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I just got hired with SkyWest and I have 4700 TT with 2 type ratings and there were some there that just meet the min and I am pretty sure out of 18 interviewed 16 were hired.. So if you meet the min GO FOR IT..!!
#5
No, SkyWest is strict on the mins. Even during the hiring spree of 06/07 they hung tight on the 1000/100. There is an 850 hour exemption (or is it 800, I forget) if you have 121 time but most who have 121 time far exceed our mins.
The nice part about SkyWest's interview is once you have the interview it's all about you and NOT your time, it's your job to lose.
The nice part about SkyWest's interview is once you have the interview it's all about you and NOT your time, it's your job to lose.
#7
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Joined APC: Jan 2011
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Posts: 87
Thanks for the info. I will have to try and catch the next wave since I don't even have half of the TT mins.
#8
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Joined APC: Dec 2007
Posts: 339
No, SkyWest is strict on the mins. Even during the hiring spree of 06/07 they hung tight on the 1000/100. There is an 850 hour exemption (or is it 800, I forget) if you have 121 time but most who have 121 time far exceed our mins.
The nice part about SkyWest's interview is once you have the interview it's all about you and NOT your time, it's your job to lose.
The nice part about SkyWest's interview is once you have the interview it's all about you and NOT your time, it's your job to lose.
#9
They wouldn't interview me after I had 200 hours accrued from a 121 carrier when I was at 900 hours unless I had gone to ATP......I had a degree, and training from an aviation university and 121 time, but unless I had learned how to fly at ATP, they wouldn't even let me interview
#10
When I was there the only people hired with less than 1000hrs were those poached from Mesa. Skywest deliberately targeted those who went through the Mesa training program. Those pilots had to have 800 hours. Most of which were in the crj. These folks wanted out of Mesa, knew the rj, and were easy to train. They really didn't have too much experience but were trainable and a known entity.
Of course there were a chosen few who were skywest gate agents, rampers and flight attendants that had SGU blood in them. These folks were given interviews with lower flight times. Most had friends in the training center and had flown the Brasilia and RJ sims in the wee hours of the morning. Their total times were lower but they had been groomed by all of us since they started dumping lavs for flight time. All of them were excellent employees and turned out to be great pilots too.
I had a friend with connections who was hired with 1000/300. I had no connections, applied with the same hours, but didn't get interviewed and hired until I had 2300/1000. This was back in the late 90's. I do miss cocktails at Lofty's when SGU (CE) was paying the bill!!!!
Of course there were a chosen few who were skywest gate agents, rampers and flight attendants that had SGU blood in them. These folks were given interviews with lower flight times. Most had friends in the training center and had flown the Brasilia and RJ sims in the wee hours of the morning. Their total times were lower but they had been groomed by all of us since they started dumping lavs for flight time. All of them were excellent employees and turned out to be great pilots too.
I had a friend with connections who was hired with 1000/300. I had no connections, applied with the same hours, but didn't get interviewed and hired until I had 2300/1000. This was back in the late 90's. I do miss cocktails at Lofty's when SGU (CE) was paying the bill!!!!
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