Skywest or Pinnacle.....faster upgrade?

[RiddleMan80]

What are the minimums at either one? Which would allow a quicker advancement to the left seat for turbine PIC? Does sim time help? Thanks in advance.

 

[Splert]

Does sim time help?

No...

 

[Bluto]

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[Bluto]

Which would allow a quicker advancement to the left seat for turbine PIC?

Um, that question is the entire point of this thread...
As for your first question:
SkyWest minimums:
"Although our published minimums are 1000 hours total time, 100 hours multi engine and 100 hours instrument, competitive hours for this position are 2500 hours of total time with turbine experience preferred."

Pinnacle minimums:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
High School Diploma. First Class Medical Certificate. Airline Transport Pilot certificate and type rating in company aircraft or commercial pilot certificate with multi-engine and instrument ratings. Excellent interpersonal and cognitive skills.

 

[Socalplt]

What are the minimums at either one? Which would allow a quicker advancement to the left seat for turbine PIC? Does sim time help? Thanks in advance.

The minimums for upgrade at SkyWest are 2500tt with 1000 ME turbine in a crew environment. Sim time doesn't count for anything. I believe Pinnancle has a 3000 or 3500tt minimum, and therefore the occassional need for street CPs.

SkyWest seems to be recruiting mostly for the RJ at this time. You'll have a 1 year seatlock before you could bid EMB CP. If you've never flown the EMB the upgrade will probably be a big challenge, as the upgrade program here is geared towards people who have flown it.

 

[Bako Cap]

theskyking,

It's easy at worst. I stressed myself out too much during trainning for no reason, well except for that whole "up or out" policy.

Comming from the crj to the bro, the only things you'll have to learn again is that those little peddals up front NEED to be used and what the heck is those other levers on the control column.

Congrats and Good Luck

 

[theskyking]

Bako

What pedals are you talking about?

Thanks for the encouragement. With some hard work and a good attitude and a little luck I figure I might squeek through.

Sam

 

[Dave Benjamin]

Any tips from you Bro drivers would be appreciated.

Sam

Get used to twisting the black knob on the left rear portion of the center pedestal. A lot.

 

[Lear70]

Does sim time help? Thanks in advance.

Actually... sim time DOES help at Pinchnickle. Pilots are allowed to apply all their Level D Sim time towards the minimums (no Frasca or Level C sim time allowed, even if it's full-motion). This comes directly from our Chief Pilot who sets the minimums... Not typically used in this industry, but it is here.

Also, one of the other guys mentioned that at other airlines, Captains outnumber F/O's... not true here at PCL. The F/O's typically outnumber the Captains so if something screwy happens, we have enough F/O's to pull a dozen and run through upgrade in 30 days or less. Crisis management at its finest!