SKYWEST INTERVIEW PREP QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

SKYWEST INTERVIEW PREP QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 How long a temporary airmen cert is good for? - Answers 120 days. unless it is a fax for a replacement cert then it is 60 days What is CRM? - Answers Crew Resource Management is a management system which makes optimum use of all available resources - equipment, procedures and people - to promote safety and enhance the efficiency of flight operations Why Sky West? - Answers It is a regional based out west, the chatter among my friends who work for Skywest and on the internet is that Skywest is by far the best regional to work for and the company has a history of being very solid and making a profit. I have no doubts that Skywest will still be in buisness many years down the road. Airspeed in Denver class b at 11,000 feet? - Answers 250kts below 10,000 only How high does class G go? - Answers 14,500 when shaded on en route charts How many Data Concentrator Units on the CRJ-200? How many on the 700? - Answers 2 on newer crj 200 and 3 on the older 200's 2 on 700's How many flight attendants an aircraft would need if it has over 300 seats on it? - Answers 7 1 attendant for every 50 seats If the VOR, which is being used for missed approach segment, is inoperative, is the approach still legal? - Answers If there is alternate missed approach available or if it is a VOR or GPS approach. If you are assigned higher alt. than the published MDA to intercept GS, where is FAF? - Answers FAF is at Glide Slope Intercept Altitude, minimum alt to intercept the glide slope on a precision approach or alt min if ATC Authorized. If you shoot the approach by doing Procedure turn where is FAP? - Answers established inbound on the final approach course if there is no depicted FAF What is VDP? - Answers a defined point, on non-precision approaches, where a normal descent from the MDA to runway may be executed Where is the bull-horn suppose to be stored? - Answers the megaphone (bullhorn) will be in the most AFT compartment Green and blue airport and how do you tell if you can't see the color. - Answers Airports CAPITAL LETTERS in Blue and small letters in green. Category A approach speed/proteceted airspace - Answers 0-90 1.3nm from runway end Category B approach speed/proteceted airspace - Answers 91-120 1.5nm from runway end Category C approach speed/proteceted airspace - Answers 121-140 1.7nm from runway end Category D approach speed/proteceted airspace - Answers 141-165 2.3nm from runway end Category E approach speed - Answers +165 Where does the final approach segment begin? - Answers ILS=begins at Glide Slope Intercept at the GSIA (end of Feather) NONPRESSION=at FAF,maltese x or with no FAF established inbound from procedure turn on final approach course where the final approach descent may commence IFR Fuel supply (Domestic) - Answers Fly to the destination-shoot an approach- go to most distant alternate and fly thereafter for 45 minutes at normal cruise Fuel supply, Flag Operations Non Turbine and Turboprop - Answers Fly to the airport, then fly to furthest alternate, and then fly 30 min + 15% of total time to fly to destination & most distant alternate; or 90 minutes at cruise speed or whatever is less If no alt airport then 3hours at normal cruise Fuel supply, Flag & supplemental jet outside US - Answers Fly to destination, then add 10%, then fly to most distant alternate, and then fly 30 minutes at holding speed at 1,500 ft above alternate. Fuel supply, Flag & Supplemental when no alternate is specified (Jet) - Answers fly to destination and then fly 2 hours at normal cruise. or 3 hours if a turboprop What reporting service must be required to shoot an approach? - Answers must have weather reporting from approved source including ceiling, visibility, and altimeter. what are the lowest authorized Cat 1 landing minimums? - Answers 1800rvr what may be substituted for tower visibility? - Answers mid RVR how many sm is RVR1600 - Answers 1/4 how many sm is RVR2400 - Answers 1/2 how many sm is RVR3200 - Answers 5/8 how many sm is RVR4000 - Answers 3/4 how many sm is RVR4500 - Answers 7/8 how many sm is RVR5000 - Answers 1 how many sm is RVR6000 - Answers 1 1/4 at least one of the following references should be visible to continue below DH or MDA? - Answers A. Approach lights (TDZE +100') 1. ALS and Red Terminating or side bars 2. Threshold 3. Threshold lights 4. Threshold markings 5. Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL) 6. VASI 7. Touchdown zone or markings 8. TDZL 9. Runway or its markings 10. Runway lights Lapse Rate - Answers DRY: 3C/1000ft and Wet (0r ISA) 2C/1000ft What is a TRU - Answers Transformer Rectifier Unit - The main source of DC power in an AC aircraft. A combination of a static transformer and a rectifier for converting an AC (alternating current) input of one voltage into DC (direct current) output of another voltage What is an Inverter - Answers A device used to convert direct current into alternating current. axial vs. centrifugal flow - Answers There are two types of compressors in use in modern jet engines. Axial flow compressors move the air into ever smaller spaces using a series of axial compressor fans. Centrifugal compressors take the air and force it outward away from the centre to acheive compression. Therefore the overal flow for axial flow engines is in a straight line, whereas the airflow through centrifugal engines changes directions through each stage.