Skywest denial

[LXApilot]

Been out of work about six months and have about 5,200tt and 1,500 turbine pic. Thought it would be a good idea to apply to the commuter airlines to "get back in the mix". I've always been interested in working at SkyWest so I applied a few weeks ago; thinking that this would be a good opportunity to work there.

Got this message just a few hours ago: but I've removed my personal info...



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Dear XXXXX,

Thank you for your expressed desire to work for SkyWest Airlines as a First Officer Pilot. We appreciate your enthusiasm to become a part of our team.

After reviewing your resume, we regret to inform you that you were not chosen at this time. However, we encourage you to monitor our website (www.skywest.com) for future job openings.

Best wishes for success in your employment endeavors and thank you again for your interest in SkyWest Airlines.

Sincerely,

SkyWest Airlines Recruitment




I couldn't stop laughing. Anyone want to explain this one to me? They'll interview an 800tt guy with no turbine but what about all of us guys who have been put on street by dirt-bag operators?

 

[erjip]

Sorry to hear that, you are just way over qualified for Skywest. Try Republic, they seem to hire only high time guys with ATP certificate.

Good luck to you.

 

[mvedepo]

I'm guessing here but I imagine that you are "overqualified" for the position. They assume that as soon as you get current and have a chance to jump ship you will be gone. I am sure they feel they will get more out of their investment in a lower time pilot.

 

[On Your Six]

Did you list in the application that you only had ONE wife?


OYS

 

[flyboyzii]

Did you list in the application that you only had ONE wife?


OYS

Ha Ha Ha. Yea. You're supposed to say you have multiple wives, six + kids and say "Oh my heck" a lot!!

Seriously though, that sucks.

 

[79%N1]

Maybe you mentioned "Commuter Airline" and they thought you were stuck in 1980.

 

[Ralph Cramden]

LXApilot,

This is simple. They know with your experience you will bolt at the first good offer, which will surely come if the economy ever improves.

I had the same situation between my last airline and my present one. It's not about you, it's about their retention rate and training budget. Sucks for sure, but that's the way the companies see it.

In my case I eventually found a fill in job and sure enough I bolted at the first good opportunity. Good luck to you.

 

[SpyFlysDOTs]

From my past experiences with folks I have sent that got the tumbs down, it comes down to a few reasons.

1. Attitude
2. Knowledge
3. Something in your past that bothers them.

Kinda simple, right?
They (we) need people right now.

Have a buddy that won't do what was requested and yet is bitching to me he hasn't been called for an interview yet.

 

[Abernathy]

Slice it however you like, but the fact is that regionals want 21 year-old low time d-bags that they can shove around and intimidate to fly for crap wages and dirt-low rest because they know people need regional time to get hired by real airlines.

 

[OPECJet]

Don't sweat it. At least you didn't blow part of your unemployment check going to an interview like I did.

 

[coonass]

you know that you can apply at Virgian american 5000 is there total time go ahead and get you some airbus time pay sucks but its a job

 

[flyboyzii]

you know that you can apply at Virgian american 5000 is there total time go ahead and get you some airbus time pay sucks but its a job

The pay isn't THAT bad. First year sux no matter where you go.

 

[kj6991]

Been out of work about six months and have about 5,200tt and 1,500 turbine pic. Thought it would be a good idea to apply to the commuter airlines to "get back in the mix". I've always been interested in working at SkyWest so I applied a few weeks ago; thinking that this would be a good opportunity to work there.

Got this message just a few hours ago: but I've removed my personal info...



To reply to this e-mail, reply to: [email protected].


xxxx xxxxxxx
[email protected]

Dear XXXXX,

Thank you for your expressed desire to work for SkyWest Airlines as a First Officer Pilot. We appreciate your enthusiasm to become a part of our team.

After reviewing your resume, we regret to inform you that you were not chosen at this time. However, we encourage you to monitor our website (www.skywest.com) for future job openings.

Best wishes for success in your employment endeavors and thank you again for your interest in SkyWest Airlines.

Sincerely,

SkyWest Airlines Recruitment




I couldn't stop laughing. Anyone want to explain this one to me? They'll interview an 800tt guy with no turbine but what about all of us guys who have been put on street by dirt-bag operators?

Where are you getting this number from? Mins are 1000TT as of 2 days ago.

 

[RJLoser]

I have heard skyw is taking a nose dive in the morale dept. Have friends there....They are sayin something is wrong.

 

[trip]

Been out of work about six months and have about 5,200tt and 1,500 turbine pic. Thought it would be a good idea to apply to the commuter airlines to "get back in the mix". I've always been interested in working at SkyWest so I applied a few weeks ago; thinking that this would be a good opportunity to work there.

Got this message just a few hours ago: but I've removed my personal info...



To reply to this e-mail, reply to: [email protected].


xxxx xxxxxxx
[email protected]

Dear XXXXX,

Thank you for your expressed desire to work for SkyWest Airlines as a First Officer Pilot. We appreciate your enthusiasm to become a part of our team.

After reviewing your resume, we regret to inform you that you were not chosen at this time. However, we encourage you to monitor our website (www.skywest.com) for future job openings.

Best wishes for success in your employment endeavors and thank you again for your interest in SkyWest Airlines.

Sincerely,

SkyWest Airlines Recruitment




I couldn't stop laughing. Anyone want to explain this one to me? They'll interview an 800tt guy with no turbine but what about all of us guys who have been put on street by dirt-bag operators?

Are you current? could be a problem, always has been with getting a flying job.

 

[Freebrd]

I have heard skyw is taking a nose dive in the morale dept. Have friends there....They are sayin something is wrong.

'bout time yall caught up with ASA, morale and performance been suckin' bad, reckon XJT too

 

[GOULET!]

Apply at Compass. Going to be a ton more movement there than any other regional in the short term. Heard the same thing too about Skywest morale from lots of friends over there.

 

[damnflyboy]

'bout time yall caught up with ASA, morale and performance been suckin' bad, reckon XJT too

SKW/ASA/XJT will be in a s#1t storm when the pilots leave in exodus over the next 5 years. The only ones that will stay will be the older guys and those with Stockholm syndrome.

 

[BUDDHA145]

Sorry to hear that, you are just way over qualified for Skywest. Try Republic, they seem to hire only high time guys with ATP certificate.

Good luck to you.

I agree, you mide get to the Frontier side if you put your app soon!!

Good luck!!

 

[IBNAV8R]

Here's what I'm getting from the original post:

"I'm super-pilot, a little down on my luck so I'm willing to come slumming just to stay current until the industry turns around and I get my rightful job into the left seat at Mega-Major Airlines. I heard SkyWest sucks a less than the other little piss-ant bottom feeders, so here I am."

Any chance they might have "perceived" this? Not trying to be a D*** but you may want to check how you come across.

Good Luck (sincerely)

 

[LXApilot]

Thanks for the good luck wishes. You may read into my post that way IBNAV8R but you and I both know that frustration in trying to read emotions and inflections when typing in text. As I said; no malice- just trying to figure out the logic behind this on the company side. I truly was interested in a position there and (rightfully?) see myself as someone pretty qualified for the position. I don't see how anyone in hiring can have any "perceived" notions from my resume and online application other than - "hey, this guy wants to work here."?

 

[PBRstreetgang]

LXA,
Had a buddy with 6500+ hrs, multiple types, and multiple recommendations, couldn't get called. Only thing I can figger is they only want low time, impressionable, goobers who will insert their own IV for the kook-aid drip. And yes the morale is in the toilet.
PBR

 

[Nevets]

Had a buddy with 6500+ hrs, multiple types, and multiple recommendations, couldn't get called. Only thing I can figger is they only want low time, impressionable, goobers who will insert their own IV for the kook-aid drip. PBR

Exactly what I was going to say. By the way LXApilog, XJT hires high time guys...well I dont know anymore since we are owned by Skywest now...nevermind....but we are already ALPA so it probably doesn't matter to them as much to be impressionable.

 

[mejorgy]

Same thing happened to me in 99. Was informed by the Fresno Chief Pilot Skywest would not consider me because "I had to much time" Oh well.......... all things happen for a reason! The thrill of pulling gear in "a jet" has departed the pattern a long time ago!!!!!!!!!

 

[BoilerUP]

"BizAv stink".

You're not the first out-of-work corporate/charter/fractional pilot that a regional won't consider while scooping up dozens of 500-1500tt pilots with very little or no turbine experience. Its not personal, just a business decision - as others have said they want pilots who have greater odds of sticking around a while, if only because they don't have enough experience to go anywhere else. They probably have hired enough to know that with your experience, the odds of you bolting as soon as you got a better offer are high...and really, you'd be crazy if you didn't.

Consider it just another example of how any "pilot shortage" talk is BS.

 

[CX880]

Honestly what was the point of this thread? Superpilot didn't get hired? Cry us a river

 

[Gr82Aviate]

LXA,
Had a buddy with 6500+ hrs, multiple types, and multiple recommendations, couldn't get called. Only thing I can figger is they only want low time, impressionable, goobers who will insert their own IV for the kook-aid drip. And yes the morale is in the toilet.
PBR

Are you saying the teadrinkers here are finally realizing that TFAYD just isn't cutting it anymore??

 

[acaTerry]

I interviewed at SKW a number of years ago after ACA went TU and I was working as a sim instructor. So off I went to SLC for my interview. HR wanted to know how many times IN MY LIFE that I called in sick. What?!
Then the interview CA...The guy was seething of artificial niceness, and started out by asked me this question "You just broke out on an ILS at minimums, how many stripes do you need to see on the runway to know you have legal visibility?"
I wasn't too happy about playing the game, and my answer was rather flippant. "Well, it's been my experience as a 121 captain that if I see a number on the ground, and its the same as the one on my approach plate, I'm not counting stripes, I'm landing on it. Besides, it's pretty assuming I'd know this as not all ILS approaches end at 200 feet". He didn't like my answer (surprise).
Then the next was "Draw a winglet and the airflow around it". At that point, I knew they were already done with me, so I just said something to the effect of how the winglet worked but that I wasn't a good artist and that to draw it would be rather foolish as AOA, speed and winglet design will slightly alter the flow (again, not really the best way to answer). I just didn't like the way that the guy was carrying himself at me, all 24 years old of him and his "big" 2000-ish hours. So I guess you could say I blew it in a matter of seconds. But really, to treat an experienced guy who was going to start over at a whopping 18 bucks a flight hour, they should show a little more appropriate questioning than the usual "stump the applicant" game that they do to a new guy who is begging for his first job.
I did nail the sim though. Very easy ride. I liked the sim guy but I'm sure that the decision was made long before I got to him.
Needless to say I was not hired, but I didn't really care. It looked like a good place to work, I just didn't want to play the begging game. Things ended up better in the long run for where I am now.
Moral of the story....don't let one interview get you into self-doubt.

 

[CFIT]

For those of you that have applied at SkyWest and didn't get accepted, I wouldn't sweat it too much. If you really want it, try again, I've heard they are going to hire a ton for the foreseeable future and want to run classes of 70 again.

As far as morale being in the toilet, well, that would be saying it in a positive light.

It's really much worse than that, it will be interesting this summer, I for one will not be answering my phone.

 

[cbrown1]

For those of you that have applied at SkyWest and didn't get accepted, I wouldn't sweat it too much. If you really want it, try again, I've heard they are going to hire a ton for the foreseeable future and want to run classes of 70 again.

As far as morale being in the toilet, well, that would be saying it in a positive light.

It's really much worse than that, it will be interesting this summer, I for one will not be answering my phone.

I've heard the same number thrown around. 70 a month for 6 months is 420 people. Either we're getting some flying that we don't know about or they are really really understaffed.

I don't see morale as low as some on here claim it is. They are just understaffed and are desperate to cover flying anyway they can. Ethically or un-ethically, once the staffing is fixed I think things will go back to the way they should be.

and what regional airline out there has any better morale? Maybe Republic...