I was ORD my entire career at SkyWest. Commuted for the first year and half and then made the move for QOL.

 

Food for thought.

I don't know if SW does AQP initial but YX just got approved for it and word is classes after the first of the year will be AQP. That fact alone puts YX in the "first choices" category.

AQP goes a long way to reducing the risk of a training failure. It won't save you if you're 50 miles behind the airplane or you don't study, but it will save you in the event you have a bad day. And we all do, occasionally.

If I were you I'd call recruiting and push my class date until the first AQP initial class. Trust me when I say you don't want to take a traditional checkride if you can avoid it.

 

SW has been AQP for a long time now. Both initial and recurrent. Initial for the ERJ was the last phase to go through and that happened about 2 years ago. Either is fine. I think it's more beneficial for recurrent personally. But to each his own.

 

Allegedly we (OO) are changing to a 9 month CQ schedule. When this will occur is unknown. Heard it from several people in the training department, but that could still be BS.

 

Not true....... They looked into it. But do to EET training, and other factors the numbers didn’t work out sim time wise.. maybe beyond 2020 sometime..

 

Damn the rumor mill. The Compass merger is still happening, right?

 

FWIW, I had offers from both and one other to start classes early this month. I’ll commute into/out of IAH wherever I’m based so both companies were good options(save for the commuting). I mulled the decision over for more than two months and ran spreadsheets and read all the forums for information, ultimately deciding to choose OO. A LCA at WN broke it down to the fact that they’re both regionals, and I should place more weight on who could get me a breadth of knowledge and experience the quickest. ORD, ATL, and to some extent DFW are junior so you shouldn’t have an issue of getting them. One of the biggest detractors for me was the training backlog at YX. I spent enough of my life behind a desk and want to start flying real airplanes asap.

So, in my mind, they’re both regionals and crap is going to happen to me at either one but it’s my choice of perspective that will determine how happy I am. And I’ll keep my eye on the prize of moving to the majors.

 

Ok if I send you a PM? I am in the exact same situation and would like to see how you chose OO

 

Sure, no problem.

 

Thanks! Just Sent