Skywest Questions

trafficinsight said:
Block/365.

At the end of the month I'll be within a 4 day of 1000 hours in the CRJ.

I don't even want to talk about sick leave right now.

If I could figure out a way to work just a little bit less that would be great, so far no luck. I'm pretty close to what I would consider to be the sweet spot.

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That was my experience being an FO, basically the whole time - "If I had 1 or maybe 2 more days off a month..."

I fielded a call from a new hire E75 FO who was flying 0/month, banking 75.6 at our new and improved new hire rate and was complaining about it. "I get it, but you can come out and fly my 98 hour line."
 
Question for all of you, I am about 2 months away from 1500. I live in Denver and am wondering whether the CRJ or ERJ is better to pick to be based in DEN the fastest? Also what are reserve times like on ERJ and CRJ?
 
Skyline14 said:
Question for all of you, I am about 2 months away from 1500. I live in Denver and am wondering whether the CRJ or ERJ is better to pick to be based in DEN the fastest? Also what are reserve times like on ERJ and CRJ?
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160 CRJ FOs. 50 ERJ FOs. Seniority wise they are about equal in terms of most junior pilot. If you are wanting first available upgrade (which will most likely be at DTW/MSP/ORD) then I would choose the CRJ as upgrade times are dropping below 2 years; ERJ still around 4 years. I did hear from a friend at DEN that they are significantly slashing CRJ lines out there so it might be a while on reserve.
 
bb10pilot said:
160 CRJ FOs. 50 ERJ FOs. Seniority wise they are about equal in terms of most junior pilot. If you are wanting first available upgrade (which will most likely be at DTW/MSP/ORD) then I would choose the CRJ as upgrade times are dropping below 2 years; ERJ still around 4 years. I did hear from a friend at DEN that they are significantly slashing CRJ lines out there so it might be a while on reserve.
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Could I also choose the ERJ and take first available upgrade to the CRJ? Assuming I have my 1,000 SIC by the time my number comes up.
 
Skyline14 said:
Could I also choose the ERJ and take first available upgrade to the CRJ? Assuming I have my 1,000 SIC by the time my number comes up.
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It seems that, at least right now, by the time your number comes up for upgrade to the CRJ you won't have the 1000 you need.

Maybe that depends on base though.

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trafficinsight said:
It seems that, at least right now, by the time your number comes up for upgrade to the CRJ you won't have the 1000 you need.

Maybe that depends on base though.

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Tough choice. I guess my main worry is if I choose the CRJ it will take awhile to get DEN and I'll sit reserve somewhere like MSP or ORD. If I choose the ERJ I could get DEN probably faster, but I might not fly a lot.
 
bc2209 said:
Is working a holiday just another day or is it paid at a higher rate, say time and a half?
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Just another day. Straight pay...

BUT...

We do get holiday pay. So whether you work that day or not, you will get an additional 4:18. Unless you call in the day before, of, or after the holiday. Then it's no holiday pay.

So if you have a trip that credits 5 hours on a holiday you will be paid 5 hours PLUS the 4:18 holiday. No added incentive to the 5 hours. If you don't work you get 4:18. I hope I explained that well enough.
 
seanthornton said:
How does 'ready reserve' work at skywest? I don't want to be sitting around all day like a zombie. Is it frequently given/assigned?
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RDY is usually tacked onto the end of a reserve assignment. Sometimes it is standalone.

The reason it's tacked onto the end of a reserve assignment, bluntly, is that there's no post-arrival schedule check for a reserve pilot.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
RDY is usually tacked onto the end of a reserve assignment. Sometimes it is standalone.

The reason it's tacked onto the end of a reserve assignment, bluntly, is that there's no post-arrival schedule check for a reserve pilot.
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Pretty much. Long call guys usually get a RDY block added to their sched after they return to base. It is only there so they are officially notifiable for a trip the next day or something like that. Pretty much that's the case for all reserves. Just serves so you're notifiable for future trips. Very rarely, if ever in fact, have I seen a ready reserve used for a flight. That's not saying it doesn't happen, just saying I haven't personally seen it.
 
Cool. How's the breakdown of staff in Chicago on the crj side as far as number of pilots in base and on reserve on the FO side? Saw on the other forum someone said reserve in ORD for crj now is getting really long, like 9 months. Me no likey long reserve.
 
I'm CRJ in Denver and get 8hr ready reserve assignments at least 6-8 times a month. It's not tacked-on to anything, just ready. Once I got 4 days of ready in a row with no flying. Today we had 5 short-call guys in the one day bucket and everyone was called in for ready. There's nothing in the policy manual against it, they know it, and they will abuse it.

Be prepared to sit around on ready a LOT in DEN, and have no one care.
 
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Clint H said:
I'm CRJ in Denver and get 8hr ready reserve assignments at least 6-8 times a month. It's not tacked-on to anything, just ready. Once I got 4 days of ready in a row with no flying. Today we had 5 short-call guys in the one day bucket and everyone was called in for ready. There's nothing in the policy manual against it, they know it, and they will abuse it.

Be prepared to sit around a LOT in DEN, and have no one care.
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I've noticed that about Denver.. tons of stand alone ready assignments. Transferring in next month, stoked to be based at home. The ready reserve, not so much.
 
Ayork62493 said:
I've noticed that about Denver.. tons of stand alone ready assignments. Transferring in next month, stoked to be based at home. The ready reserve, not so much.
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I just wish there was some recourse that could be taken or a way to voice how irritating it is to get half your short-call award turned into 8hr ready assignments. However, the company can do anything it wants as it stands right now.

For new hires, I would advise staying away from Denver at the moment. You'll get burned out and jaded in a hurry.
 
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