Low time Arizona
04-26-2006, 07:16 PM
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Low time Arizona
Anyone know of any cargo ops that are hiriing low time right seaters into Arizona bases? I've been digging around but can't find anyone that has operations in AZ.
I'll be at about 1000tt, 900 ME with 100 Turbine and a good 4 year degree.
I'll be at about 1000tt, 900 ME with 100 Turbine and a good 4 year degree.
04-27-2006, 03:55 PM
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Hey samc, here is a copy of a few interviews from Ameriflight, hopefully this will help. I will post a few of them since the number of characters are limited:
Date of interview: October 07, 2005
Date interview was submitted: February 17, 2006
Were you hired as a result of this interview? yes
Total flight time: 1220
PIC flight time: 1000
PIC TURBINE flight time: 0
Instrument flight time: 105
Total multi engine flight time: 105
Did someone walk in your application/ resume? no
How many letters of recommendation did you bring? 0
Are you a CFI? yes
Are you a CFII? yes
Are you a MEI? yes
Are you an ATP? no
Did you complete the ATP written? no
Are you an FE? no
Did you complete the FE written? no
How long after you sent your resume were you called? 4 weeks
Do you have a college degree? 2 year
Do you have a military background? no
What is your current job? cfi
What is your age? 24
What aircraft were you assigned? PA-31
If you were hired what is your training date? October 10, 2005
Date of interview: October 07, 2005
Date interview was submitted: February 17, 2006
Were you hired as a result of this interview? yes
Total flight time: 1220
PIC flight time: 1000
PIC TURBINE flight time: 0
Instrument flight time: 105
Total multi engine flight time: 105
Did someone walk in your application/ resume? no
How many letters of recommendation did you bring? 0
Are you a CFI? yes
Are you a CFII? yes
Are you a MEI? yes
Are you an ATP? no
Did you complete the ATP written? no
Are you an FE? no
Did you complete the FE written? no
How long after you sent your resume were you called? 4 weeks
Do you have a college degree? 2 year
Do you have a military background? no
What is your current job? cfi
What is your age? 24
What aircraft were you assigned? PA-31
If you were hired what is your training date? October 10, 2005
04-27-2006, 03:56 PM
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Interview experience:
It has been a while since my interview, but I at least wanted to contribute something since I used these gouges a lot to study. First off, if your a CFI who barely meets the mins, call them! And be ready for the interview fast! My experience was I got there on a Friday took the 4 question test that is listed below. After that H.R. interview. They took and reviewed logbook and certs, then I forget in which order but basically a brief of the company with current openings (always hiring into PDX and OAK). Then the likes/dislikes current job, why ameriflight, future goals, etc. My technical on the ground was which engine is critical and I was asked some jepp chart questions while in the sim. That was it but I was prepared for anything. Basically know your jepps/weather/IFR regs cold because your going to have to know them cold once you start training. All the other gee wizz CFI stuff I have already forgotten. Sim was with Ryan (a training capt in BUR). He did a good job of briefing the sim and explaing what was going on and tried to make you not feel too nervous. Sim was depart SMO intercept radial to SILEX for ILS 8 into burbank go missed and hold. Sim is fair and stable, no flaps and no emergencies. Just remember to talk to him like atc and remember missed and holding reports. I think I was supposed to do the VOR approach back into BUR, but Im guessing that is there if he wants to see more or didnt like something on the first one. Ten minutes later I was offered a class date. I think my experience was easier than some because they needed warm bodies still for a class the next week. If you are even half way decent they will give you a shot because they have nothing to lose...they arent paying you...lol! After flying the line for 3-4 months out of three different bases I can still say this is a good company with fun flying to be had. All the ACP's I have been under have been good guys and really helpful at getting me where I wanted to be based. Weekends off are nice...Good Luck!
It has been a while since my interview, but I at least wanted to contribute something since I used these gouges a lot to study. First off, if your a CFI who barely meets the mins, call them! And be ready for the interview fast! My experience was I got there on a Friday took the 4 question test that is listed below. After that H.R. interview. They took and reviewed logbook and certs, then I forget in which order but basically a brief of the company with current openings (always hiring into PDX and OAK). Then the likes/dislikes current job, why ameriflight, future goals, etc. My technical on the ground was which engine is critical and I was asked some jepp chart questions while in the sim. That was it but I was prepared for anything. Basically know your jepps/weather/IFR regs cold because your going to have to know them cold once you start training. All the other gee wizz CFI stuff I have already forgotten. Sim was with Ryan (a training capt in BUR). He did a good job of briefing the sim and explaing what was going on and tried to make you not feel too nervous. Sim was depart SMO intercept radial to SILEX for ILS 8 into burbank go missed and hold. Sim is fair and stable, no flaps and no emergencies. Just remember to talk to him like atc and remember missed and holding reports. I think I was supposed to do the VOR approach back into BUR, but Im guessing that is there if he wants to see more or didnt like something on the first one. Ten minutes later I was offered a class date. I think my experience was easier than some because they needed warm bodies still for a class the next week. If you are even half way decent they will give you a shot because they have nothing to lose...they arent paying you...lol! After flying the line for 3-4 months out of three different bases I can still say this is a good company with fun flying to be had. All the ACP's I have been under have been good guys and really helpful at getting me where I wanted to be based. Weekends off are nice...Good Luck!
04-27-2006, 03:57 PM
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Date of interview: April 18, 2006
Date interview was submitted: April 20, 2006
Were you hired as a result of this interview? yes
Total flight time: 1290
PIC flight time: 1150
PIC TURBINE flight time: 0
Instrument flight time: 90
Total multi engine flight time: 140
Did someone walk in your application/ resume? no
How many letters of recommendation did you bring? 0
Are you a CFI? yes
Are you a CFII? yes
Are you a MEI? yes
Are you an ATP? no
Did you complete the ATP written? no
Are you an FE? no
Did you complete the FE written? no
How long after you sent your resume were you called? 2 weeks
Do you have a college degree? 4 year
Do you have a military background? no
What is your current job? cfi
What is your age? 33
What aircraft were you assigned? PA-31
If you were hired what is your training date? May 15, 2006
Date interview was submitted: April 20, 2006
Were you hired as a result of this interview? yes
Total flight time: 1290
PIC flight time: 1150
PIC TURBINE flight time: 0
Instrument flight time: 90
Total multi engine flight time: 140
Did someone walk in your application/ resume? no
How many letters of recommendation did you bring? 0
Are you a CFI? yes
Are you a CFII? yes
Are you a MEI? yes
Are you an ATP? no
Did you complete the ATP written? no
Are you an FE? no
Did you complete the FE written? no
How long after you sent your resume were you called? 2 weeks
Do you have a college degree? 4 year
Do you have a military background? no
What is your current job? cfi
What is your age? 33
What aircraft were you assigned? PA-31
If you were hired what is your training date? May 15, 2006
04-27-2006, 03:57 PM
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Interview experience:
First off, all the people i came in contact with at Ameriflight were very cool, and very nice. Everybody was very professional and they all seem happy with their jobs. I came in, received some paper work about the company and a few scenario questions to work on while I was waiting to start the interview. Joni came in and pulled me into her office where we began with some get to know you questions and making copies of all paperwork. Make sure your logbooks are completely up to date. They make a copy of the last page that is finished. Then we continued to talk about the company, the different domiciles, the time to upgrade from chief to turbine (seems to be about 10-11 mo. right now.), and some questions about me. why amflight, future goals in aviation, what do you like to do in spare time, stuff like that. Then we got into some technical questions. A bunch of part 91 stuff(sqk codes, cloud clearances B,C airspace, speed limits, lightgun, holding questions, diff. between DH and MDA. Hit the AIM hard and you'll cover most of it. Of course if you interview with someone else you will prob. cover some systems and charts. So definitely study that stuff as well. You will need to be sharp with it for the training anyway. This portion of the interview was 30-40 minutes. Joni is one of the nicest people you will meet and makes you feel right at home. After I finished with her I went to the lounge and waited about 10 min. for the sim evaluator to come in. He took me to the next hangar over where they have a bunch of sim training going on. I had planned on flying the ATC 810 (chieftan) and I had been practicing on a PCATD in a Baron as well as flight sim 2004 at home which definitely helps the scan., The Baron has similar speeds and instrument configuration (HSI,and normal VOR.) Unfortunately the Chief sim was being used so he put me in the BE1900, which was a little overwhelming at first, because it was so freaking fast, compared to the Duchess that i am used to. He cleared me from SMO Dir. LAX vor then outbound 316 radial, to Silex intersection. Then once closer to silex cleared for the ILS 8 into Burbank. Go missed direct VNY then hold silex and possible shoot vor app. after that. I didn't, after i told him what kind of entry i would do he stopped it. Pretty much the same profile as some of the previous interviews. Only be prepared to change radio frequencies, use CHECKLIST, adjust throttle and prop settings (but they are on checklist), make call outs, and it doesn't to talk through what you are doing. Frankly I didn't fly nearly as well as i would have liked and i admitted it, but he was cool and explained where i made the biggest mistakes and in a way told me what he thought. Here's a freebie....the biggest mistake they seem to see is people using the nav 2 for the enroute portion while the hsi is set up for the approach (thats me), this causes most people to slightly S-turn it all along the route, because of the extra effort in the scan. USE HSI for enroute then just previous to starting approach change freq. and use it for ILS as well. Anyway, it seems like a great place to work and I am stoked to be joining the team. The job security is better than anywhere and they are still growing. The best thing is after you leave for your big airline gig, if you don't like it... you can have your old job back (if you've been a good employee of course.) How can you go wrong? That's one of coolest things I have heard and prob. pretty rare in this business. Good luck to all of you, hope this helped
First off, all the people i came in contact with at Ameriflight were very cool, and very nice. Everybody was very professional and they all seem happy with their jobs. I came in, received some paper work about the company and a few scenario questions to work on while I was waiting to start the interview. Joni came in and pulled me into her office where we began with some get to know you questions and making copies of all paperwork. Make sure your logbooks are completely up to date. They make a copy of the last page that is finished. Then we continued to talk about the company, the different domiciles, the time to upgrade from chief to turbine (seems to be about 10-11 mo. right now.), and some questions about me. why amflight, future goals in aviation, what do you like to do in spare time, stuff like that. Then we got into some technical questions. A bunch of part 91 stuff(sqk codes, cloud clearances B,C airspace, speed limits, lightgun, holding questions, diff. between DH and MDA. Hit the AIM hard and you'll cover most of it. Of course if you interview with someone else you will prob. cover some systems and charts. So definitely study that stuff as well. You will need to be sharp with it for the training anyway. This portion of the interview was 30-40 minutes. Joni is one of the nicest people you will meet and makes you feel right at home. After I finished with her I went to the lounge and waited about 10 min. for the sim evaluator to come in. He took me to the next hangar over where they have a bunch of sim training going on. I had planned on flying the ATC 810 (chieftan) and I had been practicing on a PCATD in a Baron as well as flight sim 2004 at home which definitely helps the scan., The Baron has similar speeds and instrument configuration (HSI,and normal VOR.) Unfortunately the Chief sim was being used so he put me in the BE1900, which was a little overwhelming at first, because it was so freaking fast, compared to the Duchess that i am used to. He cleared me from SMO Dir. LAX vor then outbound 316 radial, to Silex intersection. Then once closer to silex cleared for the ILS 8 into Burbank. Go missed direct VNY then hold silex and possible shoot vor app. after that. I didn't, after i told him what kind of entry i would do he stopped it. Pretty much the same profile as some of the previous interviews. Only be prepared to change radio frequencies, use CHECKLIST, adjust throttle and prop settings (but they are on checklist), make call outs, and it doesn't to talk through what you are doing. Frankly I didn't fly nearly as well as i would have liked and i admitted it, but he was cool and explained where i made the biggest mistakes and in a way told me what he thought. Here's a freebie....the biggest mistake they seem to see is people using the nav 2 for the enroute portion while the hsi is set up for the approach (thats me), this causes most people to slightly S-turn it all along the route, because of the extra effort in the scan. USE HSI for enroute then just previous to starting approach change freq. and use it for ILS as well. Anyway, it seems like a great place to work and I am stoked to be joining the team. The job security is better than anywhere and they are still growing. The best thing is after you leave for your big airline gig, if you don't like it... you can have your old job back (if you've been a good employee of course.) How can you go wrong? That's one of coolest things I have heard and prob. pretty rare in this business. Good luck to all of you, hope this helped
04-27-2006, 03:58 PM
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Date of interview: February 17, 2006
Date interview was submitted: February 23, 2006
Were you hired as a result of this interview? yes
Total flight time: 1755
PIC flight time: 990
PIC TURBINE flight time: 0
Instrument flight time: 140
Total multi engine flight time: 98
Did someone walk in your application/ resume? no
How many letters of recommendation did you bring? 3
Are you a CFI? no
Are you a CFII? no
Are you a MEI? no
Are you an ATP? no
Did you complete the ATP written? no
Are you an FE? no
Did you complete the FE written? no
How long after you sent your resume were you called? 2 weeks
Do you have a college degree? 2 year
Do you have a military background? yes
What is your current job? other
What is your age? 26
What aircraft were you assigned? Chieftain
If you were hired what is your training date? March 13, 2006
Date interview was submitted: February 23, 2006
Were you hired as a result of this interview? yes
Total flight time: 1755
PIC flight time: 990
PIC TURBINE flight time: 0
Instrument flight time: 140
Total multi engine flight time: 98
Did someone walk in your application/ resume? no
How many letters of recommendation did you bring? 3
Are you a CFI? no
Are you a CFII? no
Are you a MEI? no
Are you an ATP? no
Did you complete the ATP written? no
Are you an FE? no
Did you complete the FE written? no
How long after you sent your resume were you called? 2 weeks
Do you have a college degree? 2 year
Do you have a military background? yes
What is your current job? other
What is your age? 26
What aircraft were you assigned? Chieftain
If you were hired what is your training date? March 13, 2006
04-27-2006, 03:59 PM
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Interview experience:
First off I just want to say thanks to the creator of this website. It was extremely helpful. I interviewed in BUR at 0930 with Joni. The receptionist gave me a packet with company information and the Big 4 Question's that are listed below. After I did the questions I met with Joni and the interview began. Joni is a very nice person that makes you feel extremely at ease when being interviewed. She told me about class dates and asked about my availability date. Most of the questions she asked were about my past experiences flying and why I want to work for Ameriflight. She asked me some part 91 questions, how to read a METAR, most of the stuff below is right on the money. I studied a lot for this interview, but to my surprise it was not as technical as I thought it was going to be. I'm glad I studied a lot because it can only help during groundschool and I recommend you do the same. After the interview she sent me into the pilot lounge to wait for a sim instructor. After 10 minutes or so, Ryan (sim instructor) called me to come into the simulator building. To my surprise the Chieftain simulator was being used so I had to do my sim ride in a Beech 1900 sim. I'm not used to cruising at over 180 knots but I got the job done. I practiced before the interview in a Frasca 132 simulator, I recommend you find a sim to practice in before the interview. I practiced different profiles in the Frasca from shooting aproaches at 100-160 knots, flaps/no flaps, or anything else to mix it up. The simulator was pretty stable, I just wasn't used to the speed. I had the SMO to BUR profile (described below). No flaps to worry about in the sim, just power and prop settings. Ryan acted as ATC and told me from the start that he was not going to say how I did after the flight. He has to be very objective and I understand that. I think they are big on checklist use and being comfortable flying single pilot IFR. After the sim ride, Ryan took me back to the office and told me that Joni would call me in a couple days. Joni called a couple days later and asked me if I would like to attend training on March 13th. Of course I said YES. I'm very excited to start working for this company, they seem to be very profession in everything they do. From the receptionist to the sim instructor I saw a very professional attitude and style that I can't wait to be a part of. This was my first interview since separating from the Army and it was a great experience.
First off I just want to say thanks to the creator of this website. It was extremely helpful. I interviewed in BUR at 0930 with Joni. The receptionist gave me a packet with company information and the Big 4 Question's that are listed below. After I did the questions I met with Joni and the interview began. Joni is a very nice person that makes you feel extremely at ease when being interviewed. She told me about class dates and asked about my availability date. Most of the questions she asked were about my past experiences flying and why I want to work for Ameriflight. She asked me some part 91 questions, how to read a METAR, most of the stuff below is right on the money. I studied a lot for this interview, but to my surprise it was not as technical as I thought it was going to be. I'm glad I studied a lot because it can only help during groundschool and I recommend you do the same. After the interview she sent me into the pilot lounge to wait for a sim instructor. After 10 minutes or so, Ryan (sim instructor) called me to come into the simulator building. To my surprise the Chieftain simulator was being used so I had to do my sim ride in a Beech 1900 sim. I'm not used to cruising at over 180 knots but I got the job done. I practiced before the interview in a Frasca 132 simulator, I recommend you find a sim to practice in before the interview. I practiced different profiles in the Frasca from shooting aproaches at 100-160 knots, flaps/no flaps, or anything else to mix it up. The simulator was pretty stable, I just wasn't used to the speed. I had the SMO to BUR profile (described below). No flaps to worry about in the sim, just power and prop settings. Ryan acted as ATC and told me from the start that he was not going to say how I did after the flight. He has to be very objective and I understand that. I think they are big on checklist use and being comfortable flying single pilot IFR. After the sim ride, Ryan took me back to the office and told me that Joni would call me in a couple days. Joni called a couple days later and asked me if I would like to attend training on March 13th. Of course I said YES. I'm very excited to start working for this company, they seem to be very profession in everything they do. From the receptionist to the sim instructor I saw a very professional attitude and style that I can't wait to be a part of. This was my first interview since separating from the Army and it was a great experience.
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