Hello gents,

Does anyone know if the full motion flight sim hours of the type rating course at Skywest can be used toward the ATP requirements (multi-engine hours) ? or do they want you to have those requirements before you start class ?
I know that from the present ATP-CPT course there are 6 full motion flight sim hour you can log, out of 25h of simulator towards the 50h requirement, just wondering if i could use more from the actual type rating course up to the max 25h motion sim.

Thanks in Advance

 

Yes you can credit the sim time towards the ATP. 1475TT and 25 multi are what you need to start class.

 

The new AD on the 700 is destroying their life expectancy. It cost more to do the inspection than the plane is worth.

 

Per the manual they will extend a RAP+2 hours for a max of 18 hours. I would not accept it but it is legal and they can do it.

 

Thanks for the reply, good news !
Some other airlines are more complicated about it... very happy to hear that.

 

I went back and tried to find a source for you, but our new and improved web site doesn't allow much searching. Basically they are saying under 117 that you can go beyond 16 hours, especially if it is a deadhead that is the last leg. Again, sorry I couldn't find the exact wording, but it was something that SAPA has brought up multiple times.
I agree with you that the company should be able to have you sit reserve in other domiciles, but why would you not do something as simple as making a OBR yes/no like they do for call first? If you have to sit reserve and you are getting a hotel or at a crash pad, would you not volunteer to sit OBR? Again, one simple thing that would make QOL for reserves better, but nothing will ever happen with it. And in the reserve guide it specifically says that 8 hours is the limit for RR, but CS has been trying to assign more than 8 hours. Probably hoping that the FNG's won't know the rules and do it.

Proffering was supposed to be implemented but TG is using the excuse that it was something that KB agreed to and not him. Man how nice would it be if we could go back and take away things that previous SAPA leaders had agreed to that didn't work for the pilot group? Bucket system was a huge give away and someone on the forums said that SLC used to be min 7 and is now 25 despite the base shrinking. I have to respectfully disagree that reserve here isn't horrible. You get to see all the little tricks after years of reserve and all the new pilots should be very thankful they only had to spend limited time on-call.

 

Got that right! I was actually halfway through upgrade when I realized *** am I doing to my quality of life and withdrew... I don't regret it for a second!!

 

Can someone please explain what 'proffering' means? Thanks.

 

Being able to choose what trips you want to get on reserve based on seniority. For instance maybe one pilot on reserve is a commuter and wants 4 day trips, where another person on reserve lives in base and wants shorter trips. By our current rules crew support will just do what they want and probably assign the commuter a bunch of locals and standups. Proffering would allow people on reserve to try to bid for the trips that they want to fly instead of being at the mercy of crew support.

 

In a nutshell:

Reserve peeps have the ability to bid for assignments.