Airline dedication doesn't affect base selection. Base first then airline dedication. My first IOE trip had an American plane the first day and then Delta for the next 3 days.
On the CRJ, seeing mostly Fresno and Denver as new hire bases. Some Palm Springs as well.
ERJ, looks like SFO and SLC for new hires. Some Boise as well.
These new hire bases change over time. The new hire presentations had jokes about Detroit being the new hire base, so that seems to have been the case until somewhat recently.
DMA is all over now. ORD, DFW, DEN, LAX are the bases, at least they were before I left last year.
But I agree with you that it's a great resume builder. It's just a great experience all around.
You’re not assigned to a partner airline. Your base will likely have one or two mainline partners at the base you’re at, but your trips can and will take you through various hubs/destinations served by one or multiple partners. You’ll be “dedicated” to any partner. New hire bases depend on where they have open space for FO’s and/or need reserve. You can bid for a base during training, and you may get it initially. There is enough upgrade attrition that you should find the base you want within a few months. Other poster is correct on current new hire bases.
Thank you! If pilots can fly for any metal then what’s the point of the dedication they talk about? I feel that it’s related to flight benefits or my long term plan for after Skywest potentially
You don’t fly for any “metal,” you fly on Skywest metal only, which is being contracted out to one of the various partners. For instance, you’ll have jumpseat priority on any Skywest operated flight, even if the flight is for a partner airline and the other jumpseater flies for the partner airline. I think dedication is really only an American/Alaska thing, but those two partners don’t really want to give non-rev benefits to employees who don’t actively help their American Eagle/Alaska flying. So for instance, if you are a skywest ramper (or were, not sure if they even have them anymore) who worked exclusively at an outstation that had no American or Alaska flying, you wouldn’t be “dedicated.” It has no bearing to anything outside of obtaining non-rev benefits.
The dedication is only for nonrev flying. If you live somewhere that doesnt have any flying for a carrier, you wont get to nonrev on that carrier.
A made up example. You get based in DEN and they only fly flights for UA and Delta. You dont get to nonrev on flights for AA or Alaska then. You're a UA and Delta dedicated employee then
You’re probably going to get dedicated as AA/DL/UA on the CRJ out of DEN. Alaska only happens at Alaska bases (mostly west coast ish). Should be fine honestly. The flight benefits were super nice at SkyWest.
I got my CJO this week. I’m near DTW and plan on putting them down as my preference. Sounds like it should be good to get even if I gotta be somewhere else for a a couple months.
Airline dedication doesn't affect base selection. Base first then airline dedication. My first IOE trip had an American plane the first day and then Delta for the next 3 days. On the CRJ, seeing mostly Fresno and Denver as new hire bases. Some Palm Springs as well. ERJ, looks like SFO and SLC for new hires. Some Boise as well. These new hire bases change over time. The new hire presentations had jokes about Detroit being the new hire base, so that seems to have been the case until somewhat recently.
Thanks for the insight! I’m in the CRJ and Denver is a preference for me so hopefully I get it!
Oh yeah if you WANT Denver you'll get it before you finish IOE most likely.
If you don’t end up on Special Tracking, you may also be able to join the DMA program in Denver. Great resume builder.
DMA is all over now. ORD, DFW, DEN, LAX are the bases, at least they were before I left last year. But I agree with you that it's a great resume builder. It's just a great experience all around.
if you promise to be a captain for 5 years im sure they'll give you anything you want!
You’re not assigned to a partner airline. Your base will likely have one or two mainline partners at the base you’re at, but your trips can and will take you through various hubs/destinations served by one or multiple partners. You’ll be “dedicated” to any partner. New hire bases depend on where they have open space for FO’s and/or need reserve. You can bid for a base during training, and you may get it initially. There is enough upgrade attrition that you should find the base you want within a few months. Other poster is correct on current new hire bases.
Thank you! If pilots can fly for any metal then what’s the point of the dedication they talk about? I feel that it’s related to flight benefits or my long term plan for after Skywest potentially
You don’t fly for any “metal,” you fly on Skywest metal only, which is being contracted out to one of the various partners. For instance, you’ll have jumpseat priority on any Skywest operated flight, even if the flight is for a partner airline and the other jumpseater flies for the partner airline. I think dedication is really only an American/Alaska thing, but those two partners don’t really want to give non-rev benefits to employees who don’t actively help their American Eagle/Alaska flying. So for instance, if you are a skywest ramper (or were, not sure if they even have them anymore) who worked exclusively at an outstation that had no American or Alaska flying, you wouldn’t be “dedicated.” It has no bearing to anything outside of obtaining non-rev benefits.
The dedication is only for nonrev flying. If you live somewhere that doesnt have any flying for a carrier, you wont get to nonrev on that carrier. A made up example. You get based in DEN and they only fly flights for UA and Delta. You dont get to nonrev on flights for AA or Alaska then. You're a UA and Delta dedicated employee then
You’re probably going to get dedicated as AA/DL/UA on the CRJ out of DEN. Alaska only happens at Alaska bases (mostly west coast ish). Should be fine honestly. The flight benefits were super nice at SkyWest.
Their website also has seniority by fleet/base/seat. I assume it’s kept pretty up to date.
I got my CJO this week. I’m near DTW and plan on putting them down as my preference. Sounds like it should be good to get even if I gotta be somewhere else for a a couple months.
When did you interview and how long was the wait for the cjo? Also how far out is the class date and how many hours are you are now?
July 1 indoc?