What about 100 hr multi? That's not part of ATP min. Still required?

 

I personally wouldn't bother them until you meet their minimum requirements, and I would guess that they would politely tell you the same thing if you visited them at the job fair.

If I was in your shoes, I would fly as many hours as I can to get to the mandatory 1,500 hrs and get that written done. Don't just pass it either. If you already have your ATP, no one cares about the score on your written, but if this is your first 121 job you need to convince them that you study hard and make the effort. A score in the high 90's will deffinately go in your favor as opposed to just scraping a pass.

Once you meet their minimums, apply to a regional that you DON'T want to work for (like Republic) for the interview experience, then get that app into SkyWest.

You can tell them about how you were itching to meet them at the job fair during your interview.

 

Yes. They've always held strong on 100 multi and 100 instrument requirements. I have a friend who had 3,000TT and only 98 instrument and they wouldn't interview him until he went out and paid for 2 hours of hood time.

 

There are actually three captains who commute DFW-MSP. 2 are fantastic guys; the other is one of the most bid avoid CAs in MSP.

 

How difficult is Skywest interview compared to other regionals? I ask from reading past gouges and it seems like they cover lots of things such as: CRM, Sim, ATP style Written, technical eval, etc etc.

What was the acceptance rate in your group when interviewed?

Thanks

 

By far the most intense, thorough interview out of most of the more "desirable" regionals. They ask some bizarre stuff that is a little out of place, be prepared to draw alot of pictures too.

 

None of the gouges are 100% accurate because they like throwing out their own systems and HR questions. They don't want pilots to rote memorize the gouge. Everyone who interviewed me was a current line captain. All of them were trying to see whether they could stand to fly a 4 day trip with me or not.

The sim and CRM gouges are pretty on because they have to follow a profile for those. The systems and HR interviews can go almost any direction. Just prepare and be yourself.

 

Any chance that's TN?? There's a toolbar for ya! He and Slats should fly together sometime!! Oh the fun that would be to watch! On a positive note, how ya doing Mr. Kournikova?

 

Acceptance rate varies, anywhere from all to none. They have been, IMO, less selective during rapid growth periods (now is not one of those).

But if they interview you they would like to hire you. A 1500-hour CFI will have to shine in all respects, probably more so than someone with thousands of 135/121 hours. But the CFI should already have all the knowledge covered, they are just going to ask him about the stuff he's teaching on a daily basis. 121 types should prepare for a PC, especially if they are currently on the CRJ.

If they ask strange questions they're (probably) trying to see how you'll react...I had a buddy who I had arranged an interview for (all-around good guy actually, and nice guy too) who somehow got sideways and ****ed off by the interviewer, and he didn't get hired. I could have gotten him a re-attack but he was so PO-ed that he didn't want anything to do with SKW. Don't get mad, but at the same time don't just roll over for anything and everything...they don't want weak sisters either.

 

Very true about sticking to your decisions. During the CRM exercise I was the "Captain". We were working a situation that escalated into my decision to divert. It may or may not have been the correct decision, but I stuck to it despite last minute waffling among other crew members. They were mostly impressed with that, from what I was told in the debrief anyway. It helped a lot that I was a captain before coming here, no doubt.

But there is a fine line between making decisions and being an anti-CRM douche. They definitely aren't looking for that, and we do have a couple of CAs here that don't get it. Fortunately they are extremely rare and well known within the bases.