Oct 10th class
08-30-2022 | 01:14 PM
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Hey! I have the oct 10th class as well. Looking for advice, I’m currently a new FO at SkyWest with around1600 hrs living and based in ORD. Would you recommend taking the spirit offer vs staying at SkyWest? My ultimate goal is mainline. I wish money wasn’t a factor but a big part of my paycheck goes to my student loan.
08-30-2022 | 01:28 PM
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Does spirit have that problem?
08-30-2022 | 01:41 PM
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Can you expand on that? What does one have to lose going to spirit? Last I checked sky west starting pay was the same as spirit (pending the new skywest offer) and year two it double where as skywest is a $5 raise. Not to mention regionals are still parking planes and fos aren’t flying at many of the regionals due to saturation of the fo market and lack of senior pilots to fill crews.
Does spirit have that problem?
Does spirit have that problem?
Spirit is obviously a good choice since a person would get an Airbus type rating and a job at an airline they could make into a career should they choose. However, if money in the short term is the primaryconcern, this might not be the place to do it for the above mentioned reasons.
08-30-2022 | 01:45 PM
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Hey! I have the oct 10th class as well. Looking for advice, I’m currently a new FO at SkyWest with around1600 hrs living and based in ORD. Would you recommend taking the spirit offer vs staying at SkyWest? My ultimate goal is mainline. I wish money wasn’t a factor but a big part of my paycheck goes to my student loan.
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08-30-2022 | 02:26 PM
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Can you expand on that? What does one have to lose going to spirit? Last I checked sky west starting pay was the same as spirit (pending the new skywest offer) and year two it double where as skywest is a $5 raise. Not to mention regionals are still parking planes and fos aren’t flying at many of the regionals due to saturation of the fo market and lack of senior pilots to fill crews.
Does spirit have that problem?
Does spirit have that problem?
08-30-2022 | 02:38 PM
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Yes, we are parking planes and cutting our schedule because we can't staff. You get $1700/mo your first 3 months here, with no medical coverage. Year 2 captain at Skywest makes around the same as a year 2 FO here, and so on. The guy asking the question is in a financial crunch and has no long term aspirations to stay here, so he shouldn't come here. He should upgrade, get his PIC, and go to a major.
And which planes have we parked?
08-30-2022 | 02:39 PM
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This is a ULCC.
From a union fastread:
Schedule reductions, parking A319s, and temporarily hiring foreign pilots by misusing the E-3 visa program are certainly not permanent solutions or any way to run a successful and profitable business long term.
From a union fastread:
Schedule reductions, parking A319s, and temporarily hiring foreign pilots by misusing the E-3 visa program are certainly not permanent solutions or any way to run a successful and profitable business long term.
08-30-2022 | 02:55 PM
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And stating that those aren’t permanent solutions and the company actually parking planes are not the same thing.
08-30-2022 | 03:01 PM
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So no 319s are parked?
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