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11-21-2016 | 09:50 PM

#4311

mobius27

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Originally Posted by tcco94

Haha! What's wrong with the MSP line flying? Just the routes and aircraft suck?

Yeah kinda, you get a lot of short legs on the 200 that block less than an hour, which means you end up doing 4-5 sometimes 6 of them a day for what ends up being at or just over the min credit of 4:12. On a typical 4 day it usually averages out to 4 legs per day for 5 hours of credit. DTW opening has helped with efficiency a little but it could still be better. MSP standups are generally pretty great though, much better than most other bases but that is why they go relatively senior. Overall it's a tough base to build pairings for, especially with so many commuters, that's why there are always so many 4 days.

11-21-2016 | 11:47 PM

#4312

Aurora8

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Originally Posted by moonfreak

Junior base is relative as to what you are wanting now. Junior as in a makeup of mostly junior pilots is MSP, ORD, DTW. Junior as in when you can hold a line first is FAT, PSP, and SFO.

So long time to upgrade out of FAT? What are the trips like out of that base?

11-22-2016 | 05:14 AM

#4313

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Curious as to where most of the pilots who move on from skywest are going? Mostly Delta, or UA, AA, and others.

11-22-2016 | 05:31 AM

#4314

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Originally Posted by slinger

Curious as to where most of the pilots who move on from skywest are going? Mostly Delta, or UA, AA, and others.

Looking at "life after Skywest" facebook page it's mostly delta followed by united

11-22-2016 | 05:37 AM

#4315

moflyer

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Originally Posted by Aurora8

So long time to upgrade out of FAT? What are the trips like out of that base?

The Junior guy is at five years. The person above him is close to ten years. The base is so small that captain spots hardly ever open.

11-22-2016 | 06:54 AM

#4316

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Originally Posted by Squallrider

Looking at "life after Skywest" facebook page it's mostly delta followed by united

Any idea how long they were at SKW before moving on or how many hours got them into the majors? I'd be interested in moving on to Delta or United after my time at SkyWest and was hoping in the time frame of 5-6 years after I start in a couple months.

11-22-2016 | 07:06 AM

#4317

TheFly

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Originally Posted by Squallrider

Looking at "life after Skywest" facebook page it's mostly delta followed by united

In PHx, we've had quite a few get picked up by SWA.

11-22-2016 | 07:09 AM

#4318

Squallrider

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Originally Posted by AUpilot77

Really no one knows the secret. There's FOs that get hired at mainline quite often. Many mainlines don't have a turbine pic requirement. For most people it seems they need 1000 Turbine PIC to move on. A lot of people that move on have been here 6-12 years but that number is artificially high considering the non-existent or very low hiring at mainline for many years (retirement going from 60->65 etc) i.e. The lost generation.

11-22-2016 | 07:17 AM

#4319

Dash8Pilot

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From: Dreamniner

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Originally Posted by Aurora8

So long time to upgrade out of FAT? What are the trips like out of that base?

FAT, being an outstation, has a lot of trips that start early in the morning on day one and end in the evening or late at night on the last day. There simply aren't many mid day flights to allow either later starts or earlier releases.

Last bid FAT was mostly start early and end late 3 days, with a few straight AM or PM 2 day trips, and a few day trips.

11-22-2016 | 07:30 AM

#4320

zondaracer

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Originally Posted by AUpilot77

I've seen guys (no prior military time) get hired at United after 4 years and no PIC time, 6 years go to Delta with barely any captain time, and guys with 12+ years get hired at both, plus everything in between.