MatchPoint

Fixed my mistakes since it wouldn't allowed me to do so above.

rickair7777

There's a time limit on the edit feature (30 or 60 mins IIRC)...keeps people from trying to revise history (timmay types).

MatchPoint

Yeah, I didn't proof until the limit had passed. My mistake.

MatchPoint

When I was a CA on the Bro I normally saw TASs around 270-280, max was just over 300. The Bro had no problems running 230 IAS below 16,000 and if you really pushed it up you could get 245-250 IAS. The highest ground speed I've ever seen on her was 463 kts with a very nice tailwind. That was a fun airplane with great flying.

Seatownflyer

^^^^^THIS^^^^^

I have 4.5 years on the EMB, a little over 1 on the RJ. The RJ is a joke compared the the EMB. Easy and boring. The biggest challenge is staying awake.

etflies

You got used to the airplane dinging some new warning at you a couple of times per leg didn't you?

JohnnyG

I've already spoke to that. I never intended to say I was, and I tried to correct it if I wrote poorly and conveyed that. I was more aluding to the fact that I've had to stick things out this long, and my quality of life has improved much beyond the point where it seems like a massive QOL and pay hit to take to fly a plane that I don't percieve as enough of a step up. Since then, people have come in with multiple opinions of their experience with the Bro that I've found to be thought provoking.

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Originally Posted by MatchPoint

The goal is to make money so who cares if the fan's on the inside or the outside as long as it pays more. And as some have pointed out this isn’t entirely true since our Bro FO’s probably make more than an RAH pilot flying E170/175/190s.

I'm not here for the money.

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Originally Posted by MatchPoint

Your attitude needs to be checked or you should find a different line of work. I hope for your safe you aren’t as you seem, otherwise I’d prefer you find employment elsewhere.

You come in and read half my posts, and you're ready to call me out? Your low attention to detail and willingness to make fast and wrong decisions should be checked.

JohnnyG

Look dude, I've already backed off a lot of what I said based on several thoughtful responses.

Your attention to detail is dismal. The last time I checked, the Skywest page DID NOT HAVE OPENINGS FOR FOs. What is so hard to understand about that? That IS A FACT. I'm not saying Skywest will never hire again, I've simply spoke to the fact that they are not hiring right now. Perhaps they are gearing to hire, I don't care. I didn't post a lie.....I wasn't corrected. You've even noted yourself that poolies will come first.

Can you or do you read?

Ultralight

Johny G. Please take my advice. Settle down, relax a little and use this forum to your advantage. There are some pretty senior people at SkyWest that take the time to post do's and dont's on this forum. Listen to the good stuff, ignore the bad stuff and hold your cards close to your chest.
We are all like a dog with two tails when we first wind up in this industry. A couple of scares, tough decisions, and a few ASAP reports later, and we are humbled enough to only say whats really worth saying.

JohnBurke

If present employees tell you the company is hiring and that it doesn't necessarily show up on their web site, that's good enough, isn't it? Why argue the point. The only person not qualified to say they're hiring is you. You don't work there. Your sole qualification is the company web site, and numerous posters have told you that hiring is taking place, classes are in play, and that they're quite aware that it's not announced on the web site.

If the company has classes running, they have classes running. Simple.

I'm a little stymied at your attitude that you're beyond gaining basic experience. You appear to be at a fairly early stage in your career when you could use all the experience you could get. I've moved from turbojets to pistons before, and it's been a step up in quality of life, and pay. I've gone from four engine aircraft to single engine aircraft, and it's been a step up. In fact, I moved from captain on a four engine turbojet to a single engine turboprop and saw a significant increase in pay, and was home more. You might see that as a step down, but I surely don't.

Don't be too quick to dismiss work. Take what you can find. Work you can get is far better than work you cannot. There's something to be learned in everything you do, and something to be gained from every job you take.

At a time when I was furloughed, I found work turning wrenches, where flying wasn't available. That soon lead to some flying; some charter, cargo, and company instruction, and check airman work. It was all piston. I'd been furloughed out of turbojets. I was immensely grateful to be working and flying. The point was struck home by the many furloughed airline pilots who stopped by looking for work. At first, they turned up their noses at the idea of flying a piston airplane, but before long, as they realized how scarce work was, they came back again, hat in hand. Pride takes a back seat to necessity; presently your necessity may be finding work. In your zeal to believe you've progressed beyond certain work, don't be so exclusive in your reasoning that you pass by experience that you need or that might benefit you.