World Pilots/New Hires,

I was recently invited to an interview in June for a potential class start date in July but couldn't make it due to not being able to go on terminal leave to retire from the military for another couple of months; I've been told I could possibly be invited for the next round or interviews if they have more this fall. Can any of you help me out with what to study to prep for the interview and can any of the current World guys fill me in on the following:

- What are the duration of the trips each month? Are they all together or split up?
- How does the "home basing" thing work?
- Does each DH day count as a paid day?
- How do you sit reserve if you are "home based"?
- Is there a beneficial place to live ie.. ATL, etc
- Pros/Cons of the company in general such as financial stability, union, mngmt/pilot relationships, benefits
- Any nuances about company culture you wish you would have known about prior to being hired
- Are pilots seniority based or on contract
- How long is MD-11 training?
- Are sims done at night since they use Deltas sims?

I apologize for all of the questions, however, anything you can shed light on for me is highly appreciated. I freely admit that I am completely clueless about airline culture and especially about World since I don't know anyone there. All the reservists in my current squadron fly for other companies and none of them know anyone or anything about World either. I hope none of the World Airline guys are offended by my questions, I truly don't know anything about the company and haven't been able to discern much from the forums. I have flown on the MD-11 jets a few times while on active duty and use to enjoy talking to the World Airways pilots a lot when I was a C-141 guy at various places like Ramstein, Frankfurt, Osan, Yokota, Saudi etc....and use to wonder how they liked the company.

Thanks in advance.