He's just upset because he got burned by one of those reimbursement contracts. He left before the funds were forgiven and got an invoice for leaving early. So he's spouting off any chance he gets thinking people are actually taking his stuff seriously.

What kind of flight benefits do you get as a pilot for you and your family? Do you have to pay for any of them?

Depending on your base, some combination of AA, DL, UA, and AS standby. Also you get CASS-participating jumpseat privs. Yes, you'll pay yearly activation for each person on your benefits, and you'll pay individual listing fees for them too. Usually your own standby listings are free, or at most a small fee.

Can any SkyWest pilot here shed any light on how likely to hold BOI out of training, or how long to hold BOI
as a new hire.

Also, how many years to hold BOI as a Captain.

Thanks everyone in advance.

Since it's a maintenance base most of the trips aren't commutable, therefore it doesn't go as senior as one might think. You pretty much need to live there. Turnover is so high you'd probably get it as a newhire and upgrade as soon as you meet mins. Coming in as a DEC, you are probably spending some time at another domicile.

Thank You so much for the quick reply Utah.

the question wasn’t for me but some dude on YouTube who has 100 hours total flying time and thinks he’s got his whole career figured out already..

since it’s a MX base, how much flying out of there per month would one expect?

Lines are usually built to around 86-88 credit hours a month. If there is plenty of staffing that can be reduced some. It changes every month for every position/domicile. Maintenance bases usually have early morning report times on day one and release late on the last day of the trip. Hence the un-commutability. Where it becomes a problem is if your four-day trip only credits 18-20 hours and SkyWest needs you to fly 88, you can't get away with just four trips for the month.

Many Thanks, Utah!

This YT dude lives in BOI.

He is 53. He has 125 total hours. Hasn’t flown since the 90’s.
He says he is going to Ohio soon to get all of his certificates and ratings “in four months tops” and says he will be at Skywest in a year flying out of BOI.
Then upgrade to CPT in a “year” after that- in BOI. Then “soon after, be a check airman training first officers.”

He says he’s doing all this because it’s a “part-time job” (14 days a month) making 200k a year.

I’ve tried to enlighten this fellow on reality- to little avail.

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I wouldn't laugh too hard. The lack of experience this pilot group has is astounding.

but at the rate of hiring and captain / instructor shortage. Its not to far fetched..