Originally Posted by LAXtoDEN

Is anyone here an actual recruiter? I assume they’d be able to tell you the “new and improved” hiring mins at SkyWest. I’d recommend you add the rating to your resume, but what the hell do I know. I’m that guy who walked on property with no more than 950 total hours of flight time, zero turbine, no CTP-ATP.

If you’re glancing at your potential competition, it’s made up of 1,000’s of pilots on the street with ATP 121 turbine time. The rating may help you get in the pool sooner, but as I stated prior, you’re asking the wrong group of guys and gals.

I think it’s safe to say SkyWest will no longer be paying for CTP’s.

Originally Posted by LoneStar32

No numbers whatsoever out there. Other than C5 saying they would only consider those with ATPs and type rating in their aircraft preferred when they started hiring back up.

This is what you have to look at: Once hiring starts back up at the majors, hiring mins at the Regionals will quickly go back to ATP/R-ATP mins. Not until then unfortunately, there will not be enough up and out movement at the Regionals for hiring mins to get that low.

Originally Posted by VegasChris

I am still considering whether to pay out of pocket for it or not. I am leaning towards no. If they are going to require CTP courses completed prior to hire then there are going to be a ton of furloughed guys getting hired in front of me that already have ATPs done anyways.

If your school is paying for it definitely take it.

I think panam in Vegas was down to 2500 for a ctp course. Then probably another 1-2k for the multi rental and checkride fee. So I figure it's a 4500 investment that may or may not move me up in the hiring line. It's still not a type rating or initial training which I am going to have to do yet another checkride for.

My guess is by the time I am competitive for hire (at R-ATP minimums) the "shortage" at the regionals will have to return and they will be paying for me to take the course like they were for the past few years.

Originally Posted by Broncofan

I’m going to go with wait. The less check rides you have to do in general aviation the better in my opinion. Too many ego’s, you seem to train to the individual evaluators standards on top of the practical test standards in GA. In a part 121 training environment they have an incentive to pass you. In my opinion, GA check rides are more of a roll of the dice for pink slips.

Originally Posted by CRJiceADsucks

While I agree that GA checkrides are wildly different in different parts of the US or bewteen DPE’s the CTP course isn’t a checkride in any sense of the imagination. You would have to try very hard to “fail” it. I’m not even sure if you can.

Originally Posted by ComingInHot

I think he is talking about taking the ATP Checkride with a local DPE, not just the CTP course.

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Originally Posted by VegasChris

yes, I would have to do it in a piston twin with a local DPE. I think I am going to wait it out and see what skywest does when an actual new hire class gets hired.