer to the 100 mark like last winter, but it hasn't really slowed down. The only difference is two new hire classes of 30ish per month rather than one class of 60.

obscure

Hello everyone. I'm interviewing next week. If everything goes smoothly, would I expect a class date in November or December?

CrosswindSolo

Well I think it's not an issue of filling classes with bodies but filling them with professionals that will benefit the SkyWest culture. I'm sure you all want to be able to attract the best out there and not actually be like other outfits, to not name names, that only check your pulse and logbook for ATP mins.

N1234

It is all supply and demand. SKYW wasn't a dumpster fire either when they raised pay from $22 to $30 and eventually $36.50 or so... If there is a perceived need to increase competitiveness, I am sure rates will go up. Whether that is packaged as a straight raise, bonus or something else is really just packaging.