Should I share a room or get my own
 

Hello,
So I'm about to sign the contract with Skywest, but I'm so confused about sharing a room during training or get my own one and pay around $2000. it is a lot of money especially when I get pay cut switching from my current job to an airline pay. Any suggestions?

If $2000 is valuable to you pick sharing a suite.

One positive aspect to having a roommate is it’s someone to study with, helped me a lot during training.

You'll get to practice a lot with a roommate. I chose having my own room though. Days are long and privacy is much needed in my opinion.

Ok,, good point

That reminds me when I use to study with my roommates during PPL, had amazing time. school put 4 people in 2 bedroom apartment. no one clean anything. stayed with them 1 month then I moved out.
I may go with my own room then, thanks!!!

Got my own room the first month.

Then I got a roommate in a sweet.

The only thing different was the living room / kitchen as we each had our own bedrooms.

If you go to training for ERJ in Denver you'll get a 2 bedroom suite to share. The kitchen will be between the 2 bedrooms so total privacy. And you don't have to pay extra. Might be different for CRJ

That’s sounds good. I’m going for CRJ next year in June. I called HR and she told me there is high chance to do training in Salt Lake for ground and sim in Denver or Atlanta. So will see.

So you were able to change your mind if you would like to go with a roommate during training?

I can't believe that you guys still share rooms. This must be the only regional left to still share rooms.

In fairness, the DEN situation is fine- own bedroom and bathroom sharing a living room and kitchen. The SLC situation, however, is not... optimal.

In fairness, other regionals also give rooms with kitchens and they don't have to share with others. This is a profession, not a sleep over.

"first class culture"

And yet they have a waiting list out till next summer. It’s not deterring anyone from going there, so mgmt enjoys the savings. I’m honestly shocked other regionals haven’t gone back to double occupancy, since it’s not hurting Skywest.

The suite set up is fine. The SLC situation is not. I was lucky I knew my roommate during initial otherwise I would’ve been pretty ticked.

Ok, this is good news to me, because I'd love to have my own room but that the HR said that I may get the sim training either in DEN or ATL, and I heard from many people that if I stay in DEN this sharing is not bad how it sounds, I don't really care if I share living room, as long as we are a pilots, I believe we have many things in common we can talk about. but sharing a bedroom makes me think about it :confused:

Still remember when I went to a skw interview and asked why they still do double occupancy. The recruiters response was "well you know Delta actually does double occupancy for their initial too"

SKW can so they do it
 

SKW doesn't offer signing bonuses or their own rooms because it doesn't affect how many people want to come. Saves them money so it makes sense from a company perspective

Pretty sure I received a $7,500 bonus.

Just strictly speaking living situation and just to help others trying to make this decision... currently most Salt Lake (CRJ) trainee set up is a normal hotel room (not a suite). So if you think you can handle sleeping 5 feet from someone for a few months and depending on your financial situation it’s worth the savings probably, but it kind of depends on who they assign you with. You are not guaranteed to be provided a kitchen and no new hire gets per diem, so eating out can get pricey in downtown SLC. Like others said another decision point may come down to what kind of studying do you do, individual studying can get a bit hard or distracting when rooming with others, while group studying might actually be easier. Yes all this sounds less than optimal and I was actually kind of surprised when I got to SLC at the situation, but the training was great as a positive at least. Hope this helps and good luck to you!

Reading this reminds myself of the same questions I had. Having a room mate was great. We each had separate sleeping rooms. 2 years later we are still good friends and text back and forth. It really isn't a big deal. Skywest is a great company to work at.

I had a similar experience. When I got hired I ended up sharing the normal hotel room with another guy, great guy. It was a bit strange at first but we are still close friends to this day. For the most part while in training you are so focused on studying that its not a huge deal to share a room, at least it wasn’t for me years ago.

Everyone’s situation is different vis a vis how they value their money vs privacy. My attitude is that if you even have to ask, and you have the cash, get your own room. If you have your car, then you’re not even restricted to the company hotel. I stayed at the downtown Sheraton for like $79 a night for the first phase, then did own room at Candlewood. If you don’t have a car, you can rent from Advantage, walking distance from Candlewood, for pretty reasonable rate.

But as I said, everyone has different priorities. I’ve got a wife and couple kids I tried to FaceTime almost every day, I go to bed early and wake up late & I was in and out every weekend. No way would I want to subject anyone else to that, let alone my own desire for privacy. So the couple grand for hotel and car was a non-issue for me; you can always meet up to study and go over stuff without sleeping 5 feet from them.