Skywest Hiring? Got a weird automated e-mail.
 

"Thank you for your interest in a First Officer position with SkyWest Airlines. We have reviewed your application and need some additional information. Please contact xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, our Pilot Interview Coordinator. Please inform her of your Instrument time break down, i.e. how many hours of actual, simulated and simulator. Note: only 20 hours of simulator instrument time will be accepted towards the 100 total hours requirement. Once your information is complete your application will be submitted for review.

We look forward to hearing from you soon."

Edited of course... I sent my application in a few months back

I figured it was about time for another rumor that "something big" is coming. The other day I heard from my crashpad mate's friend's friend who knows somebody in the training department who's chummy with the brass that "something is coming in January."

Anyhow, I doubt it means anything. The HR department was probably bored one day and decided to start cleaning up some incomplete applications. I suspect it will take a crap load of additional flying to put Skywest in hiring mode anytime soon.

Actually I flew with somebody from the training department yesterday and he said that they are in fact planning to run a class, partly (like .01%) to build up the pilot group for some anticipated opportunities, but mostly because the training department all need to do their re-certification. I wouldn't want to be in that class, there will be a guaranteed fed in the seat almost every ride.

Is ASA going to be hiring too?

I don't know about the checkrides but my initial class had the feds doing their yearly checkup on the training department. For the most part JG ignored them and so did we. They did pipe up occasionally, once to tell us how they busted a pilot who hadn't updated his jepps "for almost two months, he left us no choice but to remove his certificates." I really didn't feel like they had an impact on our training at all.

FAA = Failed Airline pilot Association

Maybe someone in HR pushed the wrong button and it sent you that e-mail? I know that SkyWest has continued to advertise they were hiring on some of the pilot job websites and are accepting applications, but, no new information has been provided to the pool of about 200. It might be a sign they are updating and getting ready to make some movement in their training department but I doubt interviews will be happening anytime soon. I don't know the exact number but their pool is large, somewhere around 200+.

My guess is they will run a class next year in the spring to get the Brasilia reserve built up. Rumor is that it is low but the CRJ reserve is overstaffed. They will either have to train new pilots in the Brasilia or force CRJ pilots to go to the Brasilia.

"Luv"in it

oh geez, here we go again....

From what Ive heard, SkyWest isnt hiring any time soon.