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Vneed
1) Plenty, I didn't need to wait a year to start taking vacation (the year started from when I joined the cadet program), I didn't need to wait 90 days until I started accruing user time (same reason as the vacation), I got a prime sim time (8am-2 instead of 10pm-2am) & upgrading captain as my sim partner because I was in the front of the class, I got my own room in training (they had 10 single rooms awarded via seniority), I have higher non-rev benefits than my classmates, and while it's understated I got to sit in the front of the classroom (seats assigned via seniority) which I think helped me stay focused.
2) No contract at all for the cadet program, you don't get non-rev benefits until 90 (30?) days out from your class date
3) I didn't do anything for the cadet program after I went to Salt Lake for "orientation", my mentor reached out occasionally to see if I needed anything but I didn't.
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Thanks for the input! There’s not a whole lot of info on it. The info that’s there says something along the lines of “ higher seniority”, but since SkyWest pilots don’t have a union, I wasn’t sure if that was in class seniority or company seniority.
Not having to wait as long for vacation is awesome along with the other things (especially sim time) is the biggest gain from this.
Anything else I should know about the program? I go up to SLC in August