Mesaba Interview
 

Hi,

I have a Mesaba interview within the week. Can anyone who has RECENTLY interviewed with them and offer ANY information or advice.

PLEASE:)

Thanks

A few questions for you, since I applied with them and am hoping for an interview. 750TT and 50multi. What were your times when you applied, and how soon after your resume submission did you get an invite? Like I said, really hoping to get an interview with them.

If you do an internet search of airline pilot interviews, you will find the website that has a gouge. I read one recent interview gouge on it and membership for a month is about $8

Yeah man, no worries. I have about 780, I have 150 multi, and I was very fortunate to have a company man walk my stuff in; To be honest I think that was the reason.

Yeah, I already have a subscription to airlineinterviewgouges. but The recent one doesn't say much and the rest of them are from 2005....

Interview is very straightforward... wunderlic test (essentially an IQ test... no way to study for it) ATP written questions... easy, nobody failed... HR and tech interview was quick and painless... then the sim is a frasca that they have you fly for a little bit... get your conditional job offer, go for drug testing, then back to the airport... they pay for the hotel and NRSA you back and forth to MSP... they had people who were instructors all the way down to the 600/50 level, and i've heard of a few who didn't even have the 50 multi, they were told to get to 50 by class... for those who want to go over to colgan, the 1000/100 is a hard deck

PM me with your email.

So how was the sim, and how were the people?

Corndawg88, good luck with your interview. I'm scheduled to go up on the 31st. It's my 1st airline interview, so I'm a feeling a little anxious. The "sim" portion is what concerns me the most. I've heard it described as a "tabletop" device, a Frasca type sim, et al. Not really sure what to expect. Other than a PCATD, I haven't tried any training devices. Thinking about finding a Frasca or Redbird to practice before the 31st. Also unclear if you fly it solo or if "examiner" will assist, as they apparently do at some airlines. What part of the country you coming from? I'm out of NC.

I interviewed on the the 18th. It was pretty straight forward and a lot easier than I thought. Didn't get the job offer though. I'm really not sure why and when I asked they couldn't tell me. Still trying to figure it out.. Anyways I wrote up a couple things that I remembered hope it helps.
-One hour presentation on the company.
-wonderlic test
-written test
-airspeed below 10,000
-class d cloud clearances
-holds
-identify the final approach fix
-what type of runway lighting
-how often you need vor check
-when can you sidestep
-taf forecast at certain time
-“you have the approach lights but not the runway” how low can you go
-oral/technical
-any speeding tickets or misdemeanors
-checkride failures
-logbook shown to pilot/paperwork given to hr
-tell me about a time you flew and probably shouldn’t have
-you notice something wrong on the plane, you tell the captain, he calls the right people, maybe misdescribes the situation, what would you do? Would you follow up on it when back at base?
-describe the pitot system of the plane you’re flying
-are there and procedures/policies about you current job that you would change or have changed
-you see someone at your job doing something wrong, how do you confront them
-most rewarding part of your job
-time you’ve been pressured to fly and how you dealt with it
-ILS jepp chart ERI
-why do the top frequencies have stars by them
-what’s the holding pattern at the beginning of the loc (course reviersal)
-what are your minimums if the gs is out
-what does 1223 “conditional DH” mean
-MSA what does it mean/show
-identify the highest obstacle
-how would you enter the hold on the map/ what would your max speed be
-Jepp Low Alt Enroute
-airports with IAP’s
-what’s the MEA, MOCA, MRA
-identify class E on the surface, class E at 14,500
-class E vfr weather minimums (below 10,000)
-restricted airspace

DSRoss---thanks for the generous post. I can imagine it's frustrating when you get no explanation for their decision. Feedback is important so that you can improve your chances of a better outcome at the next interview. It sounds like you were a qualified candidate. I hope you look back at the experience as having been a great opportunity to get some airline interview experience!

Your description of the interview is consistent with other info. I've read, and adds some detail that that I haven't heard before. Thanks again! If you don't mind me asking, what type of simulator did they use, and what approach were they using at your interview? I've heard the ILS 6 at KISP has been used during some interviews. I know I need to be prepared for any approach, but the more I can familiarize myself with beforehand, the more confident I think I'll be.

It was the ILS 6 ISP. The guy who does the presentation's name is Ross and he also runs the sim. He flat out tells you what approach you are going to do and what he wants you to do after the initial morning presentation. It sounded very simple, steep turns, direction from a vor, vectors to an approach. I believe it was something like an AST100 sim (if that sounds right). He showed it to us before any of us even went to the hr/technical portion.

The person who does the presentation and the sim changes, but the sim itself is pretty much the same... if you go to interview there, you've already been hired unless you give them a reason not to...

Yeah, you're so right. That's why 4 out of 6 didn't make it last week.

Commander112, Hi I'm from Denver. send me a PM and I'll let you know how mine goes.

DSRoss996, Thank you so much for all the great information. It sounds like a very tough interview. Why do you think yours didn't go so well?

So Corndawg88 how did the interview go? I have an interview next week. Thanks!

Got it on Tuesday I'll drop you a pm and let you know.

Thank you. I'll be there Wednesday. Good luck!!

Good Luck this week guys and gals. Hope to see you all on June 6th (as long as you're younger than me).

Would you mind pm any pointers for the interview? Thanks!

What is your email?

How'd it go?

Question? I got the conditional offer but don't feel like I did well in the sim. Did I get the job?

Delta,

Sorry I did not get back to you quick enough. With that being said, I didn't do outstanding in the sim and still got the job. What happened with yours?

That's okay man. I'm not used to using an HSI and I just don't feel I did as well as I should. A little up and down with Alt and headings but nothing major. How long did it take for you to know?

I killed the the HR portion and both test. I'm not use to an HSI and I felt like I spent to much time messing with it. Altitudes and headings but nothing major. The said when I was done nit to worry about it. How long before you got the call?

I finally got a hold of some people in HR there. If I get an offer to interview, can I get the details about the interview. mainly HR, Technical, and what the sim ride was like? I have a frasca at my flight school, think I should start getting my self on it? It has an HSI

Gouges are accurate for the written test... technical interview was easy... describe electrical system in your last twin or CRJ if you've flown it... read a METAR, given an approach plate and asked a question or two about it... frasca sim ride was easy enough... basic intrument flying, steep turn, intercept & track VOR, vectors to an approach, go missed

You should be fine, I was +-100, once went about 200, and +-15 on heading. Had trouble turning, sim really required you to be perfect on coordination.

Tell me about. I flew one similar to that one and I thought that one was junky. Did you get a class date?

Yes, June 6th

Awesome hope to see you there.

So if you get hired at say 600TT are you able to move to one of the other carriers when you get the required time or are you in the Saab till you upgrade or forever?

From my understanding, you will be seat locked on your equipment for atleast a year. From there you can change equipment if your seniority number can hold it, but I believe you are then seat locked again as an F.O. for a year and cannot upgrade to the left seat.

Now as for flow through to Pinnacle, I think it only exists if your furloughed by Mesaba and needed by Pinnacle and vice versa. If your on the Mesaba side you can't bid to get on Pinnacle equipment. (Just my understanding).

I hope I really can get an interview, thanks for the info guys. I got on the frasca in my school, was -/+ 100' and did holds, tracking and intercepting.. I have to go for away for my reserve commitment next week. :( Ms. Martin did leave a message saying that they have my resume, they will forward it to the flight ops department for review and will get back to me, but basically be patient. hope this didn't screw things up for me. Just wanted to show them that I want to work there, not just looking for a job. I'll keep you posted if I can get an interview

BTW, did they ask about a "1223 Conditional DH"? I can't find out what that is

[QUOTE=mikeypat15;998963]From my understanding, you will be seat locked on your equipment for atleast a year. From there you can change equipment if your seniority number can hold it, but I believe you are then seat locked again as an F.O. for a year and cannot upgrade to the left seat.

Now as for flow through to Pinnacle, I think it only exists if your furloughed by Mesaba and needed by Pinnacle and vice versa. If your on the Mesaba side you can't bid to get on Pinnacle equipment. (Just my understanding).[/QUOTE]

B; FALSE...

You will be seat locked into whatever seat you're hired into for one year. From there, you can bid whatever your seniority will allow as long as there is an open vacancy for that equipment whether is Mesaba/Colgan or Pinnacle. You will carry a two year seat lock for an FO position, and also be locked for one year before you can upgrade (an upgrade is unlikely to happen that fast (2 years from DOH if you push things) at this point, but who knows). It does not matter whether you're bidding to or from XJ/9L to 9E or vice-versa.

Flow through is a term used for an agreement between a regional and a mainline carrier that allows preferential hiring for those that are eligible based on seniority. Welcome to the party guys!

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Thanks for clarifying Spank, I was just trying to interpret things from like 20 different threads. Nice to know that I might be able to jump in the CRJ in the future.

jsf-if it makes u feel any better, it took them pretty much exactly 1 month to get back to me. looks like there are interviews june 1, 7 & 8.

and yeah if anyone knows what they mean by the conditional dh, please let me know...never heard of it before.

can't find anywhere to verify this but my best guess is for those approaches that rely on other NAVAIDs for fixes or other conditions that if met allow lower (or require higher) decision heights... for example with BOS if there are tall ships in the harbor...