Skywest Questions

JordanD said:
Yeah, to each his own, but I really can't fathom any reason to do this. Your seniority is undoubtedly better on the CRJ. It's just a lateral move to a more senior airplane so you can sit in the same seat but with a way worse schedule. It's a great airplane.... But I wish I had gone to the other one and upgraded by now.
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I did this exactly, and went from bidding 70% on the CRJ to 45% on the ERJ.
 
JordanD said:
Except by the time the seat lock is up I'd be able to upgrade on the 175.

Probably another 6 months before I have the hours either way.
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There is no seat lock for upgrades. So if you go from 175 FO to CA CRJ, the seat lock doesn't exist for you.

However if you do transition from CRJ to ERJ FO then there is a seat lock. I don't think that the ERJ is really obtainable to upgrade in right now. Hope that changes.

Then again a lot of ERJ a guys are getting bypassed even for CRJ upgrades.
 
An MSP CRJ FO was in training for the ERJ, and got the upgrade awarded on the CRJ during transition class. How did he pull it off?
 
Cloud Surfer said:
You guys will probably hate me for this, but I'm a 1.5 year CRJ FO in ORD and possibly will transition over to the ERJ soon.

I hope I get a line if I do...I've been waiting patiently.
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That's basically what I did. Fun to learn a new airplane and get the type rating. My schedule vastly improved as I moved up nearly 25% in seniority. I'm enjoying the weekends/holidays/time to travel (which I didn't have on the RJ).

Most will push for "go for first available upgrade." It's good advice. Seniority means everything.

I took the risk of a 12 month seat lock with the hopes of upgrading once I'm off that restriction. This means right to a line holder DTW CRJ, or a reserve ORD E7. I'm content with both.
 
You guys transitioning to the 175, how long are you expecting to upgrade on it? After it's all said and done.
 
tcco94 said:
You guys transitioning to the 175, how long are you expecting to upgrade on it? After it's all said and done.
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It's right at 3 years right now for ORD, seems like it's dropped as well. But those guys are probably going to be on reserve for the rest of their time at SkyWest.
 
JordanD said:
It's right at 3 years right now for ORD, seems like it's dropped as well. But those guys are probably going to be on reserve for the rest of their time at SkyWest.
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Haha wait what?! Considering attrition I kind of doubt that.


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tcco94 said:
You're in MSP right? I tried to figure that base out......

Conclusion: I gave up.
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No, I'm in Denver. There's movement in MSP, and it isn't populated with a very large population of lifers that intend to stick around. I've considered moving there, I like the city. Detroit on the other hand.. I hear Ann Arbor is nice though.

I will say, I've stopped trying to figure out the staffing at bases because I simply can't comprehend it with my pilot brain. All I know is Denevr is shrinking and I figure it will continue to shrink and Detroit is expanding rapidly.
 
Ayork62493 said:
No, I'm in Denver. There's movement in MSP, and it isn't populated with a very large population of lifers that intend to stick around. I've considered moving there, I like the city. Detroit on the other hand.. I hear Ann Arbor is nice though.

I will say, I've stopped trying to figure out the staffing at bases because I simply can't comprehend it with my pilot brain. All I know is Denevr is shrinking and I figure it will continue to shrink and Detroit is expanding rapidly.
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Oh, gotcha. Thought you were in MSP! Yeah I just decided to move where I wanted to live and just see how it all works out. Hopefully SLC doesn't go ERJ because I'd be screwed.

Too hard to predict what will happen but it's still flowing into SLC pretty good last month so my commute should be short lived (again, hopefully). I already know when I upgrade though I'm just going to have to take the hit.
 
JordanD said:
Yeah, to each his own, but I really can't fathom any reason to do this. Your seniority is undoubtedly better on the CRJ. It's just a lateral move to a more senior airplane so you can sit in the same seat but with a way worse schedule. It's a great airplane.... But I wish I had gone to the other one and upgraded by now.
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On the CRJ side once you get to this little sweet spot as an FO where people junior to you start upgrading(ignoring the 10th month guy closer to 1.5 years), your schedule doesn't really get better. You've essentially plateau'd. However, if I took this same seniority to the 175 I'd be holding those 26 hour 4 days. Your QOL may be slightly worse than your peers on the CRJ mnow but your QOL will get insanely better than our side at the top 25%.
 
B767 said:
I'm ORD. You've never flown with me. And I do CMX twice this week! All bark, no bite...

;)


(And @JustinS will be a beat up, demoralized, zombie after he posts bail from DTW).
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I did CMX 2 nights in a row couple weeks back. Only 2 trips rest of month. Both CMX overnight. 8)

Saw @JustinS for a few at the schoolhouse the other day. I think the count was 4 from our class there.


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matthew said:
On the CRJ side once you get to this little sweet spot as an FO where people junior to you start upgrading(ignoring the 10th month guy closer to 1.5 years), your schedule doesn't really get better. You've essentially plateau'd. However, if I took this same seniority to the 175 I'd be holding those 26 hour 4 days. Your QOL may be slightly worse than your peers on the CRJ mnow but your QOL will get insanely better than our side at the top 25%.
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Maybe for ORD. PDX trips are so bland that seniority basically dictates how many nights a week you end up in SJC and if you have to wake up early for it or not.
 
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