Psa And Transcripts
 

If You've Interview Before At Psa,

Did They Required You To Bring A Copy Of Your Transcript (college) Or They Didn't Care? I Have An Interview Coming Up In A Week, Just Wanted To Know For Sure.

Any Psa Guy Out There:) ?

No transcript required. Didn't they tell you what to bring when they invited you? That's all you need.

They had it on the list, but it says: If applicable.

But, I wanted to hear from others who have interviewed their before if those Transcript were a must.

Hey how many hours do you have? Also how long from the "received your info" email until you got the call? I got the received your info letter 2 or 3 days ago. Just curious.

me too? how long? cause I got the email too!

it took about a week for me, and i didn't bring a transcript

Oh, well maybe they changed the invite letter. On mine it says bring "logbooks, licenses, passport and a calculator."

For those of you wondering, it took them a week to invite me after the initial email. There is so much hiring going on everywhere, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

I heard that there is no W&B questions and they expect you to finish the 25 questions within 10 minutes!

Nighthawk, how many hours did you have when they contacted you. I've only got 540/25, so I'm wondering how this is going to play out with the minimums sitting at Commercial/Multi tickets.

Plus my passport hasn't arrived yet, it was expedited, expect in 2 to 3 weeks would they drop me for that?

Would I expect a rejection email??

My total time was 530 or 540 with over 300 multi when they contacted me. As long as you applied for a passport and can show proof of that, that will suffice. One guy in my class still doesn't have his. The training dept. is aware of the hold up with passports. If you don't hear from PSA within a week or so, I would seriously consider getting another 50-75 hours of multi. That would put you over the 600 mark as well. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. I applied to all the airlines I met the minimums for and only heard back from two of them.(Both owned by US Airways)I got the job at PSA before the other one offered me an interview. I think PSA is better. PSA is very responsive with the application process and that is one thing that attracted me to them.

50 to 75 more multi is WAY easier said than done. I am limited to trips my friend takes in his 310 or another friend in his Baron. All my contacts that operate 135 say no way. So I'm kinda hosed. That much multi could take me 6 months to a year. Any ideas on how to get some multi time? Short of going out and renting a twin, which I can't even rent the twin I got my multi in.

I got a reply with 400TT and 30ME. I was told to update my resume after I graduate in August. Just be patient it takes some time. Took about a week and a half for me to get that email.

Find a friend who can rent the twin. Make him PIC, you manipulate the controls, you pay the bill (go chase tail in FL and split it if you are worried about FAR issues). I've done this before for a friend. Just getting over 50 will make a big difference.

See what happens with PSA first and then look at your options. If you look at the other airlines requirements, they want you to have at least 50-100 hours multi. If you have the money, or can get it, I would go to a flight school with a cheap multi engine time building program. You can buy a 50 hour block for 5,000 or so(with safety pilot, of course). You could fly all night if you wanted and do it in a week. . Check out flyaviator.com, I don't think you'll find anything cheaper. Or, you could do it the hard way and become an MEI.

Yeah, looks like thats what I'm going to have to do.
Just blows, you see these airlines w/ low minimums, and you apply only to find out, thats what they posted but really want this. IE TSA, a friend told me yesterday, even though they have 250/25 posted if you have less than 500 or so they want 100 multi. I was like whoa! Didn't know that..

I know how you feel. When the first couple airlines dropped their mins to 500, I got excited and thought I was in there. I figured I could get any job if I met the mins. After a while, I realized that's not the case. The thing to do is to apply everywhere you can and see who takes the bait. Even if the airline sucks, get the interview experiance. The only time you can pick and choose is when you get job offers. You might get in with PSA. I know they have interviewed and hired people with wet commercials. However, most people have more time. More multi would definitely make you more marketable.

Remember too that these low minimums are a fairly recent occurance (even though they happened a long time ago too). It has always been common industry practice to list minimums somewhat below what they are really looking for though. That's why lots of airlines list "Competitive Mins" as well. They don't want to limit their applicant pool, but they will take the most qualified people first. Don't feel too bad about it, I surpass the minimums for all of the regionals, but didn't get any interviews until I went to the job fair thanks to being in a desk job for the last two years. Its frustrating, but it takes time and persistance.

Edit: On further career advice, I hope those of you with less than 500/100 have spent the time to get a degree or some other professional training before embarking on your aviation career. Nothing like getting the layoff notice when there isn't a pilot shortage. You never know when you might need that business or engineering degree.