Plans Moving Forward
Just my two cents... as soon as I heard the news about SkyWest throttling back their training department for FO's I immediately got onto airline apps and submitted applications to every single 121 operator. Though being fairly qualified for a FO position , (0 checkride failures, atp mins, 200hrs multi) I only heard back from 3 operators. Commute air isnt hiring new FO's until "late 2023". GoJet isn't even interviewing candidates until mid to late may, and most other operators are in the same boat. I would recommend sending applications out to everyone, including jobs on climbto350 and not quitting your 91, 135 or CFI job until you have a seat in class. I assume skywest may be several to many months until we all get fed into the program, and may have delays through training even if we do get a class date. I got super lucky and got a class date at another 121 regional starting 4/14 and will be taking that and unfortunately not waiting for skywest... A huge bummer for me, since I got into aviation I have always wanted to fly the ERJ for them. Likely just bad timing for us all...
Good luck everyone! Keep your heads up.