Will do if anyone here get's a call lets share the notes. I can't foresee any of the testing being hard. My guess is Pt. 91 regs and basic commercial instrument type work to make sure you wont be a detriment to the company.

 

Emailed on sunday, got a call monday to set up an phone interview. Interviewed on thursday. Consisted of a few background and situational type questions. From what I recall, they were...
Are you willing to live out of a hotel for 7 months?
If you are under 25, do you have a credit card with a sufficient limit? (they do not cover the under 25 extra fee for rental cars)
How much IMC time do you have?
How much mountain flying do you have?
Ever been arrested, DUI, convicted of a felony?
Ever violate an FAR (even if you weren't caught, they are looking for honesty)?
Ever get burnt out or fatigued, whether flying, with school, at home, etc?
Do you have long cross country experience?
Do you have long flight planning experience?
Do you have any experience with icing?
Have you ever had an accident/incident?
Have you ever had an inflight emergency?
Situation based questions:
You are flying and experience engine roughness. You are 2 miles from an uncontrolled field, and 8 miles from your home base, what would you do?
You are flying, almost done with your shift, and you feel so fatigued and burnt out that you can't fly anymore. What do you do?

That's about all I can remember. The interview lasted maybe 10-15 minutes, pretty calm and straight forward. Mike seems like a cool guy. The imaging season last from October 15th-May15th, and that varies depending on when the leaves fall from the tree. I was told that after a phone interview, expect a call within a week or two for the face-to-face. I was also told that they get about 200-300 applicants for only about 5 slots. And they prefer low time guys so that no one will get up and leave in the middle of the season for a regional job (there is a $2500 breach of contract fee). I only have 250 TT with a Commercial MEL/SEL. Finishing a CFIA and CFII. Also have an FAA Dispatch cert. I'd be shocked if I got the job....Hope this helps. Email me if you have questions [email protected]

 

Hey thanks for the info! keeps us posted about the interview! good luck!

 

I'm imagining that with such low time that you didn't have much experience in the flight conditions that they were requesting. Is this why you are supposing that you won't get the job? As far as the x/c experience and long flight planning experience, what are they considering "long"?
Thanks for sharing the information with others and good luck. I've been hearing quite a few of these aerial mapping airplanes on the freqs lately in TX and AR.

USMCFLYR

 

I take it that for question 1 would be land and have the engine checked out, if you're close to home base the company can drive a mechanic there and have you picked up.

and for Question 2... If you're almost done with your shift, finish it and call it a day?

what do you guys think?

 

Err on the side of safety. If you can't safely do the flight then put the bird down. Remember the IMSAFE checklist.

 

Hypothetically (I'm bored)...you're fatigued, ten minutes from home base, at night over a well lit airport with a 5000' paved runway that you've never been at before.

Do you hammer on for ten minutes to get home, or do you try the unknown field directly below you?

Not saying one or the other is right, just something to think about IMO.

 

Depends on how the fatigue affects you. If I feel like I'm going to be in danger by flying the last ten minutes heck the plane is going down at the nearest strip. If no more additional risk can happen in those 10 minutes then I'd carry on. That is my opinion though and everyone deals with fatigue differently.

 

Anybody been in for the face to face?

 

I got my phone interview tomorrow early. Fingers crossed