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Though the information in the answer above is good, the chance of you being able to take any of that stuff on United Express is very very slim. The answer didn't mention that Skywest flies Embraer 135/140, and smaller CRJ's. That means that there is NO overhead space for anything bigger than a small backpack or laptop bag. All over carry on bags will be manually gate checked by the gate crew when you board the plane.

I've flown on dozens of these planes in the past, and all of the operators have done the same thing to me when it comes to checking my bag!

Hello, I know for sure I want to be an airline pilot when I grow up. Preferably for Southwest or Delta. The problem is, is I know the First Officer first year pay, and your training the civilian way will put you in a lot of debt. So, what I want to do is join the Air National Guard (I prefer this) or the Air Force. My question is that if I join the ANG in Utah (and I want to be a tanker pilot), will I have enough hours after training and the weekend I do a month, will it add up for hours to get to an airline? (at least a small regional like skywest delta connection or something) serious answers please. THANK you to everyone!!

Unless you really want to join the military, you waste a lot of time doing so. You would be better off to go to a flight school to get your multi engine rating on a student loan. Then hire on with a regional, building your hours through them. Then move on to the majors. If and when you make it to the majors, you will no problem paying off your student loans.

Can you tell me what you had to memorize to "make" it thru flight school. I just got hired by SkyWest and I had to remember 4 preboarding announcements and score 100%, and about 30 airline ancronyms, and 100 some general plane, airline ancronyms, time zone questions, and military time test. All this before I even entered the 1st class and I freaked as I wondered what all else I would have to memorize in the nest 42 days….

I work for a major airline and we had to memorize ALL city codes in which we flew, about 200+ of them. That was about it prior to training, everything else we learned there, but it ranged from company policies and procedures to FAA regulationss. We also learned inflight service, how to serve meals, different types of service from juice flights to serving wine and everything else in between. The biggest part of training you will ever learn (and you'll be tested on this yearly after initial training) is SAFETY!!
Thats the whole reason you will be on board that aircraft.

Training is most definetly a stressful time for you as a new hire. The companys are hard on you but that is because they are testing you to see if you have what it takes. The job itself is fairly easy HOWEVER it is very demanding and exhausting. Trust me, everything you will go through in training will help you in the long run. This career takes someone whose determined to stick with it through all the good and the bad. Believe me you will have days that you question this line of work, then you will have days where you will feel like you've hardly worked at all—espically on a nice long, fun-EXCITING layover.

Training will be an exciting time for you. You may have to study like never before, but I can honestly tell you, some of the best memories I actually have from my airline career thus far are from training. Good Luck!!!

I have been charged with a DUI which was amended to a careless driving offence and a DWAI which was amended to a wreckless driving offence. I have also had two Minor in Possession tickets that were dismissed due to my completion of Community Service and Alcohol classes. Let's just say I have learned to not drink and do anything. I am 23 now and my offences were during college. Anyway, I just got hired to go to training for Skywest airlines. They will be performing an FBI fingerprinting and background check to check for criminal misdemenors and felonies at training. I dont think I was actually convicted of a DUI and DWAI since they were amended…I've seen a check recently and all my charges were on there but the two MIP said dismissed and DUI/DWIA said amended and traffic violation….Was I convicted of a criminal misdemeanor? And will this stop me from getting hired? (Ive never been fingerprinted or booked into jail if that helps)

If that were a problem, I don't think you would have gotten this far.

I just got hired on with Skywest airlines for United and Delta. Do I need to know all the airport codes? or will they tell me at training which one's i should know? and should I study them before I head to training just to be prepared? Thanx

At least the ones that your airline flies to from that airport. Trust your training.

I applied online for a position at skywest airlines and i went to check my application status on their webbsite in my profile and they put right next to it that, "referred to www.skywest.com" what does that mean?

it means that your application was forwarded - so you know they have received it.

The HR office,

Seriously, it depends on the job you were hired for. Flight Crews would go to a training center but if you are hired to work at a position in the airport, you might just be trained there.

Congrats on getting the job, now just go where they tell you to.

I applied for a ramp agent job with skywest airlines and the deadline was on the 10th of April. After the deadline I went to my application status and it said "application received" and now it says "referred to www.skywest.com" what does that mean? Does it mean that my application passed or rejected?

I answered this in your identical question yesterday. When you apply to Skywest, all applications are filtered through a contracting company that reviews the information to determine if you mee tthe minimum requirements and are eligible for a job. These pre-screened applications are then forwarded to the airline for their consideration. It could take months before you receive a reply because they get an average of 3,000 of applications per month.

They are a regional airline, and are in partnership with several major airlines (United, Delta, etc). They fly short hop flights

They fly regional airliners such as CRJs and Beechcraft aircraft

In general, Skywest is a good airline

Greetings, I have a quick question regarding time spent away from your home base in the airline industry. I have long dreamt of becoming an airline pilot, I have worked for SkyWest on the ground before and just love the industry in general. With the latest turmoil that every airline seems to be messed up in, I have chosen another career path for the past few years (hopefully temporary). My current job I make at least 38k a year so of course I am not eager to take the jump to an airline unless I feel confident that someday that leap will pay off. I know the first few years will be rough and I can accept that. My questions that would help clear my decision are, say I do get on with a regional (I do prefer SkyWest as I have had previous expierence working for them), if I were to live wherever I am based could I realisticly be home more, or would I still enjoy the fully hotel pillows a lot? I do realize that some stays away from home are part of the job?

You will have limited choice as to your first couple assignments and they're normally at one of the hubs. I don't know about SkyWest but I flew Mesa Airlines regularly from Clovis to Albuquerque, NM and the aircrews I spoke with were required to be able to report to work within 45 minutes of notification if on-call. They were pretty much home at night and only away from home on rare occaisions (weather or aircraft maintenance problems). The larger airlines however have longer routes and therefor due to crew-rest requirements you wouldn't be able to make it home quite every day. Especially on overseas routes. Check out this video: http://acpilot.blogspot.com/2007/09/vertigo-is-back.html