Originally Posted by
Apokleros
Hey guys, I heard from a buddy today who knows a current pilot at SkyWest that CRJ classes are backed up, new-hires are being given the ERJ, is this true?
Interviewed in Sept. Asked for E175. Was told then I could have a late October class. The next day that changed to mid November. Two weeks later it was Late November. Now I'm wait-listed for a Dec 28 class.
Rather than play the sit-at home with my bags packed game, I called up Skywest and asked to defer until 1Q2016. They seemed amenable to that.
I've been told the ERJ class sizes were reduced drastically in order to deal with IOE backlogs. (A good thing in my experience).
If I was interested in a CRJ slot, I could have started last month.