Horizon people, I wanna hear your thoughts

[LearLove]

Flow through is a joke. AS not hiring next year, so no "Flow."

QOL is very different depending if you get the jet or a prop. If you get the Q200, you will suffer.

Q400, you can expect maybe 13-14 days off in 35. The new bid packet has 2 18 day off lines, some 15's and lots of 13 and 14.

Day trips come and go, and usually go senior, expect to be on the road.

Good crews, terrible management. The Air Group Way!!

messdaddy - tommy b rules. right up there with my all time fav - Mr. "King" Sean Kelly.

 

[F/O]

You could go to Skybus and have an easy one leg commute from Seattle...oh that's right it's not really Seattle it's Bellingham...

 

[M-crit]

Stay away! That is my recommendation unless you want to fly with crusty grumpy old captains and want to wear 3 stripes for 8 years. Age 65 and the fact that AS is not really hiring anymore will stagnate QX even more. Go somewhere that has a really quick upgrade and do yourself a favor.

 

[Quimby]

For those of you who work at Horizon, what is your overall feeling about the company? I know its a long upgrade, but I'm not concerned about that. How many days off a month do you usually end up with? How long are people are reserve? Is it easy to to do trades with others or does crew track not make that an easy process? So just anything you wish to add I would really appreciate it. My biggest concern is just how do they treat you?
Thanks

You may rethink the "not concerned with long upgrade" after about year 6 in the right seat...

 

[regionaltard]

You can use intangibles as a tiebreaker, but "how do they treat you?" vs. "how long to move up and out?" isn't something that I'd spend a lot of time debating.

 

[Goose Egg]

Does Skywest offer a SEA domicile?

Not SEA, but PDX in the Bro. Yeah, SKW might be better. Things are moving very quickly here right now. I think my seniority number has dropped by about 100 in the last two months. Crazy!!

Now if only I could get that SLC base...

-Goose

 

[Gr82Aviate]

Not SEA, but PDX in the Bro. Yeah, SKW might be better. Things are moving very quickly here right now. I think my seniority number has dropped by about 100 in the last two months. Crazy!!

Now if only I could get that SLC base...

-Goose

And don't forget to mention the 2% 401K match for newhires is almost the same as the 10% 401K match(possibly dropping all the way to 6%) that Horizon has!