Interview Tips?
 

Hey guys. I'm a lowly fresh commercial pilot & have an interview coming up in a few weeks for Envoy's cadet program. Is it still true that the technical portion is a lot of basic instrument knowledge ie: regs, jepp charts, alternate & fuel requirements, 91.175, 91.185, etc etc?

Any info or tips at all on what to expect would definitely be apreciated!

Also I've had a few people tell me it wouldn't be the smarterst idea to get locked into a regional too early since the industry is always changing. Part of me agrees with this but the tuition reimbursement & benefits that I would get as a CFI seem too good to walk away from

If you want peace of mind, go to Aviation Interviews and buy the high quality recent gouges posted there. You basically understand what is covered. Brush up on STARs, if you’re like I was you’ve never flown one with speeds/alts before but that’s all we do here.

Say you don’t use drugs and you’re in

https://www.aviationinterviews.com/

It's like 20 bucks or something for the one month you'll need to study the gouges for your interview. It's 20 dollars to pay for the feeling that you'll know exactly what's going to be asked in the interview. It's chump change really when you compare the cost of getting a job vs not getting a job. ;)

I concur, buy the upgraded membership with the newer gouges as what most of us had asked may have changed some.

How big of a deal is it to get first pick of aircraft/base in your class if you’re a cadet? I’d be commuting from BNA (I know I know take it easy on me) but my mom is sick so it would be nice to stay close to her.

Not sure which base would be easiest for me to commute from.

BNA-ORD can be tough. Lots of commuters. A mix of mainline and Envoy with the occasional Skywest mixed in.

LGA has a few commuters but plenty of options between AA, DL, and WN.

DFW is DFW. Lots of commuters and only AA on the route so you’d go behind the mainline guys for the jumpseat.

MIA has a few flights per day which are operated by Republic so you’d fall behind their commuters first, and then it would be first come for the junpseat.

Always behind the mainline guys? I thought it was order of check-in?

JS listing is different. Mainline guys can list for JS as primary or backup plan, in which case we'll be behind them on the jumpseat priority

Ah ok. But for cabin nonrev, it's based on order of check-in?
That's where I got it mixed up.

So then your choice of base should always be which commute will suck a little less than the others regardless of aircraft type I assume.

Isn't that rule nr 1 on choosing which regional to work for anyway?

Trying to catch up, sorry. On AA or ENY AC, or does it matter? Did the riding on own metal giving JS priority go away in the AA system? Maybe the convo is referring to all situations not on own metal?

Envoy pilots get priority for JS on Envoy aircraft. Mainline pilots on mainline aircraft.

And according to the jumpseat guide Envoy gets priority in and wholly owned jumpseat over a mainline pilot. On Republic, TSA, SkyWest, and Mesa it is by checkin time.

Where does it say that? I don't think that is how it has been implemented in real life.

If I am reading this correctly, you are saying that on PSA and Piedmont we would also get priority over mainline?

http://www.alpa.org/eny/-/media/ENY/files/eLibrary/committees/jumpseat/18,-d-,07,-d-,09%20Jumpseat%20Guide.pdf

Page 8

FM1 is controlling but the way ALPA has it outlines says that a FDJ Eagle goes over a FDJ AA on a wholly owned flight.

Well I got the job offer today. Pretty pumped about it!

Did you get a class date?

I think the OP is a cadet.

No delays as of now for classes.

Correct.

How long before the drug screen/background checks come back?

1-3 weeks.

Job
 

Show up with a pulse because once you get hired they will brutalize you.

:confused:

Only if you're an FO on the 145 or a CA on the CRJ. For everyone else getting hired now it's not that bad.

(because they're not hiring CRJ FOs)

Wear pants and try not to drool on the desk...you should be O.K.

We are a one stop shop for ATP, FSI, American Flyers and everybody else...all chasin’ that mainline crack-dream.

Living on hope and a prayer.

Bah. They are pretty selective. There was an interview group of 4 a while ago, no-one got the job.

We're overstaffed, even with new jets coming, although inefficiencies such as the FO seatlock will likely lead to frantic hiring soon.

Yeah I have been thinking this as well. I know we are placing a lot of new hires in it but certainly not enough to staff 40 jets.

If people would stop showing up to class imagine the position we would be in for better pay and qol increases. I, however, won’t hold my breath.

That's what I'm saying. They are not hiring "anyone with a pulse". They are pretty selective at the moment.

Yep only 2 of 4 got an offer in my group last week.

One of the guys who didn’t get picked was a former 757 FO in his fifties. You could tell he walked in extremely unprepared & was just expecting to get the job handed to him.

Yeah. These "just have a pulse" comments are laughable. It's a pretty serious interview, and you need to know your Jepps down cold.
Way more technical than Endeavor, Republic etc.

Newsflash: the so-called "pilot shortage" is over. Guys are chomping at the bit to get access to our second runner up flowthrough agreement and worst in the industry pay and work rules.

I just got an email saying my file is ready for the internal review board & I’ll be notified when it passes.

What are the chances it actually doesn’t pass?

Serious question, if a lot of people think Envoy is horrible to work for, why does the company keep growing?

That's because its a perfectly fine place to work and people come on these forums to ***** about it.

Those who truly are having a bad time are commuters on reserve, although every pilot and their mother will tell you to never commute to work in the business. They knew what they signed up for.

0% unless you have undisclosed criminal records

just my opinion though

Or undisclosed checkride failures etc.

They caught and deleted a guy from my interview class for undisclosed checkride failures w/in 20 minutes so it's probably just DUIs and stuff.