The interview process was interesting to say the least. I submitted a resume as I am captain qualified with time in the ERJ. Floris Johnson from HR contacted me the next day and requested to set up a Skype interview later in that afternoon. I told her I was flying and wouldn't be available until the middle of next week and asked if I could do it then. I never heard from her until one day the middle of that next week asking if I could do the interview the next day. I said absolutely and scheduled a time. I was ready to go at the agreed upon time but nothing happened, so after 30 minutes I emailed and called Floris. The interview was suppose to be with Matt Macri, VP of Operations. She did call me back after about an hour and told me Matt was busy and wanted to reschedule the interview later that afternoon to which I agreed. About an hour prior to the re-scheduled time I received a VM from Matt asking me to call him right away. I did call and had about a 15-20 minute phone conversation with him, a get-to-know you type of call. He told me to standby as he wanted to proceed with the Skype interview but he didn't have time that day. I never did the Skype interview or anything else and about 3 days later received a job offer for a captain's position. I ended up declining the position mostly because I could never get anyone to respond back to me as I had a fair amount of questions to ask, especially since I never really was interviewed.

I think with the home basing and what they are trying to do along with the information the VP of Ops told me, VIA could be a great opportunity for the right person. The problem they will have are the quick upgrades and flow programs that most regionals have right now, some of those are tough to beat!