Skywest Pilot Open Houses.
 

At the Skywest Pilot Open Houses, do they actually do the interview there or is it just a meet, greet and hand in your resume? I really would like to go to one but do not feel ready to interview yet. If I could snag an interview date and have a little more time to prepare then I would feel more confident; want to put my best foot forward! Anyone who has any thoughts, it would be greatly appreciated!

-Bischoff

P.S. I am torn between Skywest and XJet. Skywest interview is a lot harder with more preparation time needed and I do not have many contacts. Is it worth it?!

First of all, if you are sick of being po and hungry, you better look to another industry.

I have absolutely nothing against Express Jet. But right now I would choose Skywest if I were in your shoes. If the interview requires more preparation, so what? Do the prep!! If a job is worth getting, it is worth working hard for.

skywest has a very VERY bright future. WE expect to get most of the delta rfp. Lots of new airplanes coming.

The open house is a chance to meet some of the interviewing team in person. They will give you a brief overview of the company, collect your resumes, ensure that you meet their minimums and then give you the HR portion of the interview. You can expect an interview date soon after.

At least thats what happen when I went...Good luck.

The rumor going around mesa is that THEY are getting 80 more DAL jets...if DAL is THAT stupid, they are doomed.

Either way, I'll believe it when I see it.

Skywest or ExpressJet...
 

Thanks to everyone for all of your input. Keep it coming!

As a side note, it is not that I am not willing to put the work forth to get the job that I want cause Lord knows if I have come this far I can keep trucking to the light at the end of the tunnel. Plus all I want is to fly, I cannot tell you how anxious I am to just talk on the radios and push some buttons, but I just wanted to know if the extra work is worth the effort. Both companies seem to be in good shape financially with decent QOL, happy pilots, decent bases (Skywest better than XJet), satisfactory upgrade times and along with many other areas. With that said why do you believe, Saab2000, that Skywest is better? I would just like your personal opinion. This will be a huge step for me and I want to make sure I make the right choice. P.S. I feel my signature is much more appropriate...what do you think?!

Thanks for this info!!

By contract Skywest has to get at least 40% of all Delta growth.

Mesa has 38 crappy erjs that delta wants to dump. From what I HEARD, mesa is begging them to let them keep flying.

trust me Skywest WILL get lots of that RFP. My bet is some if not all of the 76 seat flying and most of the 70 seat flying. Mesa can have the 50 seaters most are only up for 2 or 3 years and then up for rebid again aka "get rid of"

Where are you getting this from?

its in the DCI contract that skywest signed last summer when they bought ASA. 40% of all DCI growth goes to skywest and 80% of DCI flying in ATL goes to ASA

They don't surprise you with any other requirements do they? Like needing to bring copies of diplomas or transcripts?

Also, I think this has been posted somewhere before......but do they allow to bid CRJ in class and then upgrade to EMB ( waiver seat lock ) if an EMB upgrade comes avail?

Yes, that is the current practice. However, initial CA qualification on an airplane you have never flown would make for a pretty busy training event...if that's what you want to do, just ask to get hired into the EMB, fly as FO for a month or two, then upgrade.

Thanks Rick, I am going to the open house this week.......What are the junior bases in the EMB? whats the current ug time running? I see ALOT of growth coming up at SKYW in the near future.....really a few months ( 2) to EMB CA?

If you are that excited to fly and pursue it as a long term career, you need to get used to doing "extra work". If you are not the type of person who is willing to put forth extra effort, you may be unhappy in the future. What I mean by that is once you get your regional time in and it is time to apply to the good airlines hiring where you want to hang your hat, you will find you are competing against A LOT of pilots willing to do whatever it takes to get those jobs. If you sit there and think "oh I don't know if going to SWA, FedEx, etc is worth the extra effort as opposed to Airline X", that's not the attitude to have IMHO. In any case, good luck.

When and where is the Open House? And ho do I find out about it? Thanks

FAT, SLC, DEN I think. But there is so much movement you could probably get in anywhere within a month or two. EMB upgrade is running a few months, and I heard they have actually put some EMB new-hires into CA training immediately.

That's not true. There are still people with bids in for upgrade that already work at Skywest.

Correct me if I am wrong but 80+40=120 and where does Comair fall into this equation. I hope Comair isn't squeezed out of existence because, this will be bad for the entire industry. Let the race to bottem continue. I like Skywest but they seem to be leaning toward the Mesa's and chatakeaway's of the industry. The entire industry needs a nationwide pilot strike to show our arogant managers we mean business.

Hmmm. I looked it up, there are some VERY junior EMB CA's on the list, maybe they are management pilots?

The junior-most EMB CA who clearly was awarded CA in normal sequence was hired in March.

[QUOTE=Slaphappy;99778]Mesa has 38 crappy erjs that delta wants to dump. From what I HEARD, mesa is begging them to let them keep flying.

Hope delts kick's J.O to the curb. I feel for the guys and gals at Mesa. You folks deserve a big hand for what you do over there, if you can move to another carrier do it, you find that you will be able to sleep better at night. ( Sh** look at me it's early hours of the morning and I'm awake waiting to go fly.)

why does skywest want more jets. we can barely fill the commitments we have now. theyre scrambling day to day to fill tons of unfilled trips because theres not enough FO's.

If SKW (or anyone else for that matter) can take jets away from mesa they will be doing all of us a HUGE favor...the industry needs to be taught the hard way that maximum employee abuse is NOT the key to prosperity, and JO is the poster-child for that.

Someone needs to expose Mesa evil operation on 60 minutes or 20/20 or something...or go to the FAA about it.

yes but if we take more jets with not enough crews we stand the risk of losing decent schedules and we could potentially get crapped on like mesa pilots do. im not saying it will happen, but you can kiss 15 days off a month goodbye

Thats why EBM seat locks are around 7 months right now. I've only worked 6.8 hours since 11/27/06. Still a little fat right now on the EMB

If you have 121 time in anything (Tprop or jet) I don't think they will let you take the EMB. Where so low on the jet thats were your go.

I'm giving JA and company the benefit of the doubt on staffing...

1) I don't fly open time, but lots of folks do...if they want the money (at 1.5), that's great for them. Remember it's all volunteer, no junior manning allowed.

2) The current manpower crisis was exacerbated by the holidays, and the DEN mess. They now have a month or two to catch their breath.

3) Even if they work all of us 95 hrs/month, we still make out in the end. Let's do some math...

95x11 = 1045 OOOPS! We have an annual limit of 1000! If you fly 95/month (volunteer or otherwise) you go on vacation in late NOV, and return on JAN 01.

Does anyone know how long these interview sessions last? Wondering if I will be able to make a 5 pm flight out

its the nature of the business. The long term goal is to put other regionals out of business.

It'd be very tight connection... I've heard it goes until 4ish... depends.

I still do not think I made my point clear. I am ready to put forth the extra work and have no problem doing it. Both airlines seem like great places to be and one happens to have a harder interview than the other. If the interview is harder because it is a better airline than I am all for it and willing to do the work to get myself there. But it is just that you see, both seem great and one with an interview that will take me a few weeks to put off and prepare for and the other I feel I could be ready for now. If I will end up in the same place, at the same time, why not go with one I know I could ace the interview with now? Do you see my point now?