A friend of mine who just completed training at skywest just told me how great the training program is at skywest. They really work with you and want to help you as long as you have a good attitude and try to work hard.

Skywest will give you extra sim lessons if needed and also extra IOE if needed and even in initial ground if one fails indoc, systems, or oral they will help you pass.

Even though skywest doesn't pay that much and they don't have a union and starting pay is not 41/hr and no bonus at least they provide quality training and make a new hire a competent line pilot.

Seriously?

We all know who has been drinking tonight.

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Thanks for posting! As many have told me before there are plenty of negative self-pitying sad sacks that trying and spread their misery in these forums but for people like you and me its comforting and exciting hearing positive things like this. I'll hopefully be going to ground school soon myself and this definitely helps. Everyone I've come in contact with at Skywest minus the miserable trolls that hang around these forums mocking positivity has been amazing.

As distastefully dooshy as the OP comes across...he's right.

SKW training is pretty good from the pilot perspective, and they'll accommodate new hires with plenty of extra training.

For example, its better than most majors.

That said, there are PLENTY of good reasons not to drink the rest of the coolaid. SKW is a great place to get your time and then GTFO, but no longer a good career destination.

Are there any regionals that don't have good training these days? Don't they all give extra training if needed? If not they should unless the person doesn't have a prayer.

But when Air Wisconsin is paying $40k in bonuses over the first year and Endeavor is paying something similar, is Skywest really competitive?

I would be inclined to go where the biggest bonus is, even if the upgrade is longer. I expect there to be regionals hiring street captains or close to it pretty regularly the next few years. So one could take the 40k in bonuses (or more at some places) and in a couple of years take an even bigger bonus going somewhere else as a captain.

do it .

There are airlines that will give you like 10 extra sims...good training or poor pilot performance? Not necessarily a positive. 1 or 2 extra? Okay maybe you had a bad day. After that it's excessive. Essentially giving guys that can't pass training a better chance to fly a jet and fill seats for the company...

The best training is provided by the U.S.A.F.

True, but apples and oranges.