Originally Posted by
teddy3412
As far as interview prep I'd read anything you can on aviation interviews and do everything you mentioned doing as well as getting your hands on the turbine pilot flying manual or whatever it's called. That should prepare you to take pretty much any interview in the regional world currently. I had an interview at Endeavor recently and I just studied the questions on aviation interviews and read some of the oral exam guide for instrument and I was offered the job.
Thanks. I've been reading through gouges and have a good list going on what to focus on now. I don't have the turbine pilot flying manual though. I'll probably over study, but I'd prefer that to not enough.
Originally Posted by
airflight999
Have a Mesa recruiter call you, pick up the phone, respond in half English, and show up to class. They will carry your hand through everything. Seriously, we hire people who have been out of aviation for over 10 years and get them through training. You'll hate yourself while eating ramen noodles for the 6th time in a trip in a lousy Microtel in Cincinnati that's smaller than a prison cell, while avoiding your fellow crews who have contacted Legionnaires disease.
But hey, living the dream!
Appreciate the heads up, but I'm pretty familiar with the lifestyle of a new regional pilot lol. Still have several friends that stuck with it and are much better off now than their meager beginnings. I'm lucky enough to have a wife who makes enough to support me not making any income at all...I won't be eating any ramen.
Any other advice?