If you fly the Bro as a Captain, is it possible to transition to the RJ later on?

So at skywest people are supporting being bypassed?

Yes once you aren't seatlocked in it anymore. Meaning after you are trained for it you are required to stay in it for a certain period of time before moving on. What is it 1yr or is that just for the FO side?

You can transition after your seat lock is up. The seatlock is 1 year starting on the first day of training.

Do Skywest Captains need the ICAO 2500 hours minimum for upgrade or is that being waived? Just curious about the path to upgrade if a pilot was hired in the current rush with low time and had the opportunity (by seniority) to upgrade 10 months later.

Is the FAA granting waivers?

Sounds like there's a lot of movement at Skywest!

What would you Skywest folks say are currently the best domaciles for upgrade in the CRJ? How about the EMB?

To which airframe are most new hires going?

I'm going to guess Fresno for the EM2. Milwaukee and Chicago for the hottub bubble maker.

The company is not waiving the 2500 hours, but they are reducing the crew time for the EMB.

Lower-time pilots (usually hired out of a CFI job) cannot upgrade without the 2500 TT / 1000 Crew/turbine. Many are getting bypassed every month. This is why CRJ upgrades run slightly under 12 months...but only for those who had prior turbine experience.

Of course those who take the fast upgrade will be junior CA's for a long time...the lower-time pilots will eventually upgrade on top of the people who took the quick upgrade.

Rick is there any issue with guys being bypassed that qualified for the spot? ie Bro fo wanting to upgrade to CRJ capt?