Skywest 11/20 class

[BE20AV8R]

Greetings,

Any of my fellow classmates planning on driving to or having a car while at ground school? If so, are you by any chance interested in going to the gym after (or before) groundschool? I'm not sure that I want to drive the 12 hours to SLC... Thanks in advance, look forward to seeing you there...

 

[bayoubandit]

See ya there!!

By the time ground school starts I'll be living there, making the 36 hour drive on Wed. or Thurs, but the wife will have confiscated the car from me. Not into the gym thing, but you can lift some weights for me. Later.

 

[barondriver]

Hey foo.

Hey BE20...or...mr. senior.

I'm still thinking of driving from here. Whatta you wanna do?

 

[BE20AV8R]

ahem, mr. Barondriver...

Art thou making fun of thine seniority??? HAHAHA!! Remember, a wise man once said "Don't Insult the Alligator till after you cross the river". Aaahh yes, the joys of seniority!!!

All kidding aside, I thought of driving too, but if we can get to FAT in the first group, we may be able to spend the holidays at home eh? If that's the case, we'd have only one day to get from SLC to FAT... hhmm, the Sierras, winter, I dunno...

See ya

 

[Jim M]

Is this an EMB-120 or a CRJ class?

 

[bayoubandit]

Both

 

[Jim M]

OK . . . how many per platform, and what determines platform, class seniority?

 

[BE20AV8R]

from what I understand, there's 15 per side. As for seniority, it's the last 4 of your SSN...

As for platform, I am under the impression that 1000 turbine gets the jet. That and a need to fill the slot.

Purely speculation on my part, but Skywest just opened up 3 new jet domiciles, creating more openings in the Brasilia. Either way, just be happy to be on board. If all goes according to plan, 24 jets in the next six months, 3 a month after that through 2004...

 

[bayoubandit]

I don't understand what you mean. But if your talking about who gets what equipment it seems to go on one's experience level and how they perform in the interview. From what I've been told, the last class has 28 in it. 20 on the E120 and 8 on the CRJ. I'm not sure what the Nov. 20 class holds, but those who interviewed the same day as me were all given aircraft assignments Hope this helps!

 

[Jim M]

OK, thanks. Maybe that 5 out of 7 to the Brasilia is the norm. Who knows . . .

What is this about 3 new jet bases? I heard of Tucson, but wasn't aware of 2 other new bases. Maybe you meant 3 total . . . ?

 

[bayoubandit]

Denver, Palm Springs, and Santa Barbara are opening as of Jan. DFW is also opening as a CRJ reserve base.

 

[Andy Neill]

As I understand it, the Nov 20 class will have 30 Brasilia and 15 CRJ. Aircraft assignment is based on interview performance and prior experience and is not bid on by seniority at the newhire stage.

Jet domiciles include SLC, FAT, TUS, PSP, SBA, DEN, and DFW (reserve only). A total of 42 crews will be domiciled at PSP, DEN, and SBA.

 

[Davi8r]

Wow, Andy, 45 starting on a single day? You guys are going to be busy! But then you probably have been busy since September.

Regards, -- Dave

 

[Andy Neill]

That's the largest single day start I have seen since coming here, but we can do it. After all, we ARE SkyWest!

 

[skypine69]

Well they certainly need the people. A buddy driving the weedwacker told me that they are not allowing anyone to bid for vacation the first 3 months of 2003. Glad to be in the RJ!

 

[Jim M]

what do you mean by a reserve base?

 

[bayoubandit]

It means there are no hard lines to bid. Only reserve lines. Basically you sit around or play golf or whatever you like to do until scheduling calls with an assignment.

 

[Turbojet]

Any of you folks in the 11/20 class still waiting for the letter confirming the class date?

I interviewed on 10/21 and I was told 11/20 but havn't got the "official" letter yet.

Hope to see you all in class soon!

tj

 

[Andy Neill]

DFW is a reserve base. That is, although therre are no flying lines to bid there, there are a number of crews who do standby there. It's a good deal for people who live in/near Dallas and, because of seniority would be doing reserve at some domicile away from home anyway.

 

[Jim M]

thanx