Skywest Questions
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Old Dominion Flyer
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I change my mind. Delta is giving SkyW a trial run on the 175s because Delta is going to acquire Compass to fly the 190s out of Seattle. Does that sound more interesting, Max?
ahsmatt7
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I know of a crash pad that my friend stayed in for a couple of months by river rd. Or something like that. Is that the one?
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ComplexHiAv8r
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1st year pay just went to $36.50 if anyone interested.
ComplexHiAv8r
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Get on it!!!jskibo said:Only 1100 more hours to go......sigh
Probably not, this one has only been around for less than a year, I'm the only pilot there right
Weathered out last night.
Getting Lance checkout on the 5th. Other stuff down for annual
Here's my story...
Hired in Aug. 2015 into 175. 1st 121 employment, but pretty varied background before that. Classed in Sept. Awarded ORD. Went to sims in Paris, France. Was as awesome as it sounds. Had 8 weeks off between sims and IOE. Was as awesome as it sounds. Started IOE in January. Finished IOE in Feb after finagleing an extra trip or 2 of IOE. Why? Because reserve sucks, that's why. Will have my 100 in 120 after this 3 day that I will be finishing. Received my March sked today. It is ALL reserve.
So... I am ORD based with a standing bid in to go ANYWHERE except Chicago and commute to reserve. That... Is my biggest gripe. And it's self induced. The company rocks. The people are great. The instructors are on par with the best instructors that I had in the military and they want you to succeed.I'll spend a year here before moving on, but I am well prepared to spend a career here if I had to.
Hired in Aug. 2015 into 175. 1st 121 employment, but pretty varied background before that. Classed in Sept. Awarded ORD. Went to sims in Paris, France. Was as awesome as it sounds. Had 8 weeks off between sims and IOE. Was as awesome as it sounds. Started IOE in January. Finished IOE in Feb after finagleing an extra trip or 2 of IOE. Why? Because reserve sucks, that's why. Will have my 100 in 120 after this 3 day that I will be finishing. Received my March sked today. It is ALL reserve.
So... I am ORD based with a standing bid in to go ANYWHERE except Chicago and commute to reserve. That... Is my biggest gripe. And it's self induced. The company rocks. The people are great. The instructors are on par with the best instructors that I had in the military and they want you to succeed.I'll spend a year here before moving on, but I am well prepared to spend a career here if I had to.
Maximilian_Jenius
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Why? My type rating is a 170/190 type rating. Funny how, as someone on the outside looking in with no research done you've got input into what I should have done. That's the internet for you...
Maximilian_Jenius
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Rolls eyes. Dude no need to be a dick. I'm on the outside, flight training and trying to get in. Doing ACTUAL research EVERY DAMN day. Talking to people on here, and IRL in the know. Who are telling me stuff, giving me career advice. And saying when you're ready. Call me. I got you. Anything you need. I'm not even in the game and I'm already networked.
Ask about me. Trick!
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He's not wrong.
Not trying to come across as a Summer's Eve, and it's entirely possible I'm reading your post wrong, but are you complaining about being reserve not even a month after finishing IOE?
You read it wrong. Completely missed it. Just the nature of the biz.
Cloud Surfer
All Roads lead to Trantor
And on the same day that RAH declared bankruptcy. Wowza
alaskadrifter
Landing gear operator
Did reflow get pushed through?
Maximilian_Jenius
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ComplexHiAv8r
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First: Welcome to SKW!!! Were you offered the choice of CRJ/175 when you excepted the position? Did you already have 175/190 type? Interested if they were doing that when you were hired. CRJ is getting off reserve quicker then the 175, as its a number game. More planes. I'm a 3/15 hire and never sat reserves on CRJ. 8). ORD based, but what I wanted (live in OH). And after first year you can make more flying the -900 then the 175.GX said:
Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
What, in your opinion, is the significance of the ERJ type vs a CRJ type as you state it here?
Is it a type you all ready had, and hence wanted to select ERJ because you believed you'd have an easier time in training?
Or, do you believe that the 170/190 type is more valuable/marketable from a professional standpoint?
I ask, because the way you post it, it comes off like a massive case of SJS.
Marketability in the Asian market, should I ever need it. That and being 6'5, I wanted a bigger cockpit.
SJS... LOL. You must have been so caught up in your own world that you missed that I flew pistons in Alaska and w the US Forest Service for 2000+ hours before going to the regionals.
This is the kind of adversarial crap that makes me not post here anymore. I just popped in to share my experience at SKW and it devolves into the boo birds coming out and telling me how I got it wrong... Blah blah blah. Yet, not a single person who has posted could begin to predict what the next 5 years looks like in the industry.
SKW rocks. It's better than Ameriflight.
The people are great. I love the airplane. In picking it, I made the best decision that I could at the time based on the information that I had at the time. We'll see how it works out. I'm staying here until I can move on. That's it.Enjoy your circle jerk, boys.
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