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CRJ2008

CRJ2008

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Hi all,

I am hired by skywest and now I am just waiting to hear what airplane they will give me. I am pretty sure I will be getting the Brazilia 120 since I dont have any turbine experience. is there a course that I might purchase on line, or is there anything that I can do to prepare myself for the class.

thank you
 
Just curious how long it took you to hear back from them after you did the online resume. And did you have someone walk anything in or have any contacts that helped get the interview or did you just do the online resume? Any info would be great, thanks.
 
CRJ2008,

Dude, don't sweat it. I don't know of any courses that you can purchase to prep you for the Brasilia. I'm not sure if I'd spend any money on something like that anyway.

Just make sure SKYW sends you the airplane limitations and emergency memory items prior to your class date. Know the limitations cold and be able to write down and/or verbalize the memory items verbatim.

Once you know which airplane you've been hired into, buy a cockpit poster from Flight Safety. They generally run for around $10. Familiarize yourself with where all the switches and dials are.

If you have any friends who currently fly for SKYW, get a hold of them and ask for advice.

Once in class, start learning your flows right away. The flows are in the SOP.

If you have any questions, just PM me.

Good luck,

Baze
 
I never heard from them after a month and some days, I attended the open house this last june 20 at denver and got a follow up interview.
 
As a new Brasilia FO, what are the mostly likely bases for newhires? Would you be flying out of SoCal or out of Salt Lake?
 
a lot of people are getting PSP right out of training too....

when they figure out what airplane you're going to fly, they'll send you a package of stuff you need to study before class starts. It's all the limitations and memory items for the plane you'll be flying. Study that till you're sick of it, then study it some more so you can concentrate on flows and everything else in groundschool. Other than that, I'd say relax until groundschool and pay attention there. They hired you because they know you'll make it through training.
 
indianboy7 said:
a lot of people are getting PSP right out of training too....

when they figure out what airplane you're going to fly, they'll send you a package of stuff you need to study before class starts. It's all the limitations and memory items for the plane you'll be flying. Study that till you're sick of it, then study it some more so you can concentrate on flows and everything else in groundschool. Other than that, I'd say relax until groundschool and pay attention there. They hired you because they know you'll make it through training.
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PSP is awesome. A little pricey, but it's a nice place to be in my book.
 
PSP is where sinners go to get acclamated to hell before they die (cant claim the credit for this quote, but its still good!)
 
forget the posters all together.....use the little cardboard mockups in the training building......a bit more realistic and free...
 
I figured a cockpit poster or downloading cockpit photos from airliners.net, as threegreen suggested, would help CRJ2008 get familiar with switches and panels _before_ reporting to ground school. Once there, the cardboard mock-ups at the hangar and/or the Candlewood should suffice.

I still found it helpful to have a poster in my hotel room. I could practice my flows when someone else was hoggin' the Candlewood mock-up. :)
 
After Fresno, the arm pit of Ca, what else is junior for the Brasilla? DO the Skywest Brasilla's have a FMS or glass? (Attitude or HSI?) I can't find any good pics on airliners.net
 
Jay79 said:
After Fresno, the arm pit of Ca, what else is junior for the Brasilla? DO the Skywest Brasilla's have a FMS or glass? (Attitude or HSI?) I can't find any good pics on airliners.net
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pretty much anywhere in california is where you'll end up....a lot of people have been going to PSP and FAT though. all the brasilias have an FMS (not a fancy one, but an FMS nonetheless)......about half of them have standard attitude indicators and ehsi's, and the other half have EFIS displays for both the attitude and navigation.....

this picture shows how the EFIS planes are configured...the FMS is a different one than in the picture, and the MFD in the center of the panel is a different one....

brasilia
 
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We have an FMS and some have EFIS (Screens for att and hsi) some are FIS (screen only for hsi). The engine gauges are digital. There are quite a bit of limitations and flows. Having a basic understanding of the flows, and panel structure helps out when you get to class.
 
Just don't take a picture of yourself in the right seat when you get online and post it as your avatar...don't be that guy.:laugh:

Mookie
 
I appreciate all of your help guys. I am very happy to be hired and I hope I get fresno. Fresno is closer to san francisco.

thanks
 
CRJ2008 said:
Hi all,

I am hired by skywest and now I am just waiting to hear what airplane they will give me. I am pretty sure I will be getting the Brazilia 120 since I dont have any turbine experience. is there a course that I might purchase on line, or is there anything that I can do to prepare myself for the class.

thank you
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Relax bro'sif...you'll do fine. Our memory items are minimal...I think there are 5 or is it 4...I can't remember...see...it's that easy! Yeah, know the limitations or just a few before you come to class. You'll get tested the first day, then the next, then later, then a little later, until you get 100%. Ground school is super straight forward...just open wide and enhale! Have fun and good luck! PM me and I'll hook ya up....then...you can swing gear for me any time!!!!!!
 
dbchandler1 said:
anyone got a link for a good price on those flightsafety posters?
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no, but if you're in LA or ATL, you can just go to the center and pick one up....10 bucks or something like that...
 
Don't bother getting a poster, newhires will be given a "paper tiger" poster with all the switches, et al, as well as a cd-rom with all the flows in a powerpoint presentation on the first day of ground school. All you really need to do is as previously suggested: learn the limitations in the packet because you will be tested, and waste no time in learning the flows when you get to ground school. Looking at pictures of the cockpit didn't help too much until I understood what I was doing with each switch during the flows.

As for PDX and SLC, there has been a lot of movement, the current newhire class will probably see some PDX assignments right out of training. SLC will take a few months, depending on continued upgrades/transitions.
 
CRJ2008 said:
Hi all,

I am hired by skywest and now I am just waiting to hear what airplane they will give me. I am pretty sure I will be getting the Brazilia 120 since I dont have any turbine experience. is there a course that I might purchase on line, or is there anything that I can do to prepare myself for the class.

thank you
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Yeah,
Go online and google search for a map listing all the discount food outlets. Then decide which top ramen you like, and what you want to sleep in when you go to class, sheets or sleeping bag. Check tour SSN last 4#, if you are in the 0001 range you will sleep in the bed, if you are in the 9900 range you are gonna sleep on the floor, hopefully in the sleeping bag and thermarest you borrowed from your friends. If not wrapped in a blanket on the floor.
Oh yes make sure your credit rating is up to snuff, cause you are gonna have to throw $400-600 to buy your Jepps and uniforms, the good news is that, the company is gonna impliment an EFB program in the CRJ, so those Jepps will be high priced toilet paper soon enough. I wouldnt give you a cup of warm spit for a newhire position in this industry!
Good luck you are gonna need it!
PBR
 

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