Initial FO Training Footprint & Expectations.
 

Greetings.

Doing some research to try to find out if SW is a good fit for me and how their program is set up. Forgive the number of questions as im doing my due diligence and answers to any of the following would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

1. Looking at the E-175: How far out do classes start?
2. What are the hotel arrangements for training? (Gouge says dual occupancy - has this been your experience or has that changed? If shared do they separate suites attached or standard hotel room?)
3. Realistic Training Timeline for 175 (Understand in DEN for training?)
4. Since AQP - is the progression similar to a. Systems Val b. Procedures Val. c. Maneuvers Val d. LOFT. e. LOE?
5. Are you assigned a specific instructor all the way through or does it change each flight? Do you have a training partner or do they change?
6. Prior to LOFT/LOE what does training look like? Do you get 1-2 normal flights (ie A-B) as a practice for your LOE or is it simply LOFT and LOE?
7. About how many events (ie sim or ground trainer events) are there?
8. Are there any breaks in training or ability from time to time to come home to see family during training? About how long if so?
9. Did you feel prepared for your LOE based on your training - why/why not.
10. Level of training standardization between instructors and quality of training (scale 1-10 | 1 (Low) 10 (Best)
11. How has the company treated you in training as a new FO?

Any of the above would be greatly appreciated in that im trying to make a decision relatively soon. Have been reading as much of the other forums and I couldn't find these specifics in the other threads.

Thanks again.

really hoping we can get some responses to these. I'd like to know some of this stuff, also. Thanks for the great Qs.

I was assigned a erj 12/28 class. After reading through my new hire packet and from what I learned in the interview I can help with 1-3.

1. Jan erj classes are full so I assume filling Feb class(s) and beyond.

2. Hotel is double occupancy in a standard room with two double beds for the 1 week ATP class if you don't have an ATP yet. New hire ground school is double occupancy in a 2br/2ba suite with a shared common area. There is an option for single occ but you pay half. I was told at least for ground school portion don't waste your money the 2br suites are nice and you have some privacy.

3. Training is 6-7 weeks, SIM is in DEN, SLC, and occasionally Paris. You bid for sim schedule after indoc week once you pair up. After indoc week the transitioning and upgrading pilots show up and join the new hires. From then on its a mix of newbies, transitioning FOs, transitioning CAs, and upgrading FOs.

Hopefully someone further along can expand on this. The DEN training center is brand new and state of the art, I interviewed there. Hotel is right across the street. I was impressed with the facility and the people and am very happy to be joining the SkyWest team. Good luck!

Paris? Which one?

Paris, Missouri. Is there any question?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Missouri

What kind of benefits are not active till 1st year? I'd imagine that travel privileges, medical and dental coverage are immediate.... 401k?

Just wondering, I understand its double occupancy during training however, does it switch to single occupancy when you are actually flying?

Francais. if there is a Paris in Missouri that's great but I'm pretty sure not there. There's probably a Paris in Kansas too, come one people...

When I went through ERJ initial less than a year ago it was double occupancy with 2 suites. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with a shared living/dining area. We each had plenty of privacy. This may depend on the hotel. I was at the Staybridge in Denver. Single occupancy after LOE. We also chose our sim partners on the first day of ground and bid for our sim slots together. Our sim partner wasn’t whoever bid the same sim slot. I don’t know if that process varies with ERJ/CRJ or from class to class.