Hired Sept 2000?

[SkyWestCRJPilot]

I was hired in Sept 2000 and I am wondering what kind of seniority, seat, and equipment I would be flying at various regionals had I not gone with SkyWest. Myself and a few others in my newhire class are E-120 captains and the rest are RJ FOs. I'm in the upper 800s out of 1630 pilots. Where would I be had I gone to Eagle, Comair, ExpressJet, ACA, ASA, Air Wisconsin, Mesaba, Horizon, etc, etc. Thanks.

 

[FN FAL]

Had you gone to MESABA it's probable that you would have wound up at Air Willy or Comair as a CRJ FO anyway. That's where half of my Mesaba classmates from September of 2000 went. Exept for one, he became an FE at FedEx. I opted out early and beat the soon to be jobless masses to a good paying job at "regional" flying freight. I made 38,000 a year in 135 before MESABA and I made as good as that after MESABA...and no layoffs, downsizing, bankruptcies, or whatever as a result of things to come after 9/11.

So out of four RJ-85 FO's in training in the same class at MESABA, not a single one is flying there anymore.

I guess my point is you didn't miss anything by NOT going to MESABA.

Not saying it wouldn't have been a good choice for you to have gone to MESABA, but you wouldn't be halfway up the seniority list at MESABA like you are at your current company. And based on what half of the four in our class did, they lost seniority by jumping ship at MESABA to take positions with other regionals at the bottom of their seniority lists.

 

[Dash8301]

At PDT or ALG you would be a senior F/O with absolutly no hope over ever upgrading. But the good newns is you might get more than 10 days off (assuming you don't get Jr. Manned).

 

[FlyingSig]

If you had gotten hired by Delta in Sept. 2000, you'd be celebrating your 2nd year on furlough on May 1.....

 

[JTrain]

If you had a Sept 00 DOH at ACA, you would've been able to upgrade on the FRJ or the J-41. You may have even been able to squeak in an upgrade on the CRJ - I believe CRJ CA fell to somewhere around that DOH.

However you would've been subsequently displaced back to the right seat, and now would likely be a fairly senior CRJ FO.

Our most jr. CA has a DOH towards the end of Aug 00.

 

[Dewey Oxberger]

At Coex you'd be a middle seniority to junior lineholding FO, perhaps reserve FO in CLE. A few months ago you definitely still would have been on reserve in CLE and perhaps even IAH.

 

[BRA]

At colgan air you would now be a fairly senior saab captain. Or if you couldn't stand it... probably employeed elsewhere.

 

[NJA Capt]

Although not a regional, a Sept 2000 hire at NetJets would be #756 out of 1810 pilots, and would be PIC in any jet in the fleet with the exception of the Boeing and the Falcon.

 

[burg]

At PCL Northwest Airlink with a sept 00 DOH would put you at 280 to 300 out of 825 pilots plus another 200 this year. So you would be a line holding CRJ CA in DTW, MSP with around 11 to 14 days off and on rsrv in MEM.

 

[Beer&Brauts]

At Air Willy you would be a junior Capt. (probably a lineholder) in ORD or ATL on the RJ. Hard to say exactly since our seniority list does not list DOH.

Out of curiosity, how senior is the left seat in the RJ in DEN for Skywest? And how many crews do you guys have in DEN now?

 

[Mookie]

Around 90-ish crews by the end of the month in DEN on the RJ, and 12 crews on the EMB. CRJ CA is around SKYWCRJPILOT's seniority (he may even be holding a line), and EMB line holder is from March 2002.

Mookie

 

[Caveman]

At CMR you would be a senior FO on either the 50 or 70 holding a good line with 15 or 16 days off a month. You could also be a junior Capt in the 50 on reserve. Your seniority would be somewhere around 1000-1050 out of about 1800.