realitycheck
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- Jan 30, 2003
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Yes, SkyWest is not paying their new-hires during training. And Yes, double-occupancy is required unless the new-hire wants to pay the balance.
But to call it "ridiculous" or "appalling" is a tad over-reactive.
The sharing of a hotel room is non-consequential in terms of money. Hopefully I'll get a sharp pilot who can carry me through groundschool, and not the guy who gets 37 calls from his girlfriend at all hours of the day.
But let's talk about payroll. I expect to be in training, if I make it all the way, a total of 7 weeks; that's 1.75 months @ 65 hours @ $19.02 per hour @ 20% tax bracket equating to an out-of-pocket deficit of $1730.82.
Being a chief pilot for a freight carrier who hired about 30 pilots per year, I saw A FREAKIN' TON of applications (25 for every open slot) come across my desk. I wonder how many of these people would be willing to pay $1730.82 to have a job in today's market?
Let's talk about that newer car you bought a while back... how quickly did it lose $1730.82 in value?
How many US Air, Midway, United, etc. pilots would trade their last paycheck for a slot in groundschool, any groundschool?
How lucky are pilots slated for groundschools right now? I know a few pilots who completed SkyWest's simplified application (name and hours, that's it) about the same time I did. I got the call, and they didn't even though our hours were similar.
Yes, they told me during the interview I'd be paid during training. And Yes, they could have deferred their new policy until the next hiring pool and it would have only mattered a few thousand to SkyWest; yet I'm still not bitter, upset or bitchy.
But to call it "ridiculous" or "appalling" is a tad over-reactive.
The sharing of a hotel room is non-consequential in terms of money. Hopefully I'll get a sharp pilot who can carry me through groundschool, and not the guy who gets 37 calls from his girlfriend at all hours of the day.
But let's talk about payroll. I expect to be in training, if I make it all the way, a total of 7 weeks; that's 1.75 months @ 65 hours @ $19.02 per hour @ 20% tax bracket equating to an out-of-pocket deficit of $1730.82.
Being a chief pilot for a freight carrier who hired about 30 pilots per year, I saw A FREAKIN' TON of applications (25 for every open slot) come across my desk. I wonder how many of these people would be willing to pay $1730.82 to have a job in today's market?
Let's talk about that newer car you bought a while back... how quickly did it lose $1730.82 in value?
How many US Air, Midway, United, etc. pilots would trade their last paycheck for a slot in groundschool, any groundschool?
How lucky are pilots slated for groundschools right now? I know a few pilots who completed SkyWest's simplified application (name and hours, that's it) about the same time I did. I got the call, and they didn't even though our hours were similar.
Yes, they told me during the interview I'd be paid during training. And Yes, they could have deferred their new policy until the next hiring pool and it would have only mattered a few thousand to SkyWest; yet I'm still not bitter, upset or bitchy.