Originally Posted by
kfahmi
If it wasn't for picking up trips on my days off, I wouldn't have touched an airplane in a month. For a new guy off IOE, I don't feel that's safe. There's only so much chair-flying one can do to remember how to fly the darn thing....
IF you feel you need to fly to stay proficient, call your chief and express that concern. That was advice given to me by my chief as a new hire, that he would make things happen. It will probably be IAH flying. I am guessing they would displace a lineholder. That IS one of the great things about SkyWest.
As far as sitting around on reserve... flying ebbs and flows. You'll see