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#311
New Hire
Joined APC: Oct 2013
Posts: 5
Interviews were being held in Daytona Beach, FL instead of their New Hampshire base.
I started with technical questions instead of HR first. The questions were very easy ie. point out the FAF, IAF on an approach. How would you contact ATC to leave this uncontrolled airport in IMC?(There was an FSS frequency that you would use). Where is the missed approach point if you were flying this ILS/LOC? What considerations would you take into account departing this runway?(obstacle departures instructions). You are flying IFR at 4000 feet through Atlanta's class B airspace, what is you max speed limit? What is the max distance from the runway if you were to circle to land?
Next was HR. They were very nice and told me about the company and benefits. Asked a few simple questions about customer service. They are looking for people with good customer relations skills because your flying high end clients. Then they asked me if I had any questions.
Last was the Sim ride. We used a Seminole simulator. They just said treat it like a single and gave me a few power settings that would work on the approach to landings. I had 5 minutes to play with it to get used to its very, very sensitive pitch. They scramble all the NAV freq's so I have to set everything up before take off. After a little practice doing steep turns n stuff they put be on a base leg to Portsmouth, I think ILS 34. I don't remember. Anyhow, they vectored me to the localizer then cleared me for the approach. I went missed at DA and as I was flying to the hold over the NDB they asked what kind of entry. After I told them they froze the sim and said good job.
I hope this helps. Everyone there was very pleasant and the kind of people I would like to work with. It was an enjoyable experience.
I got a call 2 weeks later and was offered a job.
I started with technical questions instead of HR first. The questions were very easy ie. point out the FAF, IAF on an approach. How would you contact ATC to leave this uncontrolled airport in IMC?(There was an FSS frequency that you would use). Where is the missed approach point if you were flying this ILS/LOC? What considerations would you take into account departing this runway?(obstacle departures instructions). You are flying IFR at 4000 feet through Atlanta's class B airspace, what is you max speed limit? What is the max distance from the runway if you were to circle to land?
Next was HR. They were very nice and told me about the company and benefits. Asked a few simple questions about customer service. They are looking for people with good customer relations skills because your flying high end clients. Then they asked me if I had any questions.
Last was the Sim ride. We used a Seminole simulator. They just said treat it like a single and gave me a few power settings that would work on the approach to landings. I had 5 minutes to play with it to get used to its very, very sensitive pitch. They scramble all the NAV freq's so I have to set everything up before take off. After a little practice doing steep turns n stuff they put be on a base leg to Portsmouth, I think ILS 34. I don't remember. Anyhow, they vectored me to the localizer then cleared me for the approach. I went missed at DA and as I was flying to the hold over the NDB they asked what kind of entry. After I told them they froze the sim and said good job.
I hope this helps. Everyone there was very pleasant and the kind of people I would like to work with. It was an enjoyable experience.
I got a call 2 weeks later and was offered a job.
#314
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2013
Position: FO
Posts: 627
Upgrades on merit. 3-24 months depending on how well you are doing. Many captain-captain flights because of this.
Captain payscale starts at 45K and tops at 80k after 15 years. Add'l vacation after multiple years of service. Add'l pay for add'l duties (I.e. Instructor, check airman, training, etc). Many other nice bennies.
Btw, this is all available on the apc carrier profile.
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Captain payscale starts at 45K and tops at 80k after 15 years. Add'l vacation after multiple years of service. Add'l pay for add'l duties (I.e. Instructor, check airman, training, etc). Many other nice bennies.
Btw, this is all available on the apc carrier profile.
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#318
Received a call with an offer to interview. Declined it. They waited a little long to get back to me and I'm already entertaining a couple other offers. Plus after talking to a few current/former pilots it doesn't sound like the place to go if you don't already have an appreciable amount of multiengine time. I've talked to a couple who are still having a hard time finding work with a bunch of single-engine turbine time and only a couple hundred hours of piston Multiengine. Pay and schedule are attractive though. Best of luck to all!
#320
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2012
Posts: 230
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Not to scare you off, but from what I understand, they have a TON of applications they have to sift though. They also have a lot of relatively high time resumes mixed in. I originally submitted my resume in early June, and renewed my resume in July. I finally got a call from HR in mid August followed by the long application. I interview on Tuesday. It takes some time.
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