Sounds like a rough experience. My interview experience was great for all three parts. My HR guy did like to dig into the questions but he was pretty nice about it. This is definitely a rare occurrence.

 

Clarion DTW...$40 after taxes. Breakfast & a van to the airport.

 

Quality Inn and Wyndham Garden were where I usually stayed. $47 and free breakfast. The Howard Johnson is $37 and lots of crews stay there as well.

 

What about this rule?

§ 121.436 Pilot Qualification: Certificates and experience requirements.
(a) No certificate holder may use nor may any pilot act as pilot in command of an aircraft (or as second in command of an aircraft in a flag or supplemental operation that requires three or more pilots) unless the pilot:

(1) Holds an airline transport pilot certificate not subject to the limitations in § 61.167 of this chapter;

(2) Holds an appropriate aircraft type rating for the aircraft being flown; and

(3) If serving as pilot in command in part 121 operations, has 1,000 hours as second in command in operations under this part, pilot in command in operations under § 91.1053(a)(2)(i) of this chapter, pilot in command in operations under § 135.243(a)(1) of this chapter, or any combination thereof. For those pilots who are employed as pilot in command in part 121 operations on July 31, 2013, compliance with the requirements of this paragraph (a)(3) is not required.

(b) No certificate holder may use nor may any pilot act as second in command unless the pilot holds an airline transport pilot certificate and an appropriate aircraft type rating for the aircraft being flown. A second-in-command type rating obtained under § 61.55 does not satisfy the requirements of this section.

(c) For the purpose of satisfying the flight hour requirement in paragraph (a)(3) of this section, a pilot may credit 500 hours of military flight time obtained as pilot in command of a multiengine turbine-powered, fixed-wing airplane in an operation requiring more than one pilot.

 

I know that military pilots are using this 500 hours military PIC credit against the 1,000 hour requirement. The fixed wing military aircraft must require a crew environment.

 

He's correct, I had forgotten about that. I must be too old to learn new rules.

 

June flying will be increased by about an even 8%, or a 9% increase relative to last June.
AA flying continues to increase in ORD on the CRJ&7.
AS holdover CR7 finally goes away.
Delta flying expands on the 175 with scheduled deliveries of 175s and ATL flying expands on the CRJ.
UA expands CRJ. 175 deliveries as scheduled and the final CR7s slated to leave finally depart.

Roughly 15% reserves for both seats on both fleets, except the CRJ is fat on the west coast and lean in the Midwest.
ERJ continues to offer the best probability of getting to the quickest to the West Coast in the near future.

Net +11 airplanes for June.

 

If I have two golden days next month and I'm awarded a reserve line with a reserve assignment on those days, what happens? I know I get the days off but are the two days added somewhere else? Do I get two extra days off without pay? Thanks!

 

I'm dropping applications next week at several regionals, Skywest being one of them. I will be living in Huntsville, AL (wife is military and will be at Redstone for 4 years, so no option of moving) and I'm curious if anyone has experience commuting from that region into ORD or DTW as those seem to be the junior bases and I'd probably request the CRJ.

HSV is 25 minutes away, Birmingham and Nashville are both about 2. I'm mostly wondering if the commute is doable or if I need to be considering Envoy (DFW) or Endeavor (ATL) as better options. Everything I've read and heard from friends points to Skywest being the the preferred place to work if you can make the commute.

I'd appreciate any comments, and I hope to meet some of you on the line if I get an offer.

 

SKyW currently does HSV on the American side, while that could switch tomorrow for now though that means you will probably have Jumpseat priority to ord. 2 hours isn't too far to commute. A commuters +1 for the CRJ is the ability to look at the American loads out of HSV to plan your commute to ord.

DTW would be fine but then you are down to one major airline offering direct.

ENDV out of ATL (is the base open yet?) should hold value to you in your decision as it is drivable. I'd drive the 3 hours to ATL almost every time.