Can anyone fill me in on what the schedule is like during Skywest training and if you get any flight benefits to possibly go home from time to time. Oh, and how many weeks are we looking at till IOE ? EMB 120 class. I've been away from the wife and kids for 14mo and would like know how much longer I'm looking at .

Thanks

 

SkyWest training on the EMB-120 is quick. Dont call it the "Bro". Please. Lets stop this. I still have not gotten a clear cut answer as to why people call it that but it bugs the crap out of me. Dont know why but it does........okay that was way off topic Sorry.
Put it this way......When I upgraded on the Brasilia a few years back, I started class on the 6th or 7th (cant remember the exact number) and I had my "type ride" (Airplane ride) on the 31st. VERY QUICK. Hardly any rest time but the training is good. John Graff is awesome and he is one of the best instructors I have ever come across. Funny in a dry kind of way and teaches you what you need to know Listen to him and you will be golden. No time off really but you will be flying before you know it. Hope that helps

 

Well, we've come full circle. It's the "Bra" now, à la Dog the Bounty Hunter.

 

"Bro..." LoL what's wrong with that?!

 

When I was in training (in the jet) I went home a few of the weekends, and also during the 4 day break I had between ground and FTD. Some people went home almost every time they had a couple days off. Some people only went home once or not at all. It all depends where home is, as well as how much you think you might want to stay in SLC to study, etc. We had to do six observation flights in the jet during training, and we were approved to ride in our jumpseats within a couple weeks of starting, so I used the observations as one excuse for going home. It's obviously a lot easier the closer you live. Someone who lives an hours flight away would probably go home more than someone who has to connect in ATL to get home.

 

What's wrong with calling it the bro? It's better than some of the other nicknames I've heard for this aircraft:

"The Bra-killya"
"The Garbage Can"
"The Mexican King-Air"

 

Indoc and systems at Salt Lake are a month long. After about 2 weeks there in Salt Lake you will receive your id badges. Some guys went home on the weekends some didn't. Once you're done in Salt Lake, depending on your seniority of you and your sim partner in your class which could mean a day break before FTD/Sim or a 1-2 week break (all of which you can stay at home for) you will have FTD in Fresno for 3 days then off to Long Beach for sim for 6 days immediately following FTD. Your first flight at night with your sim partner and an instructor in an empty plane is the next night or so after your sim session in Long Beach. IOE is usually scheduled about a week or so after depending on what domicile you do your IOE from. During that week you go home until you have to show up for your trip. All in all you will have plenty of time to be at home with your family during training if you choose.

A Captain I flew with told me, but I don't know if this is correct, that the "Bro" came from the Brasilia being a SoCal plane so all the dudes in SoCal started calling it the Bro. Don't know if this is completely accurate but it's the best explanation I've heard yet. I'm sure some more senior cats here could pipe in on the real story. Your final day of systems is titled "A day in a life of a Bro FO" so even the instructors call it the Bro. I don't find anything wrong with calling it the Bro but I grew up in San Diego so dude and bro are part of my vocabulary. Later on dudes!

 

Best one I have heard and my new favorite is "The Brasildo"

 

Best advice I've ever heard on here! It's official name according to "Jane's aviation dictionary" is the EMB-120 Manzier.

 

Thanks for the info! Looks like it will be possible for me to make it back to Rapid City SD a couple times then during training.

Just trying to get my ducks in a row if and when I get the call.