Skywest Questions

dcramer16 said:
Ok, so as far as the ifr mins I should be good then right. It says max 20 hours SIMULATOR. I have 52 Actual, 40 Hood, 44 Simulator. I was talking with my instrument instructor last night and he is working for Skywest right now. He said to get in an app as soon as I can. It will be awhile though. I have had a Day VFR job for 10 months, and other than an IPC have had nothing doing in the IFR department. If I don't use it, I loose it. So I've got a lot of studying and refreshing to do. I'm more of a hands on guy, and learn slower out of a book. If I could get in a cockpit and put it all to use it would come back pretty quick, but not much chance of that. So it will take me at least a month to get ready, then I'll put in an app.

Thanks for all the info so far. He (instructor) was telling me it wouldn't be a problem at all to commute from Butte. If the flight got canceled I could always drive to Idaho Falls and commute from there. I do have a contract here I would really like to fullful, but if I get an app out in the middle of January, get an interview begining of February, and if all goes well maybe I can get a class like the end of March or begining of April, then I will only be short a month on my contract. That won't be too bad.
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You're good to go as far as mins. Get IFR current in a plane, then get into a frasca or some other FTD and work it out in there, you'll need ftd skilz for the interview. Read your Jeps and know that stuff . . .

We'll teach you how to do the rest. Good luck:)
 
Another quick question while I'm thinking about it. I have a DUI from 5 years ago, which was about 3 1/2 years before I even thought about becoming a pilot. I know it's better to have at least 7 years past, and have never had this come back to haunt me yet. I hope this isn't a deal buster for Skywest. It's the only blemish that would be on my resume.
 
Dear Dough, I havent told you yet, but I do have a Federal Record for a stupid action when I was a teenager, will this effect me being a 121 driver? Now that you know me I thought I should ask.
 
bumblebee said:
OK so what's your story after the open interview?
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The "story" is that the minimums will be lowered come January..probably not by much, but enough to get more applicants in the door. As regionals go, I think they have by far the toughest interview, so they will still weed out several...
 
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