Originally Posted by prior121 (Post 1912866)

I'm so confused. I thought Skywest pilots were the best of the best??

Originally Posted by Joachim (Post 1912954)

Can we pick up the maturity level a bit? There is probably a good reason SKW is going through this stuff. Maybe their planes are getting old, maybe someone in management is being overly catious. In any case, it's probably not because SKW pilots are inferior. We RJ drivers are all mostly civilian pilots with the same license and somewhere between 1.5k-10k hours trying to make it to our destination safely. Show some respect for your fellow man.

Originally Posted by TillerEnvy (Post 1912791)

Thank the good Lord for this. Some idiot SKW cowboy was giving me a ride home from Den to Smf and thought it would be a good idea to go up to FL380 (in a 200) because the box said he could. 15 minutes to make it up there all the while losing speed and never could get it above about .64 up there. Coffin corner was smallest I've ever seen.

Originally Posted by prior121 (Post 1912866)

I'm so confused. I thought Skywest pilots were the best of the best??

Originally Posted by skypilot35 (Post 1912935)

Complacency and inattentiveness were / are definitely the main problem, but I would say a contributing factor were the Econ speeds that we were requested / directed to fly. There were times we would get an Econ speed as low as .62. About 4 days ago guys were getting ACARS messages telling them they were going too fast. This is a great reason why people who are not pilots need to stay out of the cockpit.



The guys I fly with never concern themselves with the Econ speed and I've never been on a flight where we took it (CRJ200) below .70, even though the majority of the Econ speeds were well below that. I have never had an issue with a slow speed event.



I think the other issue is guys trying to make an extra buck which is pretty sickening. Some folks have that mindset, fortunately it's not one I encounter very often. Truthfully, this is an embarrassment...no doubt about it.

Originally Posted by SMACFUM (Post 1912970)

So, you obviously have no clue what coffin corner is. Got it.

Originally Posted by Cycle Pilot (Post 1912992)

Wait... This is awesome! I'm the best pilot EVER! I flew at Skywest and I'm a Delta pilot! Why am I even taking to you guys?

Wind check...

Originally Posted by Fegelein (Post 1912805)

+1! Looks like the AA pilots were right when they said that jets would be too much for regional (commuter) pilots to handle.