A quick update. I went home on Friday to find a message on
my voicemail from SkyWest Airlines.
They want me to interview in about two weeks!
I’m not entirely sure what
to do with this new development. Those
who have been reading my career journal from the start know that SkyWest has
always been my first choice of regional airlines, but the timing never worked
out for me to interview with them. I’ve
been dying to interview with them for two years. SkyWest is a United Express and Delta Connection carrier with
domiciles all over the western United States, including Denver, Salt Lake, and
my old hometown, Portland. Pay and
working conditions are industry leading.
If they had called two months ago it would have been a dream come true.
But I now have the best
aircraft and the best domicile at a great airline who is putting me in class in
one month, and I don’t think I’m in a position to give that up. I’m guessing if I get hired by SkyWest it
will be at least three or four months before I go to class, and as I stated in
my last post, I’m not into waiting. And
I would most likely be in a turboprop rather than a jet.
Still, the prospect of being
able to stay in the West without commuting is something I never thought I’d be
able to do. Because of that, I’m going
to do this interview and prepare just like I did for my other interviews. I want to have the option in case things go
in the dumper at ACA (no reason to believe they will, but I’ve been in this
industry long enough to never take anything for granted – it can bite you in
the ass at a moment’s notice).
I’m getting to be an airline
interview expert. This will be number
six and I have an 80% success rate so far.
(Yet I am still flight instructing.
More irony.) Perhaps I should
offer interview-preparation services and charge big bucks!
More later – seems to be
feast or famine in this industry.