Hello,

I’m a 2000 hr pilot with some 135 and multi experience. My wife and I are moving to the Seattle area in the next month; I’ve been studying up and doing a lot of research on Compass. I’m strongly considering applying and trying for a spring 2019 class.

I understand training is normally a day of Indoc in MSP, about 2 weeks of home study, then about 6 weeks of training (maybe more) mostly in MSP (sims in sea and stl also?). This includes a week of ioe as well. Correct?

From there are FOs in Seattle spending a while on reserve or picking up a line pretty quick? I’m not worried about a few months in LAX if I can’t get SEATAC our of training.

My main issue is with this thing called marriage. In order to preserve this I foresee the need to get at least every other weekend (average) off or at least have an idea how many months it will take to achieve this. It would also help to have an idea how many nights/wk average I can expect to spend out of base.

Whenever I talk to folks about scheduling at any regional the responses are something like “could be anything” or “it depends”.

I assume you get the crappier schedules when you first start. Can any of you folks enlighten me to what typical FO schedules are like in Seattle (especially those 1st 6 mo. but also in the 6+mo range)?

I’m looking to build time like everybody else but could be happy flying as few as 500 hrs/yr if nec. Any idea of what you experienced or would expect for someone starting would really help me with my familiar HR negotiations.

Thanks