SkyWest Classes

[Bluto]

http://www.skywest.com/careers/index.php
click on the "apply here" section under "Job Openings", then click on "First Officer Pilot"

 

[skeeter]

FWIW.....Found out today talking to HDQ in SGU that United is giving notice to SKW that a good portion of the United furloughs that work for SKW will be getting recall letters. This could be why the 500 new hire # keeps floating around. There are 150-200 United guys here right now.

Skeets

 

[Gr82Aviate]

PBS basically acts a seniority magnifier. If you are junior, PBS will pretty much give you whatever's leftover. If you are senior, you can pretty much choose your pairings and build your schedule as you like (within the set parameters of the software.)I've only used it once and at one of the smaller domiciles, but it worked out pretty well for me considering I was one of the most junior line-holders.

Good luck to those applying.

Glad it worked out "pretty well" for you after using it once... However we've been using it for several months and not once have I gotten close to the number of days off prior to using PBS(used to get 17 or 18 off, now 12 or 13), plus the pay value has gone from upper 90's to low 80's! It can only "act like a seniority magnifier" if crew scheduling gives the domicile decent pairings to choose from!!!!!!!!

 

[Weasil]

Is ORD still a junior base?

 

[bobbyice]

Is ORD still a junior base?

Yes, very.

 

[viper548]

Is ORD still a junior base?

I think it's still the most junior base for FO's and CA's

 

[ClearRight]

Glad it worked out "pretty well" for you after using it once... However we've been using it for several months and not once have I gotten close to the number of days off prior to using PBS(used to get 17 or 18 off, now 12 or 13), plus the pay value has gone from upper 90's to low 80's! It can only "act like a seniority magnifier" if crew scheduling gives the domicile decent pairings to choose from!!!!!!!!

Heard this week from one of the PBS trainers that once the whole company goes live with PBS, crew planning will use their current line building time to build better pairings. Up until now they've been building pairings to create legal lines that make sense (in their eyes, at least). Now they can focus on making better pairings. In the trainer's words "They're very excited to see what they can do to make the pairings better."

Take it with a grain of salt or a whole salt-lick...

 

[Bluto]

Obviously your results may vary. I guess my point is simply that it wasn't as bad as I or a number of junior people thought it would be. Sorry you're losing days off, but the senior people in my domicile seem to be getting exactly what they want. Again, the parameters probably need to be tweaked in order to get back to what some people had before.

Weasil,
ORD is junior, but keep in mind, for now they are only running EMB classes, so nobody in the upcoming classes will get ORD for at least a year. They may start CRJ classes soon, then ORD should be no problem. Just something to think about.

 

[Final Approach]

Min days off is 10, unless I missed it someplace. Excluding stand-ups and reserve most lines have a min of 12 days off.

 

[Iflyamouse]

I read in the Salt Lake Tribune that CEO Jerry A. is secretively talking to NWA and Continetal...

Doesn't sound like much of a secret if it was printed in the newspaper.

 

[difete]

I will be going to SLC for training in April. Anything I hear I will pass it along. Stay put.

 

[Beer30?]

Just got the call

I just rec'd the call for April 3 Brasilia class. Actually I had the option of taking this one or waiting for a jet class. Needless to say, I took the class date.


Beer30?

 

[propjockey]

Unrelated to the thread title, but I think too many domiciles is one of our biggest problems at SkyWest. We have 2100 pilots, and last count was something like 16 domiciles (and some of them are very small)! No wonder the pairings suck. I think we'd all be a lot better off if we had only 4 or 5 big domiciles.

 

[rtmcfi]

Unrelated to the thread title, but I think too many domiciles is one of our biggest problems at SkyWest. We have 2100 pilots, and last count was something like 16 domiciles (and some of them are very small)! No wonder the pairings suck. I think we'd all be a lot better off if we had only 4 or 5 big domiciles.

Carefull what you wish for. Commuting sucks much worse than the OO pairings.....

 

[viper548]

There are also a lot of senior people bypassing upgrade for QOL in those small domiciles

 

[propjockey]

I've already been commuting for 3 years, and I know where you're coming from. I'm merely suggesting that we would have better pairings in general with a few large domiciles instead of having flying scattered all over the continent in a bunch of little domiciles.

 

[Rogue5]

Min days off is 10, unless I missed it someplace. Excluding stand-ups and reserve most lines have a min of 12 days off.

Well, you missed the fact that min days off for line-holders is actually 12 (10 for reserve), and I don't know what domicile you're working at but most I've seen have 13-14 off.

70 seat lines have an extra couple or three days off per month on average due to longer stage length/more block per leg.

 

[theskyking]

With PBS, a line holder could end up with only 10 days off.

 

[Rogue5]

With PBS, a line holder could end up with only 10 days off.

Well then...

If that is the case (my domicile is parallel bidding this month for the first time, we go live in May), you'll hear me be the first to cry foul.

Many of the remaining bases (DEN, ORD, COS) have been (pleasantly) in the dark and have yet to feel the pain/reap the benefits of PBS. From what I understand, if you're senior: it's great. If you're junior: well, you are junior.

Time will tell...

 

[Gr82Aviate]

Unrelated to the thread title, but I think too many domiciles is one of our biggest problems at SkyWest. We have 2100 pilots, and last count was something like 16 domiciles (and some of them are very small)! No wonder the pairings suck. I think we'd all be a lot better off if we had only 4 or 5 big domiciles.

We actually used to have several other domiciles that no longer exist, and less flying and yet the pairings were much better!!!

 

[Gr82Aviate]

Well then...

If that is the case (my domicile is parallel bidding this month for the first time, we go live in May), you'll hear me be the first to cry foul.

Many of the remaining bases (DEN, ORD, COS) have been (pleasantly) in the dark and have yet to feel the pain/reap the benefits of PBS. From what I understand, if you're senior: it's great. If you're junior: well, you are junior.

Time will tell...

Hate to burst your bubble, but if the pairings stink(ie 2 day trips that pay 9 hours)your seniority won't matter and you'll get a crummy line regardless!

 

[Detroitpilot22]

good luck to those who have interviews tomorrow, do tell when you are through.