That gouge is pretty spot-on. I interviewed 8 days ago. CP gave a presentation on the company/schedules/pay. HR gave presentation on benefits.

Panel Interview- DO and same HR lady. Why do you currently want to leave your emoyer? Any violations/accidents/incidents/failures? How has being an FO in 121 airline helped to prepare you for your career? Explain a time you had an emergency/difficulty in flight and had to use training/procedure to get the job done. What would you do if you showed up to work and your captain seemed intoxicated? Why SAI? (I told the DO that I wanted to try something new and gain some valuable time for my resume to make me more competive for my career and he surprisingly agreed with me saying he doesn't expect people to stay). Would you prefer the 777 or 737 (I said 777 because Id be commuting from LGA/JFK and we have no DL or AA jumpseat so the commute would be impossible). That's it, really just a "get to know you" type of experience. I didn't have a single technical question.

Sim- desktop type sim MD-80 with a yoke and throttles. You have a flight director. There's a guy next to you that handles all ATC, flaps, speeds, and autopilot panel inputs for the FD. The CP was the examiner/ATC. Brief and fly the Canarsie climb off 31L at JFK. Once outbound, given the published hold for ILS 31L. Explain the entry and the speed and you won't have to fly it. Brief and fly the ILS 31L. Breakout and freeze the sim because it crashes. That was it.

I did the morning interview. There were 3 of us. Left HQ at 11:00 and I had an email for a 777 class at 12:00. Really just show up, be cool, be yourself, and be honest. They definitely aren't looking for Chuck Yeager.

 

sandrich,

What was your perspective on our benefits?

They keep getting worse every year, either more expensive, or less coverage, or both. SAI's benefits are worse than what I had at the regionals, but that was 5-10 years ago. I have nothing current to compare them too.

 

Yea they're not great... I think I had better coverage at Republic... At least more into the HSA there ($850 I think as opposed to $500 at SAI, I may be wrong). It was also lump summed in the beginning of the plan, not deposited per-pay like at SAI. I didn't look to deep into it. I'm single so I don't require much coverage.

 

Who abused you at H&P?

 

Amerijet flies 767s. Are you saying that their pilots should be paid the same as FedEx 767 pilots?

 

When the name on your pay stub matches the name that is on the shipping labels of all the packages and pallets you are carrying, then you will be peers with FedEx.

With the exception of ABX and Atlas, SAI pays MORE than the majority of their peer airlines. Using your logic, you need a pay CUT!

 

Does Amerijet fly their 767s to feed a global overnight package delivery company with a ten figure annual revenue along the same routes as FedEx? If yes, then yes.

 

What does your 1224 leadership say when you "demand" to be paid the same as FedEx? How big a laugh do they let out?

 

Thanks for the info. I'll pass it on to accounts payable. I'm sure that they will be happy to know that because DHL doesn't pay us directly all our costs should be discounted. Now ExxonMobil may object at first, because Jet A is Jet A no matter if it goes in a yellow or purple plane, but if you insist that the name on the check has to match the name on the packages I'm sure they will understand and agree that their gas just isn't worth as much because DHL and FedEx have different business models.

 

You'll need one of these.

This personal flamethrower is somehow legal in 49 states