PSA Recruiter

There are actually several variables behind this, and not something that we share the specifics of. I can say that it is in your best interest to do well on the written test.

prfly

Thank you Bill20000

prfly

Thank you. Great weekend!!

Ski Bird

This. Read the gouge, be prepared, and be ready for questions of a similar type.

Above all, be yourself.

I dorked up a question during the face-to-face portion of the interview. It wasn't the end of the world. Admitted that I didn't know the answer but that I looked forward to learning the way that PSA does it.

Got the job offer a few moments later, and look forward to starting class soon.

Incontinentius

Really?

What are the specifics? A lot of people including the media and the free market want to know the specifics so don't be coy.

When a potential future pilot asks you a question, you answer it.

Longleaf7

I'm planning to apply mid-December after finishing up a degree. Assuming I get an interview and a job offer, when could I expect to start? I realize this is a bit presumptuous; I'm just wondering if there are scheduled start dates each month.

PSA Recruiter

Short answer is a couple weeks to 6 months, up to you.

Our application screeners usually take a day or so to go through your app and will call or email you with an offer for an interview if everything is in order. Right now, there are occasionally dates that are full, but you can usually interview in as little as 7-14 days, or you can extend it out 6 weeks. It is up to you. Our interviews are in CLT and are typically Tuesday and Wednesday (although we will be changing the days of the week starting in January).

Once you are given a conditional offer (which is usually on the day of the interview), you have 6 months to start class. If you can't start class within 6 months for some reason, you will have to interview again.

If you need the ATP-CTP class, I would recommend applying and interviewing ASAP if you are wanting an ATP-CTP class soon. We only have a couple seats available for the remainder of the year. There are wait lists already for the next few ATP-CTP classes.

If you do not need the ATP-CTP class, you can usually start class in somewhere between 1 and 5 weeks, up to you. If there are seats available, you can start class in as little as 4 days. The next few classes are full and we do have waiting lists, but there are a few seats available in December and January still.

Longleaf7

OK, thank you for the heads up. It sounds like I would be able to give my current employer plenty of notice if I get an offer. I wish I could apply today, but I have competing priorities until the second week in December.

Thanks again

Otterbox

You’re really expecting someone from a company to highlight the special circumstances/ decision making to give preferential treatment in a hiring process?

That’s not going to happen because that opens them up to litigation risk.

The tools to pass the test are out there (Sheppard Air). I know folks who studied all 800 questions in a week and passed on interview day. With the gouge online there’s zero reason for someone to fail the interview if the put some effort in, yet plenty of people still fail.

When companies are desperate to hire folks, things like passing tests get waived. Also, when special interest group folks fail the test, failures get waived. This is not something that is unique to the regionals either. Anyone that has had issues filling classes has been taking that approach (regionals, ULCCs, ACMIs) in recent history.

TallFlyer

I guess since you're on "the corporate side" now that the CEO always does what you tell him to, too.