Bill J. is the man at Sunrise Aviation/SNA for sim prep. ATC 810 is the sim you'll prep in there but you could get that sim or the Frasca 142 at your interview. The folks at your interview will like the fact that you had sim prep prior to your interview because it shows that you want the job so I highly recommend it. Approx. $150.00 for an hour & 1/2.

I talked to an interview Capt yesterday, a day after the announcement about Expressjet getting the 7 yr deal. Congrats btw. He told me that they got an email from Corp that instead of interviewing 5 days a week all thru June and July that now they would interview 5 days a week, every other week all summer. I asked what for and he said Corp has some things their working on and these are in no particular order.

1. We DO have a contract in place with Continental.

2. Horizon

3. The new express deal with United

4. People in the know don't expect Mesa to last much longer

5. They are not getting rid of the Bro's as originally planned so the new Nextgen CRJ's will be an increase to the fleet.

He also said that if we had purchased XJet that they would have been run as a seperate entity just like ASA, so it would not have increased flying for SkyWest pilots. He also said that they are getting some high time applicants from Aloha, Frontier, and another one that I can't recall. Thats all I've got. Believe it or don't, I'm just passing on what he told me. Thought it might encourage some of you that got hired recently but are in the pool. He did not give me a time line but said that we're already overstaffed so something must be going to happen.

Not trying to burst your bubble or anything, but if you DO have a contract with CAL, why wouldn't it be announced?

I could think though it may because they now plan on replacing someone else in their system... RAH RAH RAH ... GOOOOO Skywest!!!


Not going to say anything about that statement other than ;)

Wasn't it announced that this was no longer the case? Are they still going through with the whole ERJ program?

This is NOT true. Either you misunderstood him, he lied to you, or they lied to him. The deal that SKW had with CAL would have given Skywest 29 aircraft to operate as Continental Express with Skywest pilots.

Talk about things that make me want to vomit... Same airplane, less pay, they'll fly it. Give me a break. I hope it doesn't happen.

I think he ment to say that if the XJT pilots agreed to be run on a seperate list just like ASA, they would have purchased XJet and it would not have increased flying for SkyWest pilots.

Hmmm... me thinks the possible 30 aircraft we will put back in the CAL CPA may be these. It sounds like CAL was going to reduce us by 51 aircraft next year why giving Skywest the "30". Sounds like that is what may be worked out in the new 7 year CPA XJT has with CAL.

It was not a secret that SKW had negotiated a second separate CPA with CAL for 29 aircraft operated with Skywest pilots with XJT's aircraft.

The aircraft that XJT is giving back to CAL are replacing the SRJs, one for one. There is no net gain. The deal with CAL/SKW was going to be for a net gain of 29 aircraft (to CAL). I believe CAL's last minute fleet reduction plan made them shy away from that and sign a CPA with XJT for a status quo of 205 aircraft, at least until next July.

Look at it again though. Because Skywest would sign a deal for 29 aircraft with CAL and we would shrink with CAL. We wouldn't be flying 205 aircraft for them. Hence there wouldn't have been a net gain with Skywest signing a CPA with them. Of course this is after CAL started a pulldown from XJT.

No, the deal SKW made with CAL was for 205 aircraft operated with XJT aircraft with XJT pilots and a separate second CPA for 29 XJT aircraft operated by Skywest pilots. A net gain of 29 aircraft for CAL. The 7 year deal is only for 205 and the 30 that XJT can give back to CAL will only replace the SRJs that are getting parked.

Well then stay the heck away from us LoL ;)

Good luck man...!