SkyWest questions!?
05-04-2012, 10:42 AM
#31
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Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: SkyWest Captain
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Had SIM today to do my ATP/TYPE and AQP. The word from the instructors is that they want to do a lot of hiring this summer.
However they do feel there will be a lot of former 121 folks to choose from. They told me they are very unlikely to hire someone right now who can not meet ATP mins. At the very least someone who will meet it by the 2013 deadline. But more likely they are looking for new hires to ATP and type in initial.
Good luck. Things just got harder for the 1000 CFI.
However they do feel there will be a lot of former 121 folks to choose from. They told me they are very unlikely to hire someone right now who can not meet ATP mins. At the very least someone who will meet it by the 2013 deadline. But more likely they are looking for new hires to ATP and type in initial.
Good luck. Things just got harder for the 1000 CFI.
05-04-2012, 12:33 PM
#32
On Reserve
Joined APC: Aug 2011
Posts: 23
Originally Posted by FlyingLow62
Is MSP,ORD, and IAH still the junior bases? What kind of time frame are new hires looking at to hold a line?
05-04-2012, 02:22 PM
#33
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Originally Posted by WAVIT Inbound
They told me they are very unlikely to hire someone right now who can not meet ATP mins.
Good luck. Things just got harder for the 1000 CFI.
Good luck. Things just got harder for the 1000 CFI.
05-04-2012, 05:07 PM
#34
Line Holder
Joined APC: Aug 2011
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Originally Posted by FlyingLow62
Is MSP,ORD, and IAH still the junior bases? What kind of time frame are new hires looking at to hold a line?
05-04-2012, 06:22 PM
#35
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Position: SkyWest Captain
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Originally Posted by AlphaMax
I paraphrased, but this part is bad info. Our minimums are 1000TT. We just hired and continue to hire pilots with less than ATP mins. With high time guys/gals on the street, sure it's more competitive, but we are just as likely to hire someone with 1000T as we were in the past.
Just passing on what I heard in SIM. Good to know and for their sake I hope your Intel is better than mine.
05-04-2012, 11:00 PM
#38
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Joined APC: Apr 2006
Position: UAL 756 FO
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Originally Posted by WAVIT Inbound
Had SIM today to do my ATP/TYPE and AQP. The word from the instructors is that they want to do a lot of hiring this summer.
However they do feel there will be a lot of former 121 folks to choose from. They told me they are very unlikely to hire someone right now who can not meet ATP mins. At the very least someone who will meet it by the 2013 deadline. But more likely they are looking for new hires to ATP and type in initial.
Good luck. Things just got harder for the 1000 CFI.
However they do feel there will be a lot of former 121 folks to choose from. They told me they are very unlikely to hire someone right now who can not meet ATP mins. At the very least someone who will meet it by the 2013 deadline. But more likely they are looking for new hires to ATP and type in initial.
Good luck. Things just got harder for the 1000 CFI.
05-04-2012, 11:51 PM
#39
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
Posts: 1,219
Originally Posted by Bascuela
You know I was just thinking about that today. Been hearing numbers 300-500 before Aug 2013. With PNCL unloading 400+ that will help fill that void. By the time they run out of 121 guys it will be closer to the deadline that the CFI's will need an ATP.
05-05-2012, 02:33 AM
#40
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Originally Posted by AlphaMax
I paraphrased, but this part is bad info. Our minimums are 1000TT. We just hired and continue to hire pilots with less than ATP mins. With high time guys/gals on the street, sure it's more competitive, but we are just as likely to hire someone with 1000T as we were in the past.
For the time being. A 1000 hour pilot hired today should be able to reach ATP mins prior to Aug 2013. But at some point later this year they will have to start considering how a new-hire will get to 1500 hours.
Some reserve pilots might not fly much, but they can always mitigate that by making them call first, or even displacing lineholders if staffing permits.
I suspect in Dec our mins will need to be 1100, Jan 1200, Feb 1300, etc. They also can't set themselves to be giving 200 additional sim events/ATP rides in the last weeks of Jul 2013.
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