deadreckoning

If flown by mainline aircraft. Why are you regional pukes so giddy to scoop up flying? Wouldn't you rather see it being done by mainline pilots in mainline aircraft?
No wonder the regional industry is so f$!@ed you regional turds are so eager to grab every bit of flying you can which just drags this industry even further down the stink hole.

PerpetualFlyer

There would be no flying to scoop up if you short sighted nimrods didn't vote to give it away in the first place.

Flyn2low

If mainline would keep their scope and quit selling their souls then we could be giddy mainline pukes slinging gear for you.

rcfd13

Mainline relaxed scope so it is what it is. Regional pilots want to scoop up flying because that leads to faster upgrades and faster mainline jobs. If you hate regionals doing the flying then tighten scope and hire us. You can't both relax scope then blame RJ pilots for taking the flying.

buddies8

They can if you keep agreeing to fly for less. Take responsibility for what you do.

saturn

Who are you talking too? No concessions have been taken here buddy. Tell ya what, we won't take cuts for career progression, now you don't relax scope for raises.

kfahmi

Makes sense

Yup, I've been very impressed with the training so far. Today we got our first look at the Matrix at FSI, which was a huge help. They're giving all of us unlimited Matrix access throughout Systems. I sat there for 2 hours running the safety check, originating flow, and pre-taxi flows. Just sitting there with various synoptic pages up, closing bus ties and starting and shutting down APUs and swapping bleeds...was tremendously valuable in terms of clarifying how the systems actually work. I've been having trouble figuring out the exact automated sequence that the 10th-stage L/R/ISOL valves and APU LCV go through during engine start, but watching it happen on the Matrix made it all clear.

I did accidentally try to transfer the bleeds to the APU without first having started the APU (during my post-landing check) but fortunately caught myself before I killed the left 10th-stage bleed.

I also had fun..."oh, THIS is why you should never close the DC ESS TIE when you've already closed DC TIE 1 and DC TIE 2...and THIS is what really happens if you're dumb enough to turn off IDG1, IDG2, and the APU GEN." It was supremely helpful, and it's to Skywest's credit that they worked a deal with FSI to get us all extra time in the Matrix(es.)

kfahmi

Listen very carefully. If you come here, or to any 121 class, without a solid knowledge of turbine systems, you will drown. They're not gonna sit down and explain to you what a turbine engine is, what a stator vane is, what a 10th-stage bleed is, et cetera. You're expected to know it cold. I don't mean that you're expected to know the airplane (that's why they have Systems, which we are currently enduring), but you'd better have a very strong foundation of instrument flying skills and generalized turbine systems knowledge. If you come here and ask "What's a pack?", nobody's gonna be able to help you.

Sure, Mesa might hire you with a phone call. But getting hired is merely step 1 on a very long journey. All that the job offer means is that you've now earned the right to bust (or pass) your:

Indoc exam
Systems exam
Maneuvers validation
Procedures validation
Knowledge validation
LOE
IOE

With the exception of indoc and IOE, all of those are PRIA-reportable events. Bust one of those, and you'll have even more checkride failures following you around.

In other words: if you're insulted by the types of questions you get asked in a 121 interview...perhaps you're not ready for a 121 interview.

Jet87

Yeah Clarence will never get hired at SkyWest. The interview guys will see right through him.

JustAMushroom

Nobody is giddy here. Especially this guy. The lost decade hasn't just effected you. There is an entire legion of pilots that have been taking it in the rear because of an earlier group of pilots who just wanted theirs. Don't come preaching on here about your delicate sensibilities.

In my opinion flying to St Croix is preferable to flying into Ketchikan.