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The 20 number just came from the email but I understand how it may be off. Also sounded like they had some bids in for additional flying but who really knows. Didn't really want to move across the country but just may be worth it if I can start 6 months sooner. Thanks for the info though.
They will tell you anything in an email in order to keep your moral high. They also count on you not having inside info, but I am sad to say the email was wrong. After running the hard numbers my previous post is fact. We are fat on the RJ by at least 80+ FO's and at an attrition rate of 15 per month; it will take around 6+ months just to get back to a comfortable staffing level. It could take longer seeing my 6+ months is based upon all 15 pilots leaving the RJ and no loss in flying. Yes our DAL and UAL flying is as stable as it can be but our MidX flying is shaky and that’s an understatement. Sadly, IMO Midwest will cease operations in 09 and AirTran will capitalize as they are currently flying many of Midwest routes and have already taken steps to fly all of Midwest routes whether or not they bottom up.
I’m not trying to discourage anyone; I just feel that you should know the truth. Unless we do gain additional flying, which I don’t see happening anytime soon, expect to swim for a very long time.
Best of luck.
JJ
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I received a dear john letter from Skywest yesterday after applying 2 months ago and them "evaluating" my application.......thrice the minimums......
Yeah they dont like people who arent bare mins cfi newbies since thier training is second to none, not even NASA , so if you have experience outside of Skywest you are tainted by the impure training and flying tactics of company X and they dont want you, you are now less of a pilot then they are and they WILL prove it, scum. (This however, doesnt count for Mesa pilots as they recieve no training at all...j/k)
Pointy nosed guys don't get a lot of time and it sounds like he is Guard which is only part time. Even with his training he most likely doesn't have the experience for a major. Fact of life. Best training in the world but in the end we all gotta build time.
But questioning a guy if he's a puke or not is ballsy...
Yeah they dont like people who arent bare mins cfi newbies since thier training is second to none, not even NASA , so if you have experience outside of Skywest you are tainted by the impure training and flying tactics of company X and they dont want you, you are now less of a pilot then they are and they WILL prove it, scum. (This however, doesnt count for Mesa pilots as they recieve no training at all...j/k)
I'd bet less than 5-10% of all of the newhires hired into the jet over the last two years didn't have at least a year of 121 or 135 time. Hardly anyone with just the minimums got it.
Waldo.....just curious why a F16 guy would want to do the regional thing??? Or are you not on the 16???
I've flown with a dozen or so ex-military pilots, every one of them had less than 2000tt when they started here, and some just over the 1000 hour mark. Usually, they didn't have the 1000 or 1300 pic needed to get on somewhere else, or were waiting on their second interview at Southwest.
Do you still believe there will be EMB 120 classes before the end of the year?
Don't hang your hat on it but it wouldn't surprise me, we are still short on EMB FO's and SKW seems to not be interested in displacing RJ FO's to the EMB.
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I'd bet less than 5-10% of all of the newhires hired into the jet over the last two years didn't have at least a year of 121 or 135 time. Hardly anyone with just the minimums got it.
What went wrong in your interview at SkyWest?
I agree...they tend to put higher time (and 121/135) guys in the CRJ, while most CFI types are in the Bro.
FWIW: I talked with a couple guys in the training department, and their impression is that there will be no new hire classes in the CRJ or EMB until at least 2009. Kind of makes sense as there are plent of reserves on the CRJ CA/FO sides, and also on the EMB CA side. I hear that EMB FO's are understaffed, however, I have flown with a couple of guys on reserve and they are only averaging 10-20 hours of flying per month. Combine that with the upcoming schedule reductions in September, and I also think it could be a while. Although we did just add a new route on the EMB, Portland to North Bend.
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, so if you have experience outside of Skywest you are tainted by the impure training and flying tactics of company X and they dont want you, you are now less of a pilot then they are and they WILL prove it, scum. (This however, doesnt count for Mesa pilots as they recieve no training at all...j/k)
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