BravoHotel
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I was invited to their open house /group interview. But I just nailed down my school schedule, I wonder if they have part time positions on the ramp. Does anyone know if they hire from within the company?
ramp interview with skywest
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DenverPilot8
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www.skywest.com will have all of the job postings and you can apply online. If you get an interview you are basially hired for ramp unless you have a long criminal history or a weak pulse.
Jshutt64
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Skywest always is hiring for part-time rampers. The bad news is when they say part-time they REALLY mean part-time...12 hours a week. At least that's how it was in LAX.
The interview is pretty basic. About 100 people in the interview, you get split into two groups and have about 2 minutes to share your spiel. If your spiel is good, you get invited to 1 on 1 interview. If you impress them there, welcome to Skywest!
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I worked for them at DEN in 05-06. They actually passed me over twice. Overqualified. When they ran out of high-school dropouts and losers, they called me and another guy, amongst some others, who had an ATP. They did tell me at the interview that they'd had pilots work ramp part or full time, fly on the side, and then get hired to fly. Matter of fact, before the east end of the B con at DEN was built, the chief pilot's office was in the ramp/crew break room. It was easy to meet and stay in touch with him. No clue where his office is now.
Good luck.
BravoHotel
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I've done this process before with Alaska Airlines about 10 years ago. The only down side is it is about 50 miles away, but it could turn into something later.
A diploma wasn't a requirement back then? Just about every airline I've seen requires one for ramp.
The 12 hours a week thing sucks, but if you're just in it for the flight benefits it wouldn't be ALL bad. On top of that there's usually a TON of shift trades posted from people wanting days off so you can probably pick up hours fairly easily.
BravoHotel
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When I was at Alaska, people would trade shifts, there was one guy who would 16 hours straight snooze in his car then do it again...
We actually had a lot of down time, if nothing was happening on our gate, we would play spades.
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ChasenSFO
hen teaser
Ok here's the skinny.
Part time at a hub is usually 2 or 3 days a week with either 5 or 8 hour shifts. Every quarter there are shift bids where you select a line(shift) based on seniority. I'm 99% sure LAX is using E-time as I'm told SFO was the last hub to finally get it. E-time allows INSTANT shift trades up to a second before the shift starts using any PC, or even your phone. Skywest lets you work a max of 80 hours every 2 week pay period. There are always people there who want to work and people there who want to get in their minimum hours in(24 hours every 2 weeks) then go travel. So there are always shifts. Always.
I'm only scheduled for 42 hours a pay period, but I usually work 60+. Sometimes I work just 25. A few times I have worked 80(usually that's full of overtime). Really my favorite thing about Skywest is the flexibility. Work basically as much or as little as you want. You wanted sundays off but didn't get them? Theres probably someone who wanted Wednesdays off who will work all your Sundays in exchange for you working all their Wednesdays.
Don't let the 12 hours discourage you. If you want more, you'll get more.
Part time at a hub is usually 2 or 3 days a week with either 5 or 8 hour shifts. Every quarter there are shift bids where you select a line(shift) based on seniority. I'm 99% sure LAX is using E-time as I'm told SFO was the last hub to finally get it. E-time allows INSTANT shift trades up to a second before the shift starts using any PC, or even your phone. Skywest lets you work a max of 80 hours every 2 week pay period. There are always people there who want to work and people there who want to get in their minimum hours in(24 hours every 2 weeks) then go travel. So there are always shifts. Always.
I'm only scheduled for 42 hours a pay period, but I usually work 60+. Sometimes I work just 25. A few times I have worked 80(usually that's full of overtime). Really my favorite thing about Skywest is the flexibility. Work basically as much or as little as you want. You wanted sundays off but didn't get them? Theres probably someone who wanted Wednesdays off who will work all your Sundays in exchange for you working all their Wednesdays.
Don't let the 12 hours discourage you. If you want more, you'll get more.
I met one F/O who was a CS agent at Skywest for a few years and was hired with 700 hours at a time where they were strictly asking for at least 1000TT I think from everyone else. I've run into other pilots who used to be SFO CS agents.
Lee D
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I know many pilots who have worked here as rampers. It is not a golden ticket, but it can help.
ChasenSFO
hen teaser
Not sure about LAX, but I don't think you top out until you reach 10-15 years if you remain a ramp agent. Supervisors get $1.75 over-rides per hour.
Keep in mind that if you want to work for a company with hopes of flying for them one day, it can hurt you or help you. Be a good employee, network with crew members, don't be in trouble and you'll probably have a lot of people willing to help you out when you're ready to apply. Coming into a ramp/CS job already meeting minimums but then getting fired for sexual harassment probably closes a WHOLE lot of doors. Or so I heard.