Aviation exam forum7/27/2023 ![]() ![]() The instructor was happy to give me another one. I admitted I was struggling and not confident during LOFT and requested another session. We were told at times that we were over thinking something and to not dig so deep, but never were we told ‘sorry, get out.’ Also, there were countless observations of other people’s sim sessions. If my study group wasn’t clear on something we asked other groups and then would ask for clarification from one of the instructors. I came from flight instructing in a Cessna and am a very introverted person, but I knew that I would need study partners and friends throughout the program - so I sucked it up and studied my butt off with my group and then went back to my own room and studied more. However, they give you the opportunity to resign and not be terminated. After indoc, we were informed of the three strikes and you’re out policy. From the get-go we were told to “study together, or fail alone.” We took that advice and followed it. I went through mid-October, we had three resignations - no terminations. Instead, they seem to pride themselves on the number of pilots who don’t make it through the program. SKW prides itself on having a very positive, caring culture for its employees, but their actions do not foster this kind of environment. These are things I wish I would’ve known. Anyone going into SKW should be aware of these policies and take a long, hard look at which airline they’re choosing. I feel very strongly after going through the SKW groundschool that the training department is run on fear. You’re allotted exactly 10 hours of extra instruction, and to exceed this will result in a termination (again, on the PRIA report). Struggling during FTD / Sim means that they will intentionally limit the amount of help they will offer. SKW considers “failure” to be anything below 80% (even on internal tests and exams), and accumulating 3 failures throughout the training program (even on small company tests) results in a termination on the pilot’s PRIA report. ![]() (in my case, my sim partner resigned, and I was not given a replacement to work with) “Three strikes - you’re out” policy, even if you are struggling and have asked for help. To all potential people looking to sign on with SKW, there are some stringent rules that the company adheres to, and will absolutely not deviate from: The company loves to pledge assistance, but the “help” they offered us was the advice “You either get it, or you get out.” It was very clear that the company didn’t care to put forth any effort to assist those who were having difficulties, and left much to be handled by whichever students were willing to head-up study groups (in our class’ case, there were none). We had 7 hirees (thus far) resign and/or fail the November class. Looking to find out if anyone out there has had issues with the training procedures at SkyWest. ![]()
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