Natca

Thats what the rock will do to you.

Terantious

Not a snowballs chance in hell huh? What union guys are you talking about because my friends at Eagle were double occupancy and last time i checked they were union.

On a side note, nothing strange about getting a room to yourself just be sure you get into the study groups. The only person to wash out of our new hire class back in the day had their own room during GS and they never came to the study groups.

Surprise

When I was hired (many years ago) I sucked it up and did the double occupancy thing, but shortly after training ended I got a bill for half because someone made a clerical error and had me down as a single occupant. As I recall they wanted to charge me around $800 for the nearly two months or whatever it was. It was resolved, but I think that's a reasonable price expectation.

Also, consider that once you're done with ground school and move on to the sim, chances are your roommate is going to have a different sim schedule than you and you won't see each other near as much. I remember going a few days at a time without seeing him, but the downside is it was kind of annoying when you're coming in a 2am and he's going out at 4am and you're both inadvertently waking each other up.

I'd probably just pony up for my own room now, but it's a different world when you're on first year pay and walking down to the Taco Bell sounds like a luxury.

JustAMushroom

You know you're gonna have a room for yourself when you transition/upgrade and all other work related overnights from the end of initial. Right?

wrxpilot

Nah. A few of us have done initial training thing before, and can do just fine with or without spending time with the roomie 24/7.

I was going back and forth about having a roommate for training at SkyWest, and in the end my cheapness won out and I shared a room. Fortunately my roommate was a cool and considerate guy, so it worked out. But I study MUCH better by myself, and tended towards that most of the time even with my roommate.

There were a couple of people in my class that did not have roommates, and they did just fine.

Terrain Inop

I'm here to tell you guys: study alone, fail alone. I've also got more time inverted that most of you do right-side up.

wrxpilot

Of course. But that has absolutely nothing to do with having a roommate. Nice to see you here Verdean!

CriticalMach

You must be a united guy. It appears online forums is your last resort to vent out frustrations. I am not against double occupancy. I also know single occupancy does not dictate your out come in training. I was only attacking the "one man warrior" attitude. If any of you guys get a room to yourself, more power to ya. I had a roommate and fortunately he was bearable where as I have seen others that have cleanliness issues.

Low Flyin

I dreaded having a roommate before I went down to training...however, you'll realize a good majority of the guys that SkyWest hires are pretty cool (they weigh a lot on your personality during the interview process). My roommate ended up being a good friend of mine, although he was a partier we made it work and both got through.

Wash out

I too had a party driven roommate at the wood. Made things more difficult, but you find a way to make it work. Go down the hall and you will find several open doors with active study sessions that will wecome you in.