Compass or SkyWest

[AntiJedi]

Just curious if you buy into the false facade that is Genital "lee" Warts, that's all...

If I feel like calling him out, then I will do so. Until such a time occurs, it is none of your concern to question what I do or do not think of him.

 

[Mercyful Fate]

False facade? On an anonymous website..... Hmmm. Wow, you are a genius. Btw, I am an airline CEO. Bye!


Bye Bye---General Lee

Wow, with this kind of response, you are supplying your own rope to continue hanging yourself with.

Bye Bye---Genital Warts

 

[Mercyful Fate]

If I feel like calling him out, then I will do so. Until such a time occurs, it is none of your concern to question what I do or do not think of him.

Ahhh don't flatter yourself skipper...I don't concern myself with people who are easily manipulated mentally on a forum...

 

[AntiJedi]

Ahhh don't flatter yourself skipper...I don't concern myself with people who are easily manipulated mentally on a forum...

And yet, you're the one trying to manipulate me. Pot, meet kettle.

 

[Mercyful Fate]

And yet, you're the one trying to manipulate me. Pot, meet kettle.

How am I trying to manipulate you?

This should be interesting

 

[AntiJedi]

How am I trying to manipulate you?

I'm not going to play your mind games. Take care.

 

[Gr82Aviate]

Can't we all just get along?

 

[Quack]

Go to compass...hulas has owned the place for three years now and hasn't it burnt it down too bad yet. Compass is an operational and performance gem for TSA holdings and I don't think that they are too concerned with shaking up the place anytime soon. Obviously this arguement is speculation, but a lot of the FOs have have PIC time here already and most of the captains are either waiting to flow or are currently looking elsewhere. No one, minus about 10 people are looking to stay here as opposed to Skyw. TSA knows that if they shake the tree too hard MOST of the apples will fall especially with the upcoming hiring at Delta and elsewhere. Again skyw is a good company, but what do you ultimately want? Longer upgrades or shorter upgrade and keep moving ? ....At the end of the day they're all regionals and they gonna suck one way or another. If you're really concerned about flying with hot FAs, then yes, as dumb as that argument sounds, don't go to compass.

 

[XPOO]

I'm not trying to argue with you or saying one company is better than the other. Don't get me wrong, I hope all that happens to SkyWest.

As far as Compass, what draws me is their movement. They have just over 500 pilots, and around 300-350 have flows to Delta at a rate of 120 pilots a year. That's some incredible movement. Like I said, I had always wanted to go to SkyWest, but I look at the movement at Compass is it's pretty appealing. Quick to a line, and then your QOL increases. I'd love to live in Denver, but I have friends at SkyWest that are siting reserve after 2 years. Again, they haven't hired much in those two years so that's subject to change, and I'm sure it will go down. Another appealing thing about Compass is their pilot group is young, and they don't have the longevity like many of the other regionals which I think will help keep their costs in line with what Delta wants. They also have only 70 seaters which is what the trend is nowadays.

Again, I'm not trying to say who's the better company. I think they are both fantastic, but I'm just trying to get opinions to my reasoning for choosing one or the other. I may not even get the job at SkyWest either...

You definitely sound like Compass material. Good luck in your future endeavors.

 

[DYLIN]

You definitely sound like Compass material. Good luck in your future endeavors.

What is "Compass material" ?

I had to laugh at some of the posts in this thread.

As if non-rev priority on outsourced metal and hot flight attendants are things to be considered when deciding which way to steer one's career at a pivotal time in the industry.

I'm a neutral vote here: poor2thecore, if you are single mid 20s and don't care about bases as you've mentioned, I think you would be absolutely crazy to not go to Compass over SkyWest in this pair of choices.

Nothing wrong with SKW but CPZ is about to get a new contract and the flow movement will most likely be attrition that is proportionally unrivaled by any other airline maybe in history. You just don't see a quarter of a seniority list disappear in a matter of months, and you ought to try to take advantage of that because it is about to happen.

 

[XPOO]

What is "Compass material" ?

I had to laugh at some of the posts in this thread.

As if non-rev priority on outsourced metal and hot flight attendants are things to be considered when deciding which way to steer one's career at a pivotal time in the industry.

I'm a neutral vote here: poor2thecore, if you are single mid 20s and don't care about bases as you've mentioned, I think you would be absolutely crazy to not go to Compass over SkyWest in this pair of choices.

Nothing wrong with SKW but CPZ is about to get a new contract and the flow movement will most likely be attrition that is proportionally unrivaled by any other airline maybe in history. You just don't see a quarter of a seniority list disappear in a matter of months, and you ought to try to take advantage of that because it is about to happen.

Well, the original poster asked this question:

"Say you had a class date at Compass and an interview lined up with SkyWest. What would you choose if you eventually got a class at SkyWest as well? Bases weren't really an issue (can move wherever), single, not much debt, mid-20's."

Nowhere in here did he state that he was just looking to make below minimum wage as a regional FO for any airline that he could quickly upgrade to left seat, even at lower than standard captain wages if he had to, just to get an easy ticket to a mainline gig. Had he said that originally then we could have killed this thread about 3 pages ago. I actually thought he was being serious about judging the overall pros and cons. Since we now know all he wants is the fastest route possible to mainline gig, this makes him bonafide Compass material.

 

[poor2thecore]

Well, the original poster asked this question:

"Say you had a class date at Compass and an interview lined up with SkyWest. What would you choose if you eventually got a class at SkyWest as well? Bases weren't really an issue (can move wherever), single, not much debt, mid-20's."

Nowhere in here did he state that he was just looking to make below minimum wage as a regional FO for any airline that he could quickly upgrade to left seat, even at lower than standard captain wages if he had to, just to get an easy ticket to a mainline gig. Had he said that originally then we could have killed this thread about 3 pages ago. I actually thought he was being serious about judging the overall pros and cons. Since we now know all he wants is the fastest route possible to mainline gig, this makes him bonafide Compass material.

That's not entirely true actually. But, isn't that kind of the point? You asked a few posts ago what I had for pros regarding Compass. I told you. What's up eith all the defensive posts?

 

[russtgol]

What is "Compass material" ?

I had to laugh at some of the posts in this thread.

As if non-rev priority on outsourced metal and hot flight attendants are things to be considered when deciding which way to steer one's career at a pivotal time in the industry.

I'm a neutral vote here: poor2thecore, if you are single mid 20s and don't care about bases as you've mentioned, I think you would be absolutely crazy to not go to Compass over SkyWest in this pair of choices.

Nothing wrong with SKW but CPZ is about to get a new contract and the flow movement will most likely be attrition that is proportionally unrivaled by any other airline maybe in history. You just don't see a quarter of a seniority list disappear in a matter of months, and you ought to try to take advantage of that because it is about to happen.

What new contract??

 

[General Lee]

That's not entirely true actually. But, isn't that kind of the point? You asked a few posts ago what I had for pros regarding Compass. I told you. What's up eith all the defensive posts?

The SKW guys are proud of their airline, and they have a pretty good deal going, until they have to start parking tons of 50 seaters. Scope clauses prevent them from getting larger planes,(larger than 76 seats) so they are stuck. They may not get additional 76 seaters either if they don't go for what the mainline airlines are asking for either. But, they have some great flying and great bases, but I would think those are fairly senior, and tough to get into for maybe years. So, knowing that you might get pushed out to MSP or ORD anyway, you may want to look at CPZ. Compass has guaranteed 120 Capts leaving per year for the next few, meaning better lines and QOL sooner. The E175 seems like a nice plane to fly, and the flying variety is getting better with the additional West Coast flying.

If your desire is to fly where you want to live on the West Coast, maybe go for SKW. (Even though that will probably be on a prop initially or a 50 seat RJ out of MSP for a bit). If you want faster progression on a larger jet with an aim for eventually getting PIC and leaving faster towards a mainline or LCC job, then I would suggest Compass. And maybe the interview process will be more comfortable too.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Quack]

XPOO...why so defensive...SkyW is a good company and believe me we're all happy that you're gonna stay there the rest of your career from tone of your writing, but it's still a regional, still dependent on the mother airlines handing out scraps to the dogs. I do think that long term...LONG TERM...skywest beats compass hands down. Better contract, better qol, more job security, but times are a changing and people may not spend 10+ years at the regionals anymore. It's fine to defend your company, but putting lipstick on a pig doesn't change anything. Get it, get out, move on...that's my .02$. And yes compass will have a new contract sometime mid Dec, no extensions on the arbitration.