So the real Bro is easier than the FS sim? Easier to trim?

 

Does Skywest make you do the sim if your 135/121 current?

 

I was current 121 and I didn't do the sim

 

The Bro is easier than the sim, not nearly as twitchy. Most of them have electric seats too so your head won't be crammed into the overhead panel.

 

No sim here either, was current 121.

 

I am certainly not the expert since I just interviewed last week, however, here's what I've gathered from the forums and other sources:

For certain folks it's at the discretion of the interviewers. Things that affect the decision include the interviewee's background, recency/type of flying, and how you perform on other parts of the interview process. Meaning, that even if you have a solid background, but stink up the written test/technical interview/CRM exercise/etc. they could elect to have you do the simulator. Conversely, you might not have the strongest background, but if you ace every other part of the interview process they might elect to have you not do the simulator.

Again, I'm not the expert, but that's what I've gathered. In my opinion, you would be foolish and unprepared if you show up assuming that you WON'T do the simulator.

 

Much easier. I had trouble keeping the sim right side up. With no hydraulic controls in the real plane it's actually pretty stable. No where near as touchy. You have to use some muscle to fly it.

One thing I miss now that I don't fly the bro anymore is the manual trim wheel. I really liked that compared to electric trim.

 

Nice to know.

 

No I was not in the Apr 04 group but went in a few days before that...

The mighty Frasca distracted me enough that I made a couple of really stupid mistakes, one of them was that I allowed myself to be vectored into terrain....

Other than that, I was pretty much above par for everything else...

 

Still trying to get info on where the SKW job fair 4/12 in PHX posted on their site is being held. Phoenix is a pretty big place. Thanks guys!