What are the 5 checking events at Skywest before one is officially on the line ?

SV(systems validation), PV(procedures validation), MV(Manuevers validation), LOE and line check at the end of IOE.

How difficult would you say is the whole type ride / line check ?

When do you take the ATP oral ?

Accidentally left out the Knowledge Validation part or KV which is essentially the oral portion.
Understand that they want you to pass just as much as you do, so if you put in the effort required and can avoid looking like a deer in the headlights in the sim you should do fine.
What's nice about AQP is that it breaks up what would normally be a single Checkride into multiple events, so you're not being tested on everything all at once, but more of a progression type system that culminates in the LOE at the end. This is where you're tested on whether or not you can safely fly a typical line flight with a few abnormal procedures thrown at you; one leg as PF and one as PM.
Put in the effort and you should do fine.

Is the CRJ AQP as well?

Yes. Filler

Just go to envoy , for those that haven't realized this guy is a troll.

I guess the fate of the rest of the UA 700s has been answered. 30 more will be transitioned over to the American side.

How on earth can Skywest continue to staff those CRJ7s plus the 50 175s that come over the next year?

Well, all the 700s are already on property. And most of them will replace 200s from PHX. We have 70 reserve lines in ORD only on the 175 side and classes are running twice a month. They have the people