Also, the word "gouge" is its own plural. There's no such word as "gouges" with respect to intel/info on aviation interviews, tests, etc.

 

Congrats! Welcome to the company!

 

Congrats on getting the CJO! Just out of curiosity, I might have missed it earlier, but why was PDT your first choice?

 

Which aircraft types are newhires being hired into at PDT these days? Still hired into the Dash or now more likely into the ERJ?

I always thought flying the Dash would be an awesome experience in this age of automation... Does the Dash have any EFIS or FMS?

 

Everyone is going to the jet now. Most recent class is a lot of 121 guys, it sounds like.

 

Noted.

Glad to be here!

"Short" flow-through. Size. Potential growth. Little to no reserve. Quick upgrade. Pay. Open time pay. Benefits. Everything I had read had been positive recently. "Long" history. Paid CTP. No training contract. It's not Mesa or GoJet.

Didn't care about equipment or bases. I'll fly what they give me and move where I'm needed. I was told all new hires are going 145. They said that if there's a special case where a Dash class can be put through earlier, we can put you on it. I said I'll do it. I'll take the seniority number.

I'd actually really like the opportunity to fly the Dash.

I took more of a laid back approach to the decision. It seems some guys on here go into so much detail about things that it gave me a headache. This career changes so quickly that I figured I'd take a look at a few things that were important to me and go from there. So far, I'm happy with the decision.

In the cafeteria, about 20 PSA applicants got up when they were called. Only 4 PDT guys. I wonder what they know that I don't. I have a couple of buddies there. Haven't heard great things.

Edit: The recruiter also said there was a pretty important difference in the legality behind PDT's flow-through and PSA's flow-through. As if theirs could be wiped out without much opposition. Dunno. Haven't looked into it. I'm just focusing on these three initial at-home tests.

 

Remember a recruiters job is to manipulate information presented in such a way to have a favorable effect towards you joining the organization. They don't always have/ give the complete picture, or cherry pick information and gloss over favorable aspects of their competitors as well as negative aspects of their own organization.

Recruiters sometimes don't know what they're talking about, and sometimes they knowingly give false information (you can hear thousands of stories from the military folks). I know of a company where the pilot recruiter promised new hires a pay raise X period of time after completing training that the company isn't delivering on. Not sure whether the recruiter was peddling false information, the company re-negged on the deal or what but the bottom line is that there's no additional money that was promised, some ****ed off employees and a recruiter that no longer has their position.

Bottom line: Trust anything a recruiter says through verification with individuals at the target company if possible to get the real story.

 

Welcome aboard, i honestly think you made a great choice. I will say this, 2 years ago when i interviewed, they were spot on. Yes they get you excited about the company, but everything was true.

Psa... shiny jet syndrome.. they do have bases where some people live.

The dash has been a blast to fly. I am going to miss her greatly. Nothing like flaps 35 and and landing a 40,000 lbs aircraft in a 1000 ft. Pdt, can you make short approach, hell yeah we can, both people up front, huge smile...

Most flights use about 1000 to 1500 lbs of fuel, remarkable.

 

I was told new hires get to choose.

Some dashes have EFIS, some don't. All have an FMS

 

All PDT new hires to the jet. The last two classes were all jet.