New Skywest mins....

[JSky26]

....no more mins. Straight from the website...

To be considered for a Pilot position, you must meet the following requirements:

* Must be at least 21 years of age
* Commerical Licencse
* All applicants will need a current first class medical (which will be verified at your interview)
* Must be a United States citizen or show proof of right to work in the US
* FCC Radio License
* Current U.S. Passort
* Willing to rescind seniority with current carrier

The following are preferred minimums in order to be considered:

* 1,000 - hours total time
* 100 - hours multi engine
* 100 - hours instrument (no more than 20 hours simulator will be accepted)

Discuss...

 

[rightseatjocky]

laughing, Can I please come fly for SkyPest

 

[atlcrashpad]

Criminal Offense and Canadian Clearance

No pilot may be hired who has been convicted of any criminal offense within the past five years that will prohibit him/her of gaining Canadian clearance. After 5 years the pilot has to apply and receive a wavier indicating that he/she is eligible to enter into Canada. Any Conviction that a pilot receives in his/her lifetime will require the same waiver authorization to be obtained.

Man, my fif years is almost up..... Bouyyyyy....

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

Some regionals are hiring guys without the Commerical. When they pass their sim check, they get their commercial.

cliff
YIP

 

[McNugent]

They are hiring to replace us poor ASA bastards

 

[say again]

Hi!

Some regionals are hiring guys without the Commerical. When they pass their sim check, they get their commercial.

cliff
YIP

If this is true, then the regionals are truly F@!#ED up!!!

 

[flyinghunter]

Where did you see that according to skywest.com, https://www.ultirecruit.com/sky1000/jobboard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=*69FDE72594753EA6, they still require the 1000/100

 

[viper548]

I hope they stick to the 1000/100 and maybe occasionally make an exception for someone that has 121 experience

 

[JoeBoy26]

Where did you see that according to skywest.com, https://www.ultirecruit.com/sky1000/jobboard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=*69FDE72594753EA6, they still require the 1000/100

here: http://www.skywest.com/careers/pilot/requirements.php

The post date of that job board was from 1/9. Shows how fast things change in the regional world...

 

[flyinghunter]

wow, that's sad

 

[Skaff]

Yeah the mins have gone down. Before they were 850 TT for 121 guys. It's gone now, but it doesn't mean you'll get a call at the Commercial pilot mins. It just opens the door more to hire guys with experience at other regionals. If a guy gets hired at another regional with 250 total time, gets 400-500 hours in an RJ, this gives us the chance to look at him. Nothing important here, keep moving.

 

[imacdog]

Maybe that 1% raise will help attract the real talent and experience? :laugh:

 

[regionaltard]

At what point does the obvious shortage of qualified applicants become a limiting factor in the growth of the "Mc Airline" phenomenon?

 

[relief tube]

They are hiring to replace us poor ASA bastards

umm...no. Can you say Skyway? You guys are doing fine in comparison

No mins, guess that's what you get when you drive another airline into the ground.

SKYW captains, get use to being unnoficial IOE CA's without the pay, and so much for a USAtoday. You'll instead be watching intently so the 20 year old to your right doesn't take your ticket.

 

[TheAlchemist]

So if they have lowered their minimums how does one apply? I tried the jobs page at Skywest web site but it won't let me complete my app. When I enter my TT it says "not qualified"

 

[Goose Egg]

Wow, never thought I'd see the day...

But the real question is can they pass the interview? (Although I must admit that I was probably more ready for an airline interview with 500TT than I was after 700 mind-numbing hours of flight instructing.)

The more I work as an FO, the more convinced I am that it's not the number of hours that dictates the pilot's level of skill. There are far more factors than just that. It's actually a little refreshing to see my company acknowledge that fact.

-Goose

 

[pilot24]

Just because 1,000/100 is no longer a hard number, it doesn't mean that we are hiring 500 hour guys like mesa is. Unless I'm ill-informed, we were about the last regional that was requiring at least 1,000 hours total time...everyone else lowered the bar first.

 

[John Pennekamp]

During the last hiring boom, all of the legacy carriers' mins were "hours commensurate with experience".

So what are we really talking about here?

 

[say again]

During the last hiring boom, all of the legacy carriers' mins were "hours commensurate with experience".

So what are we really talking about here?

But they wanted people WITH experience!! hahaha :beer:

 

[John Pennekamp]

But they wanted people WITH experience!! hahaha :beer:

Like Yonited's ethnic and female 300 hour wonders? Or the interns and sons of chief pilots?

Point is, don't bash the regionals for something everyone has done at one point.