Anyone commute PHX-LAX? I have an interview next month and the commute looks pretty good with a flight pretty much each hour. Not sure what the loads and jumpseats look like though.

 

It is a very easy commute. You will have no problems with it.

 

Is there any word as to how many people actually don't pass the job knowledge test and get sent home from the interview because of it?

 

i've heard its 50-60% pass rate....but thats pure rumor

 

So, if that rumour is true, they're sending home 40-50% of the people they pay for to interview with them? Seems very high...

 

That's actually pretty average. Eagle pass rate is around the same and we need pilots!!!!! Remember these companies are not Mesa....
Just sayin...

 

Lots of people don't put forth the effort in to study for the test and end up bombing it.

 

The low pass rate I think is more from lack of preparation on the applicants part. Some people still seem to think of it as an the ATP written exam and it is not that.

The test has been in place for three plus years now, so I'm sure there is ample data on it.

I wouldn't be surprised if the fail rate has/will go up now that they are taking restricted ATP's, just because the test is different than what you are exposed to in the part 91 training world and is definitely slanted towards pilots with turbine aircraft experience.

 

I know someone who failed and they straight up said they didn't study enough as they didn't think it would be that hard. Retook 6 months later and passed with flying colors after studying for a few weeks. Also knowing how the university classes are I am willing to bet the restricteds are passing just fine as it's still fresh.

 

So fun story. I actually interviewed at Compass yesterday. I'm a RATP qualified CFI with a 141 background (no turbine experience). I studied my butt off for the knowledge test. I read the turbine pilot's flight manual and everything explained for the professional pilot, and aerodynamics for naval aviators. I talked with a few Compass pilots that I knew, read every gouge on willflyforfood and aviationinterviews.com and basically prepared for 3 solid weeks gathering all the info that I could to be ready for it. I was paranoid that the test would be way above my head and that I would bomb it.

Unfortunately, after the 3 tests I was pulled aside by one of the interviewers and I was told that I was not successful on one of the tests. I was so worried about the knowledge test and I was sure that it was the test that did me in. However, I was told by the interviewers that I did just fine on the knowledge test. Apparently I was unsuccessful on the cognitive test. Who would have thought? I was in absolute shock and had to double check with him that he did not mean the knowledge test. But he reiterated that it was the cognitive test and that I passed the knowledge tests just fine.

Honestly I have no idea what happened. I played luminosity and read every gouge I could find and was under the assumption that the cog and psy test were nothing to stress or worry about. I even felt like I was doing just fine while taking the test, I know I messed up a few times here and there but never did I think I would be unsuccessful at it. Clearly that was not the case. . . .