I turned down an interview with them last January. I was interviewing at PSA the same day. I got the job at PSA and took it becasue they have a Dayton Ohio base where I am from. Well now I wish I went to the interview at Mesaba. I just applied again with 1200TT and 40 ME. My multi time is low but im going to start my MEI this month. I let them know that in my cover letter so they could see that I was going to pass the 50ME in the upcoming weeks. With all the 121 furloughed guys its going to be hard to get an interview.

 

I am ashamed to say it, but I am one of the low times guys who will be applying here very shortly. I am currently just over 230 TT, 56 ME, and just about 100 instrument. I should have just a tad over 300 TT when I apply in January. I know it’s a long shot, but I am going to be taking the chance. I am going to be a Western Michigan University graduate with a 3.7-3.8 GPA, assistant captain of a college approved hockey team, JET course for the CRJ-200, and a slew of other good activities for my resume. I am currently a CMEL/CSEL/Instrument, working on CFI followed by CFII and MEI. I am in no hurry as no one locally is hiring flight instructors, but I still want to gain the knowledge and experiance to hold a flight instructor rating.

I am curious to see how I fair up. I am looking to stay with the company long term, which I feel is what they may be looking for right now. With that being said, I have a few questions regarding the application before I fill it out next month. Under the questions, number 8 asks “Do you have a degree in Aeronautical science.” I am a current aviation flight science major at WMU, but I don’t want to get wording confused, as some degrees are listed as aeronautical and not aviation. For this, would my degree be considered a yes or no?

My second question is with regards to question 20, which states “Which ME-ATP Certificate do you currently possess?” Now I read the question as which ATP certificate do you possess, but the answers are asking what commercial certificate you possess. Could anyone shed some light on that one also?

Thanks much too. I will be sure to post an update when I do apply, and the status of the application also.

 

Mins are 600TT, 50ME. Competitive mins are >1,000TT, >100ME, >100Turbine, 121 experience. Good luck and keep working toward that CFI.

 

Where is WMU?

 

Any Mesaba pilots want to walk a cover letter and a resume in for a fellow pilot?

 

Thats the minimum perferred hours. Below the preferred hours are accepted with the approval of the company's chief pilot per the application at Mesaba.com. Only 2 things can happen, and thats them saying no, but I tried, or they say yes and I get lucky. It doesn't hurt to start early in my opinion. It will be a learning experiance.

Western Michigan University, located in Southwest Michigan in Kalamazoo.

 

I think this is completely your call. Aeronautical Science under many universities is the broad spectrum of it all. Below that you could have Professional Aeronautics, Aeronautical Engineering, Aviation Research, etc. This is purely my opinion and not from Mesaba, so take it for what it's worth.

I believe that the link was mis-typed. It should say ME Certificate (or something of the sort) and the ATP should be a selection along with the CMEL. So I think it's asking which ME certificate do you have, Commercial or ATP.

 

Well, back in October, I heard they hired a flight instructor with 8 hours ME into a 900 class. Don't know anything else about the applicant or his/her connections. Heard all this from a DPE for the flight school who is also a senior captain at a legacy carrier.

Apply and you might not get the interview...don't apply and you definitely won't get the interview.

That being said, my buddy recently applied with 500TT 20ME with a Commercial ME, SE, Instrument...was also finishing a degree. He got turned down for an interview. I guess it's a tossup.

 

OK first off, I didn't know the Stallions were still around. Good to hear. Now your chances are slim if you apply, they are zero if you don't...
There are a lot of us from WMU here (including the chief pilot of line flying) That is a favorably looked upon school by the powers that be here. As far as your second question I have no idea what you are talking about but I'm guessing that part of the app is screwed up. I'd just put down what matches the answers available... Good luck.

 

For what it is worth, I just had a buddy apply and get the interview with 260 total time with 40 multi. However, in the end he was turned down for having too low of time... Try and see what happens!