I agree on drawing the systems. It's a great way to learn. I once sat down for a 135 checkride and the guy said " I'm gonna get a drink of water, draw out the electrical system and then we can talk about it."

If I hadn't done it 100 times before I would have been screwed.

 

Ya know, most of you guys have bad things to say about TSA, and I appreciate your opinions. At least its not GoJets. Plus I'll make CA in a year. So thats all good.

Keep the comments coming.

 

Congratulations & Best of Luck.... Care to give us any specific details about the interview itself?

 

I interviewed on the 26th, and was offered a class date also.

The interview was just as advertised. 50 question written test, mostly easy ATP written questions. The interview consists of a few hr questions: How did you hear of tsa?, Tell us about your MIP, When would you be able to start?, What would it take for you to stay? An information sheet on some E145 systems and memory items (very few, I memorized it on the plane on the way to stl the morning of the interview.) is emailed to you before the interview and they ask a few questions over it. Also asked some questions about my current aircraft. A line captain had a jepp binder and asked a few questions about an arrival and had me figure out a descent profile (which I did wrong, too used to using the gps eta and vsi).
I was offered a class in july and told them I couldn't make it till september. Sept 4th is the class date.

I am from Missouri, and would like to live in stl, but the consensus around here is that tsa is a crappy place to work. I have 1400/500/600, so I may be able to upgade quickly, but I have no idea of the seinority required. I have interviews with Eagle and ASA coming up, but I don't really want to live in any of their available domiciles. Does anybody have a positive opinion of TSA? Is it as bad as Mesa of Gojet?

 

wow CA in a year...........have fun on the type and try not to get violated............chasing an upgrade is sometimes not worth it.............. talk to me in a year and well see how your thoughts of TSA have changed

 

Do you ever have something good to say?

 

Hey, sorry, not to be a downer, I remember when I first came on here everybody would badmouth COLGAN and being I had just got hired and it was my 1st airline gig, I stuck up for it and tried hard not to listen to them, but in the end after the thrill of the uniform, I ran like hell from that place.................just be cautious, all regionals are hiring right now, and attrition due to FO's leaving is not a good sign, but congrats on the job.........

 

This is soooo true.

...and it doesnt have anything to do with being negative or not. All true.

Congrats on the job!! Let us know how it is going in one year....