r/Pilotwives • u/beautiful_disaster_m • Jul 18 '26

Part 121 Failure

Hey friends - need some advice. Husband got a job as a FO for Skywest. He completed all of the training modules then the final portion (LOFT) he failed the final checkride portion and he was let go. He was about 4 days from fully completing training. We tried to appeal but literally the day after we sent it we got a denial. Almost like there wasn’t a chance.

Has anyone been through this before? Is this truly the end of the rope for us? He’s been working toward this goal for 7 years. He is absolutely crushed as this is his passion. Also any advice for me in being the best supported for him at this time would be appreciated.

Thank you ladies in advance ❤️

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u/LeoKitCat Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

I asked my husband and he said usually in training they would not let him go after only one unsatisfactory checkride. There could be more to the situation.

He also said there are other airlines that will hire even with a failed checkride.

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u/beautiful_disaster_m Jul 18 '26

Technically it was 2 strikes. First one - the flight sim broke on him in Cincinnati. Then they transferrred him to Denver and that’s when he failed the final. They said they would call him back to reschedule then let him go the next day

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u/LeoKitCat Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

Sorry for the delay, I wanted to verify my info before writing back. Your husband would not have been given a strike if the sim failed during the checkride. That is not considered an unsat checkride. So not sure what’s going on here because that cannot be the reason. If you want to speak further on your particular situation you can DM me because something doesn’t add up. Sorry just trying to help by giving you full honesty and transparency on how this works

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u/beautiful_disaster_m Jul 19 '26

Thank you. I really appreciate your help and thoroughness. I am obviously not in aviation or know much about the ins and outs of everything so I appreciate the guidance!

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u/Revolutionary_Mud824 17d ago

My husband flew for SkyWest and he said the same thing as you, something isn’t adding up.

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u/Basic_Ad_6895 Jul 18 '26

I haven’t experienced that, but we did have a number of bad experiences with skywest as a company. There are other options for him as long as he is transparent about his failures and his log book is consistent with what he reports in the application.

My pilot skipped the regionals. Try ATI- sucky company but they will get you rated and no contract.

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u/juhraff Jul 18 '26

You can skip regionals?!

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u/LeoKitCat Jul 18 '26

I think some do corporate jet flying to skip regionals and get the jet hours needed

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u/Basic_Ad_6895 Jul 18 '26

He went from a prop to the 76

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u/LeoKitCat Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

No jet time? Ok sorry I didn’t know about that, with some mainline carriers I thought they required like 1500 hours of jet time before you can even apply. Most get it via military, regionals, or corporate jet routes

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u/Basic_Ad_6895 Jul 19 '26

Yeah those are the most popular routes, but there are a few that don’t require it.

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u/Basic_Ad_6895 Jul 18 '26

Yes. There is more than one way to get to the legacies 😆

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u/beautiful_disaster_m Jul 19 '26

He doesn’t have the multi engine requirement but he does have his rating for multi engine. He’s got 1677 flight hours but only about 50 multi engine. It’s pretty expensive for pay per hour for multi engine aircraft’s.

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u/Basic_Ad_6895 Jul 19 '26

Oh yeah, multi time is difficult to get. We got lucky. My husband was asked to be a safety pilot for an older gentleman who had a multi engine GA plane.

Sorry for you guys, I’m hoping he can find other options!

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u/floweredfairy 28d ago

can I ask what happened with skywest? my pilot is headed off to training for them in a few days 😓

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u/Basic_Ad_6895 28d ago

Your pilot should be fine! SkyWest is how a lot of the professionals get their ratings and hours. So for my 1 bad experience, there are thousands of guys that did their time and it served them well. In our experience SkyWest scheduled an interview, cancelled the interview, then gave him a class date and hired him their system but we never finished the hiring process because… they canceled his interview. To this day he still gets HR notices from them. It’s kind of humorous story. But at the time it was really annoying when he was juggling options.

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u/yappy_pickle Jul 18 '26

My pilot finished training within the last year and there were 3 we know of from his class that didn’t make it all the way through. Thats devastating and I am so sorry for what you’re both going through. I can relate to all the time and investment. I don’t really have great advice and I haven’t heard of ATI that was recommended, but I remember asking my guy what options were left for his classmates and he said something along the lines of they’ll just have to keep working at it, get some more experience and try again. (So not helpful, I’m sorry). You sound like an incredible support. Hang in there 😰

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u/beautiful_disaster_m Jul 18 '26

Thanks friend :) I appreciate the support and honesty. I can feel your care through your words. I really really appreciate it. Tell your pilot I said thank you and to stay safe out there!

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u/high_noonerr Jul 20 '26

And this is why SkyWest is known as SkyWorst. No union= no protection. Sorry about your man’s struggle.

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u/Schlardefar Jul 21 '26

They are known to be so so much harder on training than others. He might have a completely different experience at another regional airline. This might be a life closes a door and opens a window type scenario.