jetjockee

Hey Guys,

I strongly believe if I spoon feed you the interview it will only hurt your chances of doing well.

All the tech questions were stuff you need to know as a professional airmen.
If you dont have 135 experience I would tell them. Do not guess!

If you know the ATP written and basic AIM info, you will be prepared.

I spent about about a week to mentally prepare myself for tech, personal and professional questions.

I went through the ATP written 3 times.
Airline interview book about 4 times

I felt I was prepared for the interview.

No worries if you come across unprepared because there will be someone there who is prepared!

One important note here, its not all about what you know but who you are.
Good Luck!

FalconFlyer

I'd have to say its more about who you are than what you know. We can teach you everything you need to know, we can't teach you not to be an @-hole...

Good luck Jetjockee and thanks for not posting all the interview questions. We don't want people who memorize answers. Every interview is different depending on who does them and what background you may have.

swedespeed

Point taken..

Bill Lumberg

Hey current XOJet pilots,

Quick question. Do you think you will have much movement by current X FOs into the CL300 as FOs? Or is that type of lateral movement discouraged? Do FOs have a seat lock for a specific amount of time?

Is the upgrade time to PIC still pretty short (i.e., less than 2 years)?

Too Tall

Are there any pay scales for XO jet any where? I assume they are on par with the rest of the fracs out there.

captscott26

Ok, so how does someone with a good amount of experience but no friends on the inside get an interview with XO?

FalconFlyer

There is no "seat lock" but I think they want you to stay in a type for 2 years. We can change types based on a Merit point system. Get points for volunteering and staying on duty extra days and such...

It is my understanding that the next 2 classes are CL300 guys.

Upgrade time is different for everyone depending on experience and Argus Min's. Could be less than a year or up to 2 or 3 depending on numerous things...

FalconFlyer

Under some and over others... Its good though

$52,200 first year SIC
$90,000 first year PIC

FalconFlyer

Update your app frequently to show continued interest. We only have so many people to recommend personally, so off the street interviews and hiring will be common soon. Someone in the interviews last week didn't have any recs so its already started...

Good luck everyone, this place really is great! The last job I will ever have, hopefully! Who knows what the next 30 years holds.

swedespeed

Hey FF

I hope you are right about this. The problem for us "outsiders" with no personal rec is that for every new newhire XO takes on they in their turn have friends to recommend. That's the case with you from what I understand. If your buds get in through your rec, once they hit three months they themselves are eligable to recommend friends. And so it goes on..

I hope you understand this is not meant as critizism. Obviosuly this is not XO unique, and it's of course a sort of safety net for them to go on personal recs. I'm just saying it's easy to get stuck outside of the "circle" due to this.

I guess eventually you might know someone who got in, but some others might not be that fortunate. That's life I guess..

Look at how it was at NetJets a while back when an int rec helped you get a much quicker shot at an interview. If you had no recs it was basically impossible to get in for a while, or the waiting time was painfully long. At the moment nothing really seems to matter at NJA though, the wait is long no matter what.

Keep enjoying XO..

SS