Skywest to Aspen
 

Hey I'm trying to get in to Aspen this coming February on Skywest. Going in from Denver, out to Chicago.

My questions is, are they ever weight limited for jumpseaters? If so, I will make other plans to get there.

Thanks guys!

Ron from Spirit.

You could try Eagle out of DFW or LAX as well.

Skywest will also be doing MSP -ASE and ATL - ASE.

I've never had any issues with weight to ORD. They added 1000' to the runway last year and that's made a world of difference. I could see issues if we were to have a lot of heavies or both cargo bins stuffed to capacity but as I said, I've never had a problem.

I'm not an ASE guy, but I don't think it is weight limited much getting in from DEN. Out might be a different story though. I'll try to ask some ASE guys and get back to you.

Here's some more ASE weight restriction posts from a few weeks ago

http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/re...trictions.html

Thanks! I did a search, but didn't see this thread.

RK

I forgot to add even though the plane might not be weight restricted, the Jumpseat may not be available due to the FAA being on board or a line check airman being on board for qualification runs if it's either crew member's first time into ASE.

The FAA tends to ride along a lot, one month I had the same FAA rider in the JS 4 times. He wasn't commuting he'd ride in and then ride back out.

Thanks for the warning, I guess I'll have to roll the dice. He did that from Denver?

Is Aspen an airport that requires a route qualification for all airlines? I remember I had to do one to Telluride with Great Lakes back in the day...

RK

Aspen does require a route qualification for the first time a pilot goes in.

As far as the FAA it was from LAX and DFW when eagle started flying and they were watching us like a hawk to make sure we weren't going to put a plane into a mountain or something like that. They may have eased off.