More than adequate for the "clicker" test (if they're even still doing it). Also great for the actual ATP written exam. I used Sheppard Air and got a 94.

I was looking at the SkyWest site seniority for the ERJ and the youngest CA is 2014 in ORD and 2012 after that.

Does anyone know what the expected upgrade time is for the ERJ for a new hire?

Are new hires able to get which aircraft they want between the CRJ and ERJ?

I'm not trying to open up a can of worms or troll, but I've read that QOL is better at SkyWest than the other regionals. I'm willing to take less pay for better QOL, but what makes it so much better at SkyWest compared to the others besides the domicile choices and they haven't furloughed a pilot?

Too easy; we're the official airline of Mormon faith. We're the only airline with a student council. Also if the company rakes in tens of millions in profits, they might even throw us a free turkey at thanksgiving.


Edit: Reality though, there's a reason SKW doesn't need to offer crazy high sign on, retention, or referral bonuses. It's a smart career move and they treat us right here. The people here are happy (generally) and we can staff our flying. Don't be fooled though, it's still a regional and you won't be in hog heaven here if you decide to hop on, but it's a place you won't hate if you get stuck. Not sure on the E-jet upgrades, I fly the deuce.

Need to have a work visa of some sort.

Definitely. But I don't think having a <insert non-US country> passport and a green card is going to stop you from going to the regionals.

Skywest says you need a US passport on their careers page for pilots:

US work permit and foreign valid passport
Got hired, no problem

I think they have to make an exception for non-citizens. Otherwise they would be banning green-card holders from right-to-work, which is illegal.

A non-citizen cannot have a US passport (one exception which does not apply here), so instead they would need a passport from their home country, with whatever visas, waivers, etc needed to enter Canada, Mexico, and Bahamas. Unless you're from someplace sketchy, it should be fairly easy to access those countries, especially as a US-based crew member.

So all you need is a green card and a passport from somewhere else (hopefully not N. Korea).

They hire Aussies so they must hold a AUS passport.

SkyWest right now is sponsoring work Visa's.. Recently pilots from Australia and Canada..

You have to be able to pass a background check - which means the country where you are from must cooperate with US authorities and keep adequate records of criminal activity.

It isn't discrimination to not hire you if you can't become KCM qualified.