Skywest interview....

What I used to see, several years back, were military pilots leaving and going right to the majors, the legacies, or UPS, etc. Of course I'm talking about guys with at least the minimums. Then, for example, last year, I see guys with 3-4000 hours going Regionals. It's the sate of things when big airlines are not hiring. If a military wants to fly, have to do what you have to do.
 
bunk22 said:
I have 3000 hours, primarily in the C-2A, T-45C and T-34C.
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Hey bunk, just curious but how does the single engine time affect the interviews, has there been anything mentioned? I've heard that single engine fighter guys have a harder time getting hired by airlines but I dont know if that's just rumor or if there is any basis. How much C-2 time do you have?
 
rframe said:
Hey bunk, just curious but how does the single engine time affect the interviews, has there been anything mentioned? I've heard that single engine fighter guys have a harder time getting hired by airlines but I dont know if that's just rumor or if there is any basis. How much C-2 time do you have?
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I assume it affects them if ME is required, along with ME PIC time. I have exactly 1709 C-2A hours, with another 50 hours in the T-44A/C-12, and 112 hours in the T-2C Buckeye, all considered ME (well, I think the T-2C is considered ME).
 
bunk22 said:
I assume it affects them if ME is required, along with ME PIC time. I have exactly 1709 C-2A hours, with another 50 hours in the T-44A/C-12, and 112 hours in the T-2C Buckeye, all considered ME (well, I think the T-2C is considered ME).
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Ah well that sounds like it shouldn't be a problem at all then for you.
 
I guess I understand some of the guys getting chaffed by my post a little. I guess I also understand that some people would latch on to a regional and make a career of it. That said, I also believe that regionals are the downfall of the mainline jobs and also believe that it is a fools errand to place your career prospects on a regional who is controlled by a mainline they feed. The mainline carrier will always look for the lowest price so your "Great regional" today could well be your "out of business" regional tomorrow. Seems to me the better course is to get a paycheck whose name matches the one painted on the airplane you fly.
 
WacoFan said:
Seems to me the better course is to get a paycheck whose name matches the one painted on the airplane you fly.
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That is mostly 100% true. The exception to this are guys who are 50 or so and at the top of the list, enjoying whatever 18 days off a month they want and making north of 100K a year. For them, (up until the latest sort of power play that Delta made with Comair and 9E) it made sense to stay where they were. Why would they go to a major for 10 to 15 years of reserve FO or junior lineholder time? Why would they give up 2 or 3 or 4 (or 11 years in the case of USAirways) of earnings? Granted their entire world could go away in a minute if the feed is deemed cheaper somewhere else and they get shut down, but that's a gamble many of them are willing to make.

For all the rest of us? Hell yes. Up and out at the soonest possible moment.
 
A regional is a regional. Get paid as much as you can in the base you want. Apart from the obvious poverty wage regionals, it's that simple.

Eagle
Skywest
ExpressJet
Etc......

Where one sucks, the other makes up for it. Pick a base and pay scale. The rest is the same.
 
we had a guy that got out that went to skywest....he just couldnt change to the 121 world and hated it and quit about 2 months after his IOE to get as much reserve time as he could on orders.


best of luck bunk!
 
BobDDuck said:
That is mostly 100% true. The exception to this are guys who are 50 or so and at the top of the list, enjoying whatever 18 days off a month they want and making north of 100K a year. For them, (up until the latest sort of power play that Delta made with Comair and 9E) it made sense to stay where they were. Why would they go to a major for 10 to 15 years of reserve FO or junior lineholder time? Why would they give up 2 or 3 or 4 (or 11 years in the case of USAirways) of earnings? Granted their entire world could go away in a minute if the feed is deemed cheaper somewhere else and they get shut down, but that's a gamble many of them are willing to make.

For all the rest of us? Hell yes. Up and out at the soonest possible moment.
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Or work for a company that doesn't just have one customer. :P
 
BobDDuck said:
That is mostly 100% true. The exception to this are guys who are 50 or so and at the top of the list, enjoying whatever 18 days off a month they want and making north of 100K a year. For them, (up until the latest sort of power play that Delta made with Comair and 9E) it made sense to stay where they were. Why would they go to a major for 10 to 15 years of reserve FO or junior lineholder time? Why would they give up 2 or 3 or 4 (or 11 years in the case of USAirways) of earnings? Granted their entire world could go away in a minute if the feed is deemed cheaper somewhere else and they get shut down, but that's a gamble many of them are willing to make.

For all the rest of us? Hell yes. Up and out at the soonest possible moment.
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Not to mention maxed out vacation, maxed out sick time, and more. Very senior captains at my last company basically work 7 months a year and even those months are good schedules.
 
I think the idea that any airline is stable is a pipe dream. It's a volatile absurd industry, I dont care who's name is on your jet.
 
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