Skywest cancels all pilot interviews!!!

[Fred_IP]

I have a buddy that was to interview at Skywest next week. He said he got a phone call today from the Hiring Department that his interview was cancelled for next week. He said he heard that ALL interviews are off for the foreseeable future.

Anyone know what's up? Is United or Delta about to pull the plug on Skywest??

 

[avratdwc]

Was he told this when he was on the phone with HR, or was it a rumor he caught on the street. Why would they stop everything suddenly?

 

[Splert]

He said he got a phone call today from the Hiring Department that his interview was cancelled for next week.

Over...

My guess: Less EMB120 Flying + Less RJ flying = No New Hires.

I am sure we will find out why soon.

I wish everyone good luck,

Splert

 

[hotwing]

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Any info on this would be appreciated...

 

[Fred_IP]

To clarify:

My buddy was called by HR -- not a rumor off the street.

He said HR had to cancel all interviews -- "something has come up" the lady said. That's all he was told. I've heard this has happened to other folks to interview at Skywest.

I hope this is because they simply have too many in the pool and that they aren't looking at a complete freeze -- or worse.

 

[Alaskaairlines]

Sorry to hear guys! Hope they get that straitened out!

 

[Smoove Ride]

Word on the street...

Before everyone get's there panties in a twist...

I talked to a friend of mine who just got hired a few weeks ago and was supposed to start class last week. He got bumped to a later class date. When I got hired, it was a similar scenario. The hiring machine goes until they realize they have hired too many, then it shuts down. It seems like we are always heavy on pilots, then short on pilots a few months after that. I wouldn't worry too much about them not hiring at all for the rest of the year. All the CRJ's we are getting are going to need pilots. They froze upgrade in the Brasilia's as well (didn't want too many Captain's sitting on reserve). We were really short on EMB Cap's for a few months. I'm not faulting the hiring/training management, I'm sure it's a bit of a crap shoot no matter what they do....
best of luck to everyone. -smoove.

 

[House_X]

ACA stopped hiring in November...I believe we have a pool of hundred new hires, and we are slowly draining from that pool.
I think Skywest was a little too ambitious about the United fiasco...

On a positive note, combining the forces of the House of ACA and the House of Skywest will create an unholy alliance that will be unstoppable.... EAST COAST...WEST COAST...the combined kung-fu style of ACA/SKYEST WILL NOT BE DEFEATED...

 

[hotwing]

03-31-03 class

Does anyone know if the 03-31 class is still on schedule or has it been postponed as well?

 

[everyonedoa360]

I agree with House_X , but it should be Skywest/ACA

 

[utahpilot]

Re: 03-31-03 class

Does anyone know if the 03-31 class is still on schedule or has it been postponed as well?

a friend of mine was originally slated for 3/3, then 3/31, and now is being told that his class is postponed 'indefinately'

 

[RJPilott]

I agree with House_X , but it should be Skywest/ACA

Pacific Coast, Atlantic Coast... lets just call it CCA, Coast to Coast Airlines.... Of course with Skywest stapled to the bottom of ACA

 

[hotwing]

retiring some of the e120(s)

I was just informed that the reason for the slow down is that they are retiring some of the E120(s) earlier than expected and this is why the classes were placed on hold for now. Hope this gives everyone a little heads up...

 

[realitycheck]

SkyWest Hiring

I've heard from very reliable sources that hiring has been suspended as well. Recently, SkyWest has had to postpone EMB upgrade classes, postpone CRJ new-hire classes and cancel EMB new-hire classes. This invariably creates a pool of applicants, and therefore relieves the pressure for more pilots.

Also, SkyWest needs to assess their current situation. There have been so many pilots upgrading and transitioning, plus all the new-hires. IOE at one point was 3-4 weeks behind, and now that's caught up to 2 weeks.

Rumor mills are churning out some pretty good stuff lately-- and the last people to have the answers are the pilots.

 

[weeks]

I had an interview in April. Also got the call. Very disappointed. Wonder how long the freeze will last?

 

[dogg]

House X-- unstoppable hmm... I dont think that RJ economics would support that. Very high seat mile costs. Trying to compete with 737-700's and 717's and even a-320's just would not work. Unless you are talking turbo prop economics on 1-2 hour legs then you might have something

 

[realitycheck]

Dogg- if they built 130 seat airplanes and called them RJs, the economics (seat mile costs, etc.) would be significantly lower than 737-700s purely based on labor. If memory serves me correctly, 737-700s generally holds 132 with first class...

Is there something I'm missing?

Check out the thread- "Overstating the Obvious"

 

[House_X]

dogg,

Point-to-point service. As far as RJ economics...Darwinism. People are tired of hub and spoke and are willing to pay a few dollars more for the convenience...the airlines have to evolve or die. ACA and Skywest are in a great position to grab the market. Skywest used to run their own routes in the west in your beloved SA-227. The days of "majors" breast feeding us with lucrative departure contracts are gone. Let's unite and give the flying public what they are thirsting for...Friendly, reliable point-to-point service.

 

[Future SNA]

I'm willing to bet some of it has to do with the fact that Mesa is going to get some of Skywest's routes.............or something to this effect. I've been following some of the posts on here, and talking with some friends at Mesa, it seems something about taking over some of Skywests routes has been in the cards for sometime, bidding lower on them in the RJ's. Forgive me if this is vague, I'm a lowly freight dog, and couldn't give a hill of beans about J4J, or anything else making $1,000 a month has to offer.

 

[Beechnut]

Mesa has only been awarded the mountain cities currently served by AirWis and SkyWest. AirWis's 328s should be gone by July and Mesa is to start in June with their 10 Dash 8s. I haven't heard from anyone what will happen to SkyWest's 120s based in Denver. Mesa has NOT been awarded RJ flying, taking over anyone's routes or starting new routes for UAL. Not SkyWest's current flying, not AirWis not ANYONE. You're friends at Mesa are suffering from wishful thinking that is based on rumor. Do us all a favor and talk to your friends at Mesa and tell them to vote "no" on that spineless TA.

Later!

S.

 

[embdrvr]

Someone told me that the only flying Mesa was going to do out of DEN was replacement of the Air Whiskey DO-328 routes and that it did not look like it would effect Sky West flying.
Since the DO-328's were being retired it doesn't look like Mesa "took" anyone's flying.

It will be interesting to see how Mesa does flying for UAL this time around. It wasn't too pretty last time.

If the scuttlebutt that Frontier is looking to dump Mesa is true they better keep Titanic Airlines uhhh I mean UAL pretty happy.

 

[dogg]

Reality and House, here is the question? With 50 or 70 seats, which I believe accounts for the vast majority of "RJ's" can you make money flying legs in excess of 2 hours. What does the jet cost to operate while it is in the air and what does the jet cost to own 24/7/365. As usual, I probably mis-stated myself. And as far as a metro, it makes plenty of money on 1-2 hour flights but it is dirt cheap to operate and own and always has been. But as it stands now , the profits that skywest and aca make working for Delta and United, are probably ancient history. I would say that 50 for sure and maybe 70 seat economics are being carefully considered by skywest and aca. And at 90 seats and up it is no longer an rj anyway and you are correct when you say that a 90 to 130 seat jet being flown at regional pay and benefits has a big cost factor advantage over the same number of seats at mainline pay and benefits......

 

[General Lee]

Skywest and ACA could use 70 or 90 seaters, but not for Delta. Expect any new 70 seaters (above the 57 allotted to DCI) to possibly be flown by some of the 1060 furloughed Delta pilots.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Future SNA]

To the fella above about "voting no to the TA", I think 2 of them are, and 1 of them isn't, I really don't follow any of this much, only when the beer hits them it starts coming out, but the 1 who's voting yes just bid over to the RJ last week, since he didn't want to get seat locked in the 1900..........or this is what I understand. He seems to think it will pass, as do the ones voting no.

As for the guy saying "Metro's are dirt cheap to operate," I used to work for a company that will remain nameless, our Metro's were A FRIGAIN MONEYPIT! Something around 70% of our expenses were maintenance expenses on our, at the time, 4 metros, compared to a BUTT LOAD of Caravans. Vans are cheap to operate, I'm sorry, but comparatively speaking(cargo 1900's), Metro's aren't cheap at all. Not to start a pissing battle, but that's just my experience.

 

[Jeepman]

General Lee,


Delta mainline flying 70 seaters? How is that possible when ASA & Comair are flying them now? The only way I see that happening is if Delta pilots rip their "United Plus" stickers off their bags & take a pay cut to fly the 70 seaters. Otherwise there will be more furloughed mainline guys on the street.

The way economics are playing on the airline industry it's like Sherman going through Georgia again.

 

[House_X]

That's why I've always been a "Union" man....