PhotoFlyer

That’s interesting. As far as I know, I resigned. I have to check and see if it was recorded as a PRIA event. I didn’t actually bust a check ride but failed a Maneuvers validation. Regardless if I applied again at another airline I would explain what happened.

PassportPlump

Is a Skywest new hire pilot actually called a cadet?

I am saying this as I sit on a Skywest flight while it is currently RAINING and the OAT is +3 according to the ATIS. While we are deicing. Must be a couple cadets. Took them 25 mins to fire up the deice trucks because this is the first flight all day that has had to deice. Silly cadets.

word302

Ahh. You must've walked around the airplane to determine it didn't need it.

bradthepilot

Without providing any evidence or basis for your claim other than "from what I've heard", this is borderline character assassination as you are essentially claiming the new training manager is vindictive.

DarkSideMoon

Could’ve brought ice in with them. A strict interpretation of the regs would require deice even if it’s raining if you have some residual on the radome or wipers.

That being said it does seem like SKW is consistently the only one getting deiced at times.

ChemtrailArtist

No a SkyWest new hire is not called a cadet. Cadets are flight instructors from certain flight school programs such as UND that are affiliated with SkyWest and actually receive a new hire class date when they meet flight time requirements.

ninerdriver

OO deicing in DTW when it isn't necessary is as predictable as having to slow down for an OO jet flying thirty knots slower than everyone else.

gojo

Detroit??? They’re doing that everywhere now 🤬 Used to get a reprieve from that east of the Mississippi River

Nevjets

The reason that is true is because after reading this thread, it seems like you desperately need these union negotiated protections. And if these posts here are halfway truthful, I wouldn’t say that you have quality training. Training programs are written by management and approved by the FAA. But if you have a truly independent union that has a training committee with its members chosen by the pilots’ elected leaders, then you may have some say in the development or changes to that training curriculum AND how it’s administered by instructors. Right now you have none of these things. So when discussing pilot related issues at an airline that is not unionized, naturally that will always come up as one reason why there may be hidden issues that only come up when pilots are able to bring it up in a “safe” environment, like a discussion board or among pilots with union protections.

wrxpilot

Anyone want to make a bet this guy never said a word to the crew when he got off?

Lots of good guys at Delta, but holy crap some of you REALLY do reinforce the stereotype.