SkyWest future plans for the Brasilias??

[Flash 7]

Any of you SKW guy's know the future plans for the Brasilias?

Are they being replaced by RJ's?

Will traditional EMB-120 bases such as SAN or SBA eventually be all jet?

Thoughts?

 

[SkyWestCRJPilot]

As far as I understand it the Brasilias will be around for the next while. That means 3-5 years or more. They've had a few retirements but I'm not aware of any set plan for retiring all of them.

 

[Steveair]

Do you know if Skywest is still hiring? I've been hearing a bit of both yes and no.

 

[Dave Benjamin]

They are headed here but probably not anytime real soon.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/801932/M/

Look at the bottom of the pic, just left of center.

 

[Ralgha]

Do you know if Skywest is still hiring? I've been hearing a bit of both yes and no.

Very much still hiring.

 

[RoyalAviation2]

I think Jerry said in the goldman sachs event that they need the bro for 100-150 mile market for the foreseable future. foreseable future in aviation= who knows

 

[Bluto]

5 more EMBs leaving service by June. I wonder what the rest of '05 will look like on that front? I hope the Bro stays forever, personally.

 

[kj6991]

to any SKW pilots that can help. i'll be ready to interview later on this summer. since 5 bro's are leaving what will that mean for hiring? since 20 new 70's are coming in, would that mean a lot of pilots will be transitioning and it will leave hiring open for the bro or what do you think? i'll be right at mins when i interview so the RJ looks pretty bleek for me.

 

[SkyW120]

to any SKW pilots that can help. i'll be ready to interview later on this summer. since 5 bro's are leaving what will that mean for hiring? since 20 new 70's are coming in, would that mean a lot of pilots will be transitioning and it will leave hiring open for the bro or what do you think? i'll be right at mins when i interview so the RJ looks pretty bleek for me.

I think you're right that people will be transitioning to the EMB to the RJ. Looking at July, Aug, Sept, and Oct it looks like equal sized classes for both RJ and EMB. Hope that helps.

 

[Bluto]

According to the latest info, SkyWest is expecting to hire around 160 EMB FO's and 250 RJ FO's spread out through the rest of this year.