Coryk,

SkyWest will be around and who knows how big? It appears as if we are growing quite a bit in the next year, so I wouldn't worry about SkyWest being around. I just finished ground school in the EMB and they plan on it being around for I think around 5 more years, if not more. There are places the EMB goes that the jet can't. St. George, UT, for example. You should look into doing an internship with SkyWest if you are serious about flying for them, it will be extremely beneficial in the long run. Good luck!

 

Haha, I really wish I could, although I have 4 years in the Navy to look forward too, so I really won't have much time to do anything else. Kind of a catch-22, go into the military to take advantage of the GI Bill for flight school, or not and stay at home do the college thing and get myself in a ton of debt... for a pretty boy from Orange County, CA, I can't beleive I chose the Navy, but such is life!

But like I said Skywest has always been my top choice to start out my airline career at.

How does military experience look on an application at Skywest? With an AA degree and about half of a BA degree complete and competetive times? I've heard that some airlines are better than others in regards to people who were in the military.

Thanks,

 

They like rated military aviators the best, but a non-pilot military background still shows you have a sense of responsibility and self-discipline. It will make you slightly more competitive at pretty much any airline.

 

Anybody know how long from application to call for interview w/121 experience? Thanks.

 

You're going to need bigger maintenance hangars!

 

24-48 hours.

 

It has been almost 2 weeks for me, wondering what could be delaying the call?

 

That's good to know, as an enlisted weather forecasting puke. . . I was afraid my 4 years of military service was a true waste.

 

SKW lease on the Bros (Emb) ends in 2011, so you'll see them around at least until then. SKW will have to replace them seeing that it's becoming harder to find parts. SKW had a Bro sit for 2 weeks because the part it needed had to be specially fabricated.

Q400's would be nice, but SKW will need a plane the size of the Bro for most of its prop routes. We could be looking at a set up like Horizon which operates Q200's (dash 8's) and Q400's. Q200 can be configured for about 35-40 Pax which is 5-10 more than the Bro and the Q400 to about 76 Pax. The only problem with operating an airplane over 30 seats is that SKW loses the ability to work its 121 Bro pilots under 135 hours. As a Bro pilot we work 135 hours: 1200 yr, 120 mth, and 32 in 7 days. 121 hours are 1000, 100, 30 respectively. If you operate the Q200 SKW will be unable to work us as hard as they do.

 

Why not go inthe Navy as an Officer so you can fly?