Nomad12

Anybody know what it's like trying to get a crashpad or temp housing if I get assigned MFR after training? I want to avoid commuting at all cost, especially to MFR.

casey135

There was a place called the ranch that was a QX crash pad, there's usually a couple of fliers in the crew room down there advertising for roommates too. If you get to the end of training and MFR is your lot, send me a PM I'll put you in touch with a couple of the FOs down there.

Nomad12

Thanks for responding. I figured that might be the case. Dont be surprised if you get PM from in a few weeks. Thanks again!

PiperArrow

Can anyone tell me approximately how long from the time you put your application in until IOE? I would like to get a rough timeframe on how far out interviews are and (assuming I pass) how long until you can get a class date? My family is moving to Spokane and I want to be around for the move.

cactusflyer

I interviewed in mid December of '13 (I applied about a week earlier), started indoc in early January of '14, and started IOE March 20. I got the call offering me a class date less than 24 hours after finishing the sim portion of the interview, so the turnaround was pretty quick.

I did sit for about two weeks between the end of sims and starting IOE, but since Horizon has hired more check airmen since then, the gap between sims and IOE is probably shorter now.

pylit4lyfe

Why not go to Compass? Just opened a SEA base and it went junior along with LAX being junior. Much faster upgrade too!

HeadInTheTops

I'm sick of people painting QX's potential flying of jets (again) for the AAG (It was Alaska Air Group LONG before AMR took a dump and became 'AAG') with the same brush as non-union, low-bidder airplane crashers, like Skywest.

QX is part of the AAG, and if Alaska pilots are smart, they'll protest the HELL out of AS branded flying being flown by non-airgroup entities. But not by QX. QX has an incredible record of performance and safety in some of the toughest conditions in the country. Why? Because they have excellent training and flt. ops technical personnel, and a very experienced pilot group (middle management is mainly tools, like most places). They will crush anything thrown at them, and they'll do it for a decent wage (FO pay lags, and it ****es me off, but upgrades are coming down, finally, at least).

QX has never been the typical model of a 'regional,' though Airgroup management has tried to send them down that road now that they are a CPA-only carrier. At least the $, and the profit sharing, stay in the Airgroup if QX flies it. If AAG management wants that niche filled, they'll fill it; QX would be the only choice AS pilots shouldn't protest, but rather welcome.

OnMyWay

Oh boy, here we go.

pete2800

Nice attempt, but you tried to hard. Your first paragraph is what did it. "Low bidder airplane crashers?" Come on, man... even one of the old school SkyWest-hating captains would find that to be over-the-top. A successful trolling attempt requires more finesse than that.

HeadInTheTops

I WAS one of the captains of which you speak. :P