Originally Posted by
iFlyStick
Sorry, my bad, I didn’t specify I was looking for non-cynical responses!
I know the recruiter’s sole job is to get pilots in the door and not to talk about the negative stuff. That’s why I’m looking for a list of questions to ask.
I’m interviewing at other airlines as well and want to be able to compare them based on the answers they give me.
I honestly don’t know the right questions to ask before committing to any airline.
Thanks!
For the record, I agree with all of the prior responses. Unless you have a really, really good reason to come to Envoy (flying the 175 should not be a good reason) then there are way better places to be looking right now.
That being said, you should ask questions about what is important to you. Are you a potential commuter? Ask how commutable the schedules are. Do you want money? Ask if overtime flying is available. Do you want days off? Ask about junior manning, how often it happens. Ask how many days off an average line has. Do you want to upgrade soon? Ask about when people are actually upgrading right now.
Nobody can tell you want questions to ask, because only you know what's really important to you. Different things are important to different people. For example, I'm a commuter, so commutability of the schedule is important to me. I didn't spend much time on reserve, so I don't really care about reserve rules. If you're going to a place with long reserve, or if you are interested in living in base and bidding reserve on purpose, reserve rules might be really important to you.
If you're looking for industry insights as to what regional is about to get the next contract or lose flying, the recruiters act like they know, but generally don't know.