Skywest Questions

purpel said:
Do not bid LC in SFO. It is no bueno. A lot of people chop off their turns and you will be first call to get it. A ton of people also drop standups and you will be assigned it first if it's within the 12 hours. Thank me later on this. LC sounds great on paper but then people wonder why they got it when they are junior reservists... it's because someone learned their lesson. Remember SkyWest has the worst RSV rules in the industry. I'm not trying to be negative but it is true.
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Hey thanks for the heads up. Keep in mind when I was flying charter or 91 sometimes I'd get a call like "GET TO TEH F_ING AIRPORT RIGHT NOW WE GOTTA GO WTF WHY ARE YOU NOT HERE RIGHT NOW!!!!"

"HERP A DERP THE SECRETARY FORGOT TO TELL US ABOUT A TRIP WHERE ARE YOU WHY AREN"T YOU AT TEH AIPORTZ"

12 hour reserve sounds like heaven to me honestly. It gives me time to stop what I'm doing. Pack. Plan around traffic and even sleep. WOO WOO.

But I'm just keeping my expectations low. Still gotta jump through a bunch of fire coated hoops to make all this happen.
 
JordanD said:
You're kind of open to get anything on reserve, but you can bid for reserve lines. You can find lines that are AM or PM reserve with the days off you want (usually, you have to pick one though). Or long call, but this is all subject to seniority too. Best bet if you want to travel is find reserve lines with days off that flow into each other (say a reserve line with 3 days off at the end of month 1, then 3 days off at the beginning of month 2). Wish someone told me that sooner!
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purpel said:
Do not bid LC in SFO. It is no bueno. A lot of people chop off their turns and you will be first call to get it. A ton of people also drop standups and you will be assigned it first if it's within the 12 hours. Thank me later on this. LC sounds great on paper but then people wonder why they got it when they are junior reservists... it's because someone learned their lesson. Remember SkyWest has the worst RSV rules in the industry. I'm not trying to be negative but it is true.
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Acrofox said:
Um, um um ... I really can't answer those specific questions.

All I can say is that I'm pretty darn happy here on the 175. ^_^

I have pretty decent control of my schedule, I get fun trips, I can work a lot if I want, and I can work fairly little if I want. I'm in the middle of a block of about two weeks off with one standup in the middle, and should still credit 76+ this month. Last month I had two non-contiguous weeks off, fifteen days total, and credited almost 100 hours. I did work a lot at the end of the month, though.

But realistically speaking, the questions asked are pretty specific, and my schedule has varied so much (by choice) that I really can't answer. The closest I'll come is "legs per day", which I'd say averages somewhere between 2 and 3.

-Fox
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You guys are awesome for helping out a stranger, thanks again.. I'm looking forward to joining the team in February.
 
bike21 said:
As someone who did countless locals for far less than min credit whilst not breaking guarantee I'm with you. Just wish we could post split trips for pick up. Now that would be handy and win-win.
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Pickup is one thing. A straight drop of part of a rotation into open time us an unacceptably inefficient use of limited reserves.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
Pickup is one thing. A straight drop of part of a rotation into open time us an unacceptably inefficient use of limited reserves.
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Pairings here. Not rotations ;). And I like it! I'm a commuter. Don't have reserve coverage to drop the entire trip, or even the last day and a half or something, but there's coverage on the last day? I'm going to drop my last turn and catch an earlier flight home. Sucks for the reserves. Don't like it, transfer to a base where you aren't on reserve. ;)
 
B767 said:
Pairings here. Not rotations ;). And I like it! I'm a commuter. Don't have reserve coverage to drop the entire trip, or even the last day and a half or something, but there's coverage on the last day? I'm going to drop my last turn and catch an earlier flight home. Sucks for the reserves. Don't like it, transfer to a base where you aren't on reserve. ;)
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Ah yes, the classical OO attitude of "well I've got mine."
 
Autothrust Blue said:
Ah yes, the classical OO attitude of "well I've got mine."
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Not really. Just saying I like the ability to drop. It's way too damn rare that we have adequate staffing to drop anything, so when the opportunity presents itself, I'm going to use it. As someone who is voluntarily going back to reserve next month in a different base, I understand the consequences. I'll probably be doing a lot of MKE or MSN turns out of ORD.

One thing I wish was different about our reserve would be the hard lines. I wish it were like our old shop where you could bid for PMs on day one and subsequent days of reserve, then bid for AMs on the last day to get you home same day.
 
B767 said:
Not really. Just saying I like the ability to drop. It's way too damn rare that we have adequate staffing to drop anything, so when the opportunity presents itself, I'm going to use it. As someone who is voluntarily going back to reserve next month in a different base, I understand the consequences. I'll probably be doing a lot of MKE or MSN turns out of ORD.

One thing I wish was different about our reserve would be the hard lines. I wish it were like our old shop where you could bid for PMs on day one and subsequent days of reserve, then bid for AMs on the last day to get you home same day.
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Preferential and proffering are coming, and hopefully along with them automated exchange.
 
Quick question.. My first IOE trip last week was meant to be a 4 day 10 leg trip. Because of wx and other cancellations it became a three leg roughly 4 flight hour trip. I'm now on my second trip and aside from a wx divert yesterday all is going normal. Will I be able to get another IOE trip to make up for the first one? Or will a third trip automatically put me in the "special tracking program". All other training went smooth, no extra sim sessions or anything. I just want to make sure I am comfortable and have a good amount of legs under my belt before I sit reserve for a while.
 
JDean3204 said:
Quick question.. My first IOE trip last week was meant to be a 4 day 10 leg trip. Because of wx and other cancellations it became a three leg roughly 4 flight hour trip. I'm now on my second trip and aside from a wx divert yesterday all is going normal. Will I be able to get another IOE trip to make up for the first one? Or will a third trip automatically put me in the "special tracking program". All other training went smooth, no extra sim sessions or anything. I just want to make sure I am comfortable and have a good amount of legs under my belt before I sit reserve for a while.
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IOE is looked at by hours not legs as far as I know.
 
trafficinsight said:
IOE is looked at by hours not legs as far as I know.
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Oh okay, after this trip if all goes as scheduled I will have 25 hours. That is about 12 hours less than the original amount that was scheduled for the two trips. I'm sure my LCA will let me know by the end of this trip. I was told I can request more IOE, I'm just not clear if that turns in to a training issue and makes me a special tracking new hire or not..
 
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