I didn't say they don't have one, what's with the hostility? All I meant was how often does flow through really happen? Not very often from what I've been told. If I'm wrong then straighten me out because I would like to know....I mean I do have an interview with them in less than 2 weeks.

 

It's in the working.

 

The piedmont interview was really not that bad. They take you all in at 7:45 and give you a presentation before they give you the written test. Know 121 regs cold. There will be about 10-15 qs on Jepp charts/plates which aren't too bad. Browse over the aim, it seemed like they try to find a lot of obscure information to turn into a question. After that, if you pass, you can move on, if you don't, they ask you to leave. A little nerve racking but the sim ride wasn't bad. Track to and from a station, how would you enter a hold from here, okay, im gonna put you here to intercept the ils to whatever runway. The hr interview impressed me because it is with the chief pilot so very personable, very short, and very straight to the point. If you pass the written test, the rest is a pretty good experience and most the guys i interviewed with were pretty exceptional guys. hope this helps!

 

ftm, thanks for the good info. Was the dash sim, that you were checked out in, a 100, 200, or 300 series?
Did they give you a choice of left, or right seat for the sim check?
Would there be any advantage studying Dash-8 approach and holding speeds/torque settings prior to the interview?

 

i think all series of the dash are either exactly the same or very similar in the cockpits. no, you'll be sitting in the right seat, i'm sure you know piedmont is practically begging for f/o's and will give just about anyone with a solo cross country endorsement a job, but as of right now they're not hurting for captains, so no left seat during the sim. i wouldn't study approach speeds or anything like that for the sim ride, you would just be wasting your time, and they tell you roughly what speeds and what not that you will be shooting for anyway. same with torque settings, a captain will be flying with you in the sim and will set up all radios, tune identify and everything else for you including the torque, they will tell you before the sim that if you want to go faster, tell the captain more torque, slow down, less torque, simple as that. they're are only looking for basic insturment skills during the sim so don't sweat it too much. hope this helps, good luck with the interview.

 

Just curious, last I heard the interview itself was with the director of training, but you interviewed with the chief pilot?

 

No results as of yet, but future result probably wont work, never has....Moral is good at XJ, but that can always change, but we are in growth mode, which in reality, as with every other regional means absolutely nothing. I picked mesaba (had other offers) because of base and QOL, but dont base your decision solely on those things. Commuting isnt that tough, just know the flights you can get on and be creative, and dont suck, that is the key thing....dont know you so cant say you would like mesaba, but most people that work here do...good luck, and hopefully you make the right decision wherever you end up

 

Thank you for re-stating my point