deltajuliet

Right, now we're talking. But even if normal beer is possible to find, who wants to contend with the arbitrary barriers and challenges placed between you and it by the local powers that be?

Seminole00

If you wish to get any pilot thread back on track, mention booze.

rcfd13

Lots of states have arbitrary liquor laws. I was driving through Wisconsin a few months ago and stopped to get some New Glarus. When I got up to the register with a cart of beer they informed me that it was 9:02PM and by law they couldn't sell alcohol after 9pm. That one blew my mind since I assumed Wisconsin of all places would be pretty liberal about beer sales. There's a whole list of places that don't allow alcohol sales on Sundays or don't allow alcohol to be sold above a certain ABV, or don't allow alcohol to be sold after a certain time.

Honestly as someone who drinks and spends time in Utah every year I've never had too much of a problem getting around their drinking laws. They also have some great local beers. I was more offended in Wisconsin by them denying me my whole cart of beer at 9:02pm than I've ever been in Utah.

I think pilots complain just to complain sometimes.

elmetal

Absolutely right.

There are counties in the midwest that I've run into near beer problems.

Oh you bought this at a gas station? It's near beer. Should've gone to the liquor store.

in california bars have a 3 drink an hour per person rule. most places don't enforce it too much but it's a 3500 dollar fine if they get caught serving more than that.

then again just south of Ogden UT, bars have a limit as well. 2 for your first hour, and 1 drink per hour after that.

Which of course gets reset if you walk into a new bar. great job state!

ClickClickBoom

Who walks when you can drive?

Tickettoride

I have a couple of quick question regarding hiring at Skywest. Any input is much appreciated as I am about to throw in my papers in hopes of an interview:

-For any recent interviewees, is the WFFF interview gouge still pretty spot on? As far as the drawings they expect of you on the interview, has anybody run into anything other than a precision runway, a jet engine, or the fuel/electrical from your current twin? Best study materials for the tech portion? (I'm spending most of my time in the Jepps and Everything Explained for Pro Pilot book)

-What is the approximate gap between interview and class date currently?

-Will they let you interview if you don't have an FCC restricted radio license in hand? (Mine is pending with the FCC and expecting it to take a few weeks)

-What are the trips like out of ORD on the CRJ just starting out? Destinations, trip length, etc...

Thanks in advance!

kfahmi

I interviewed in April (had to defer my acceptance until now for various reasons) but back then, the interview gouge was perfect.

If you're not already turbine qualified, the "Turbine Pilot Transition" book was fantastic for me. It explains things like engines, pressurization, what a pack is, and so forth, in plain English. As for the drawings, I haven't heard of anything else. I did a jet engine and the electrical system on a Seminole. However, I drew a very detailed electrical schematic that I got from the maintenance manual, so that probably got me some points.

There's a guy in the Sept 22 class who interviewed on Sept 14. We have heard that both October classes are now full, so get your app in as soon as you can.

Yeah, you only need that thing for international ops. I can't imagine they would refuse an interview, especially since you know you're gonna get the cert.

No idea, I'm sure a guy on the line could tell you. I do know that virtually all new-hires are going to ORD and MSP. Sitting here staring at the vacancy report on SWOL hoping that changes

kfahmi

I picked up some 4% beer at Harmons today. However, I've never once paid attention to the alcohol content of beer. Blue Moon is one of my faves and it was marked 3.2%. Is that a special low-alcohol (ugh) version of the regular Blue Moon?

(Talk about thread drift, but hey...this stuff's important!)

rcfd13

On reserve you'll get a little bit of everything but it will mostly be short trips like locals, standups and 2 days. Reserves tend to fly the 700 and 900 more than a junior line holder will. As a junior line holder you'll fly only the 200 mostly 4 day trips with mostly early show times. ORD has a really broad mix of trips so you may get lucky and once in a while get something different, but in general junior lineholders get 4 day trips on the 200. There are some low credit standups that also go extremely junior.

elmetal

Just a quick reminder about the beer alcohol content in salt lake during training:

If it's at a bar on tap, it cannot be more than 3.2 ABW, NOTE ABW not ABV. for something like bud light, 3.2ABW is close to 4.0 ABV when bud light is normally 4.2 ABV anyway, almost no difference.

Bottles at the bar have no limits. real beer.

beer bought at anywhere that isn't a brewery or state liquor store, is 3.2 ABW

Again, ABW not ABV. so even though it's 3.2abw it can be 4.0 or more abv depending on the weight of the beer (just think roughly 4.0abv)

for most light american beers, browns, wheats, it's negligible difference. for IPAs and any imperials, or stouts/porters or anything usually abobe 5.0%, huge difference.


just a friendly reminder.

(btw, good way to find out if it's 3%: Is it cold at the store? probably 3.2. Can you buy anything besides alcohol at this store? If yes, 3.2)[of course last example excluding alcohol brewed on premises like a brewpub or a brewery]