SkyWest will not care about your personal needs, go to class when you can give yourself to the company 24/7/52 for a year.

I don't know about other regionals, but there is nothing better about SkyWest ..

 

My opinion... Don't take the chance! That's a huge life event that you'll be already stressed about especially as the days tick down, so why make it any more stressful by adding training to it. I know everyone says seniority is everything and it is but the time between now and then isn't going to make enough of a difference for the added hardship. That's just my opinion though best of luck and enjoy your wedding!

 

It's been a few years since I left there so things may have changed. That said, they were very inflexible when it came to any sort of personal scheduling changes inside of training events for any reason.

Ask your self if you would be willing to quit if you don't get the time off. If you aren't, defer your start class until after your wedding.

Also, putting two high stress events together in the same time period probably isn't a good plan either. If you haven't had the chance to drink from the 121 training fire hose before, you will be in for a very hectic and intense time. Outside issues are only going to cause problems for you in the training environment.

FWIW

 

^^^^^^^ very good advice!

 

I just finished CRJ ground school with SkyWest and here are the facts for our class:

Start Date: 26 Jan
End Date: 19 Feb
Total days from arrival to departure: 27
Total number of students: started with 42 for indoc and added 5 EMB-120 transitions (2 Capt/3 FOs) during systems
Sim Dates: Majority of slots were in SLC starting within a week of the systems test; 12 slots in STL (two different start dates); 6 slots in ATL (one start date); All sim start dates were less than 3 weeks from the systems test; SLC sims are running about 2.5 weeks and STL/ATL sims are running about 3.5 weeks.
IOE: Can be from any domicile and we were told to expect a possible delay of 1-2 weeks after sim completion.

We were told to expect our domicile assignments during our sims. We get 4 unpaid move days after our sim checkride (LOE) but can delay them for a later date (within 12 months) if desired.

 

What is the time frame from LOE to end of IOE?

 

Complete guess here, but I would say anywhere from 2-4 weeks. Not exactly sure how long IOE is, but have been told they like to get us 40-50 hours. My LOE is scheduled for 31 Mar and I would anticipate being done with IOE by the end of April. Again, just a guess.

 

Great info, Irish. Thank you for the detail you included. Sounds like it's becoming more efficient.

Can anyone lend any insight to how long it would take get SLC as a domicile?

 

IOE is usually scheduled for 35 hours. I did mine in two 17-hr trips over 8 days. That's for the 200... You'll get OOE (1 trip, 15 hrs) in the -700 after completing IOE, and after completing a day of ground and a day in the 700 sim.

I had a 9 day gap between my LOE (Dec. 20) and start of IOE (Dec. 29). Finished IOE on Jan 7 and did 700 sim on Jan 13, then 700 OOE by Jan. 21.

The 900 also requires a bit of OOE, I did mine in 3.5 hrs.

Of the 3 airplanes I like the 700 the best. Great performer (unlike the 200). If you want an eye-opening experience, do the leg I did last night... A Flaps 8 departure in a fully-loaded 200 out of Reno with cowls and wings on. We must have set off some car alarms at the far end of 16R, we were climbing so flat.

But the 200 is easiest to land consistently well, and is the sportiest to hand-fly. The 900's main appeal, to me, is the second lav up front

Have fun in training and good luck!

 

Someone in my class had a family wedding to attend and the systems instructors hooked them up in order to attend (it was during FTD). Not sure I would count on that.