Egg320

Cruz5350, thanks man. Definitely food for thought. I really really do not want to commute.

If I got IAH and it is just CRJ then so be it. I will be relocating to Houston so as you say will be great to drive to work plus I want Delta benefits.

Hopefully they put me on a 175 at a later date when I'm more senior. 2 years on a CRJ will take me to over 5000 hours and some good experience.

Egg320

Cruz5350 as a matter of interest which is the nicer aircraft to fly and why?

Utah

Aircraft is assigned before you show up to class. Base is bid while in training. You can leave a standing bid in with multiple domiciles in the order in which you'd like to be based. Bids are processed monthly for open positions.

No Jepps to carry around. We have airside service.

chazbird

Thank you, good information.
I am not familiar with the term "airside service".

moflyer

The Charts are in the airplane for you. The charts are located in the flight bag case area, we now have so many charts it is impossible to place them all in the bag so one binder is usually left on top. For this reason you will not need a large leather flight bag.

drc3906

Is there a high percentage of trainees that fail ground school, sim, etc...? Someone mentioned that since the interview process has relaxed, the fail rate in training has increased. I know I have been studying the EPs and performance material that sent to me after my interview, but is there something else I should be doing? Maybe review IFR regs more, systems, etc...? You know that saying, "I don't know what I don't know"? Should I just study those packets they want me to have memorized or review/study volumes of additional books on top of that, which they haven't suggested? Thanks for the help! I refuse to be a statistic.

disillusioned

If you put the effort into it, our training guys will get you there. The only people that will struggle are those that don't want to put the time into passing. The instructors will bend over backwards if they see you working hard. The only guy that failed out of my class is the guy that didn't think he needed to worry about the sim. Had home issues and couldn't spend the extra time figuring it out. Instructors did everything they could and gave him every opportunity to pass. Study what was sent to you and learn the rest when you get there.

drc3906

Thank you for the advice, Disillusioned. It's great help. So, I guess I have been on the right track by studying those Emergency Procedures and Performance packets they sent me, but I feel I could use some brushing up on other subject areas too. Would you say that studying to far ahead would be a hindrance more than a help because a lot of it will be new and Greek to me in the beginning? I was even planning on reading this CRJ systems guide a friend loaned me from ATP flight school. Is that a waste of time? I can admit, I am a little nervous of training because of the whole "drinking out of a fire hose" analogy people often refer to and the fact I don't know what to expect. If anything, I am just going to go in there and do my best. If I discover any weak areas, then I am just going to fix them and press on. Business as usual.

skypilot35

Being nervous is a good thing. It's the guys / gals who think its gonna be a cake walk that struggle. There are close to 4000 pilots at Skywest, everyone of them have gone through the training and made it, so can you. That being said, there is nothing easy about a Part 121 ground school. Study your EPs and Limitations, know them cold when you show up for class. Knowing that stuff will put you ahead of at least 30% of the other students. You'll be surprised how many show up and have not vested the time to learn the information. Like Disillusioned said, the instructors will help you if you need or ask for help. If you put in the time and effort you will get through it. Study hard during the week, relax on Friday and Saturday, refresh on Sunday and kill it come Monday. Wash, Rinse, Repeat. Your brain is gonna be fried, you're going to feel overwhelmed with the amount of information, and you are going to feel like you're way behind. It's normal. We all felt that way. Have fun and welcome aboard.

Cruz5350

The 200 was pretty awesome on nice weather days. I don't know why but I really enjoyed hand flying it and the landings were cake. 700/900 was all around pretty good too I didn't fly it enough though to give you a real good opinion on it. As far as the 175 goes it's awesome! The FMS is quirky but other than that I like it a lot. i only have 60-70 hours in it so once again I can't give out too much info on it, but I do like it a lot. I'll pm you later with more in depth reasons why I like each plane.