Did anyone go to the open house. I am going to the one in MIA. What can i expect. Is is an interview type process. They check ur logbook resume ask you ?'s. etc. Thanks in advance.
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Their dog and pony show is impressive.

I went to the one in MSP. You are expected to be there for the whole thing. It is largely informational. I brought all my logbooks but showed them nothing except for the resume I gave them.

It is not an interview, but you can expect to be there for the full time. They show a couple of videos, talk about the airline, talk about benefits, talk about some of the negatives, talk about Dubai and the lifestyle, etc. Two pilots and a woman from their HR dept.

There were about 25 pilots there and I think most were simply curious, but some were quite serious. I went in a suit and tie and talked to the folks just to get some face time. But there is little BS. They are friendly, but it's not how I imagine the roadshows of most US carriers to be. They were very upfront and honest with no need to kiss their butts. They need pilots and are looking for professionals who want to work for them. Simple as that.

I meet their mins and will be applying.

I would recommend going if for no other reason that to have a glimpse at how a non-US carrier functions. Very educational and very interesting.

 

The lead guy is name Steve. He has been at EK about 4 years and is British. Dave was the other guy, Dutch I think. Annetta is the HR woman.

Nice and pretty informal presentation. Steve said they used to select pilots, but now they have road shows and "recruit". He was forthcoming. He said EK badly needs pilots. They have an MD11 sim in ATL for the last half of DEC and were offering sim checks to anyone who wanted one. Well not everyone, there was one low time guy that they wouldn't let take a sim check. But if you met the mins, and wanted to sim ride, you picked the time and off you went.

Steve was reviewing applications and documents for the people who wanted to go to Dubai and take part in the selection process there. If you met the mins, they signed you up for the selection process in Dubai right there on the spot.

There was about 19 people in the room for the presentation. Some left without talking to anyone. Looks like maybe 3-4 got sim checks scheduled in ATL the rest (10-15) signed up to do the whole process in Dubai.

Several people showed up with wives and children. Some guys showed up in jean pants and t-shirts. One guy just finished flying and was in his uniforms shirt with out any brass but no tie. Wide variety of people, most looked excited.

 

I got 2 copies of the Flight Deck Crew Recruitment DVD when I left. Neither will work on any of my 4 DVD players. It will work with NERO on my laptop. Any ideas? I want to show my family the video, but I can't make it work.

 

I suspect the DVD is in PAL format instead of NTSC, so you'd need an International DVD player. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL

 

Unfortunately the DVD is Region Code "0" which a bunch of Players, like my Sony, won't play... Most commercial DVDs that are released worldwide are now encoded with RPC "123456" (i.e. all) rather than "0". PAL could also be an issue with some real basic players.

You can rip and reburn the DVD as NTSC with Nero. There is no copy protection on it.

 

I ripped the DVD to mpg4 then burned it back to dvd. That worked, but I think it's odd that they gave me a DVD that didn't work. I guess they didn't know. Any one want the mpg4 copy?

 

Yeah, well... I guess it's only an issue with some players... I've ripped the DVD and put it online for my folks to watch there. DVD's are so last century...

 

I have a question for you guys that may know. The minimums posted on the website require 4000TT/2000 Multi-crew jet

OR OR OR OR OR

2500 Multi crew jet.

ATP
English
Etc..

My question is, if I meet the 4000/2000 - will they grant me an interview with NO ATP? It seems as if it is required no matter what, but I was not 100% sure and wanted to ask.

I am still considering going to the road show with only 3900TT, MORE than enough jet time, and no ATP.

Any thoughts or ideas?

 

An ATP is required.