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Old 05-22-2011 | 03:59 PM
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I am a new hire for SkyWest and I have been flying corporate just about all of my flying career, Can someone please explain to me flying reserve and how I can plan, I know I will have to sit twiddling my thumb's a lot but I would like a little better explanation of how it works ie do I need a crash pad ,car and so on and so on. Thanks in advance for all the inputs.

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Old 05-22-2011 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by merlyn1343
I am a new hire for SkyWest and I have been flying corporate just about all of my flying career, Can someone please explain to me flying reserve and how I can plan, I know I will have to sit twiddling my thumb's a lot but I would like a little better explanation of how it works ie do I need a crash pad ,car and so on and so on. Thanks in advance for all the inputs.

Merlyn
I don't work for SKW but regional reserve is all the same. At first you'll have fun. Then after few months you'll be like I can't wait to have a life. Then after a year it will be like.........ARGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!

That pretty much sums up regional reserve life.

I'm sure someone else can add a little more to that.
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Old 05-22-2011 | 06:14 PM
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Get on the SAPA website and search for the "Reserve Survival Guide." It'll be a start, but after 3.5 years on reserve I still get surprised by crew support.
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Old 05-22-2011 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by thndr8
Get on the SAPA website and search for the "Reserve Survival Guide." It'll be a start, but after 3.5 years on reserve I still get surprised by crew support.
SAPA? Can you link please?
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Old 05-22-2011 | 09:03 PM
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WOW.

I googled "sapa skywest"

Guess what.. it gave me a link.
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Old 05-23-2011 | 12:19 AM
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WOW.

I googled "sapa skywest"

Guess what.. it gave me a link.
I did google SAPA, nothing aviation related came up. Most don't know what the acronym SAPA means and would not know it would need to be googled in conjunction with skywest. A quick copy/paste of a link would have been less effort assuming links are allowed to be posted on this forum.
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Old 05-23-2011 | 05:11 AM
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There is a link to SAPA on the company website under operations.
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Old 05-23-2011 | 06:36 AM
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No worse fate that I would wish on anyone than commuting to reserve. The only way that I've survived the past three years on reserve is the simple fact that I live in base.
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Originally Posted by WstCstCmtr
WOW.

I googled "sapa skywest"

Guess what.. it gave me a link.
Quit being an ass.
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Old 05-23-2011 | 12:02 PM
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Then after a year it will be like.........ARGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!
Then after 3 years you'll be ready to quit and go back to doing whatever you did before flying airplanes.
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