Piedmont Questions
 

UND's website says to follow the application instructions on Piedmont's website. Piedmonts website just gives an address and a fax number. Also, their website doesn't indicate they are hiring pilots. Does this mean they are done hiring or does it mean they are only hiring UND people.

I also have some questions about this "hard" test that Piedmont gives at the interview. Is it basically just questions from the ATP written? Any help on specific areas to concentrate on would be great.

Lastly, this AQP program that Piedmont runs for training. How far in advance do they give you the information to study? Do they give you specific items that you have to know, or is it very broad and just like sending you a copy of the ops specs and the aircraft manual? Do they send a poster of the dashes that they fly to practice flows and procedures? I read on another thread that you spend 2 days with an instructor in the actual airplane learning procedures. I assume there must be some CPT or sitting in front of poster involved before going out to the actual airplane. I am pretty good at learning on my own, but that seems like alot to ask of someone who has never flown that type aircraft if they don't allow time for some CPT or chair flying.

You're over thinking the process. Worry about getting hired, before worrying about CPT or chair flying the Dash... I'm sure that there's plenty of time and opportunity to learn the systems and figure out the flows. Don't know about the sitting in the actual plane, but if that's true it could very well be the "CPT" portion of the training (I do know that they have a MX base in SBY).

I know several UND grads (10+) that have gone to training at PDT. None of them have ever had any major issues.

As for the hiring thing, talk with Ken Polovitz (or better yet, Idona) about what the current status regarding hiring is. I imagine that they keep a relatively good line of communication going.

4 of my good friends from UND are at Piedmont. 3 will be in the January class. It seems like they are constantly taking UND grads.

Thanks for the responses. I will be sending my resume soon.

UNDGUY, if you have any questions about the AQP program at Piedmont you can PM me. After ground school you spend 3 sessions doing APT(advanced procedure training) or something like that. One sim pair stays in charlotte to do it in the sim, other's get shipped out to an outstation and use the planes at night to run through flows, RTO procedures, etc. Then sim training starts, and that's how they weed out people. You better know how to fly instrument procedures because the AP will not be available to you.

Anyone over at Piedmont know the status of the January class? I've heard that on their company training dept. site that the Jan class has been canceled... Anyone have any more info about this?
Thanks.

What do they require of you in training? Do you have to shoot NDB approaches and stuff that you won't really use on the line, or is it pretty much vectors to an ILS, Vectors to a VOR, Holding, ETC?

No NDB approaches, no BCs. ILS, VOR, LOC are pretty much the only approaches. You'll get to hold. A lot. But for the most part, training is getting the profiles and flows down before going into emergency training.

Has anybody interviewed with piedmont latley?? Curious how the sim ride went and if they are still giving that test?? If anybody has any info on da test please advise. ive looked at the gouge but most is out-dated becuase i guess they changed the test.

-Tnks-
Any responses or help would be fantastic.--

Study the AIM. Know how to figure VDP's. Know how to read a Jepp plate and Low Enroute.

Nobody's flown the sim yet. Next week's interview class should be the first. Show that you have a good instrument scan and you'll be fine.