SkyWest’s move has also become a major flash point in the industry, attracting fierce opposition from the Air Line Pilots Association, the Association of...
, United Airlines Holdings Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc., asked the Transportation Department in June 2022 for authorization to operate SkyWest Charter, which would ferry passengers from smaller cities to larger airports. It proposed starting service to 25 markets, primarily between Denver and cities including Elko, Nevada; Laramie, Wyoming; and Sioux City, Iowa. It also plans a handful of flights from Houston and Chicago to other small cities.
SkyWest has dropped flights to 13 cities since January 2022 because of the pilots shortage, the airline said, with flying picked up by smaller carriers. Long-term service to another 18 cities is still at risk, it said. “We’ve made a substantial investment in Dodge City and Southwest Kansas, and we’re hoping the Department of Transportation will do the same,” Ahlem said in an email.Devils Lake is among the many airports using federal funds, some provided as part of the pandemic-era CARES Act, to expand or improve terminals, runways or other facilities, and has to finish using the money by July 2024. Two Kansas airports received federal grants this spring — $7.
SkyWest denies the safety claims, saying it will begin operations with pilots holding captain’s rank in both cockpit seats — it’s hired 100 so far — and will use aviators that already have 1,500 hours of experience and hold a license to fly for large airlines. Once it begins to hire first officers, those aviators will build experience to be promoted to captain.
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