Originally Posted by On Autopilot

Ok. here is the unabashed truth about GIA. I accepted an offer to interview and this is what I found out.

1. No PFT. You are asked to sign a 2 year training bond to which $1000.00 is deducted from the contract per month. NO MONEY is taken from your paycheck. So if you stay for 12 months, you would owe 12,000.00 You stay 24 mos, you owe nothing.

2. Pay is 19.00 per hr. plus per diem from day 1. You are also given a single occupancy hotel room during training

3. Hiring for the EAS bases. You are able to bid Florida, but it is senior.

4. Lots' of attrition. Guys leaving for the majors, etc.

5. Interview is a get to know you, WWYD snenarios.

6. 50 question test which cover everything from pvt, inst, comm and atp. Easy stuff, but unless you like to keep up with it, you will forget

7. Sim ride straight forward. Lilly the instructor was super nice. I got a completely different impression from cruz. Sim was a takeoff, intercept, track, to hold, say entry, fly an ils, land. brief approach.

8. Overall impression of the company? Good. They are growing also, with plans to double if not triple in size thanks to the new owners.

I'm not going to tell you what to do but to each his/her own!

Also, for those of you interviewing, it will be held at Sheltair. DO NOT GET A TAXI. USE THE SHELTAIR SHUTTLE- IT'S FREE if your flying in to FLL. Just give em a call and they will pick you up.