It seems to be the norm at regional airlines to shake up the upper portion of the seniority list and try to motivate people towards the door. It’s been said time and time again that regionals were meant for time building. Then you’re supposed to move on. I believe this will become more evident as companies raise incentives for pilot recruitment.

 

So because people are supposed to move out we continue to make excuses for the company’s behavior? Just more apathy. This also continues to erode the nice place SkyWest used to be. I get it’s “just a regional” but it used to be a nice one. There isn’t anything that makes us unique anymore. Hence my firm statement, if you’re a new hire, go somewhere else and at least get paid! You’re gunna be treated like a piece of meat no matter where you go.

 

Interesting to push people out the door when the industry is experiencing the beginning of a pilot shortage.

 

Exactly!!! Oh but if you listen to Inc there isn’t a shortage.

 

Not true. Our CEO was the one standing infront of Congress testifying of the shortage..

 

Funny thing about that. He knows a shortage is upon the regionals, yet he is willing to let hundreds of LASA pilots leave to help fill classes at his competitors.

And with 40+ more 175's coming in 2018, Chip best be hoping that hiring stays strong and attrition doesn't pick up.

With guys flying 95+ hours/mo at min days off, E-mails begging for people to pick up trips, and deteriorating moral; sounds like Chip has the perfect storm brewing. And this is the slow time of the year! Cant wait to see what summer is gonna look like.

 

Not exactly, his point was the new rulings and the cost of flight training were the main issue.

Cost is an issue because the return on investment is insufficient. People are aware of the dismal QOL. Why pour a 100K into flight training when you can spend half that and go into engineering and be home every night?

If it was a great occupation, flight schools would be bulging and SkyWest could be choosy on who they hire. There has been zero stop loss efforts which tells me either SkyWest has zero ideas or they have a brilliance that no one can forsee.

The sunami wave is still many miles away but it is still coming.

 

Where are you based? Which aircraft? I have seen posts from you for a while now, but the things you post make it seem like you are super junior. My money is on CRJ CA in DTW.

 

Not even remotely close Nancy boy! Maybe if you whine louder your Chief will get you a new binky!
Cry harder!
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I bid just over 50% CA in ORD. Upgraded recently because pairings are so bad in ORD that my a schedule wasn’t significantly different as an FO bidding <5%. Junior is all a relative term. I’m senior to significantly more than half the pilot group. The schedules in DTW don’t and haven’t ever affected me. Doesn’t change the fact that people coming here need to know what they will experience if they choose a quick upgrade. Also doesn’t make it right that West Coast bases enjoy decent staffing levels and all the 900 flying while those out east suffer. But hey, if you’re one of the top 200 people in the whole company, I bet you’re quite happy the way pairings are being created for you. Make some of those SLC pairings flow into minimum credit days through DTW for a couple months and flow DTW crews into the prime 900 flying SLC enjoys. Then you’ll see real uproar.