Hey everyone I have a real quick question about the info. that ASA (and others) want you to bring to the interview: high school, college transcripts, work history, letters of rec, FCC, Passport, etc... I am trying to get this stuff together now so that I am not running around trying to do it all last min. once I send my stuff in. One more thing, I was wondering what is covered during the "pre-interview" interview that is conducted over the phone before they give you a date. Thanks for all the help!!

 

They make applicants with 121 time do a sim ride? Seems a little picky for someone who is so desperate for pilots.

 

Being picky isn't a bad thing.. I think people forget that you are flying an aircraft caring 50+ people at speeds of 400+ knots...

My sim instructor said it right last night, "we are preparing you take our families to locations across the globe, we want to make sure you can handle it."

The whole idea behind training is not to teach someone how to fly but what the companies procedures are. If you have trouble flying a simulator at 250 knots then you have no business flying jets.

Now on a positive note, its not hard. Just have a good scan and think ahead. If you were a flight instructor this shouldn't be a problem, your constantly thinking ahead of your student. If your flight school has a sim crank up the speeds and see if you can handle shooting an approach at 170+ knots, thats what I did and it helped.

johnso29 I know this doesn't really pertain to you if you have previous 121 experience but when I did my interview we had a guy with 135 experience that didn't make the cut.


So go ahead airlines, be picky :-)
~m

 

I'm not sure who told you that they don't have any people on reserve but I have a friend there you is sitting reserve right now. He was hired in Feb.

 

Based on the trivial loops in the application they make you have to go through and the 2-day interview process, I think the answer to the question is that they obviously don't need pilots badly enough... not to mention ATL and SoCal at $19 an hour are less than attractive.

 

VERY well said! Thank you!

 

For the record, I have been at ASA since March, and I am off reserve.

 

LMFAO

What about second year pay? oh wait, guess that doesn't count.

Read my first post on if we need pilots...
As for reserve, well, most people I know are having little to NO (yes thats right no) Reserve time.

ASA DOES need pilots. Enough said (so does EVERY OTHER regional).

~m

 

ATL isn't so bad. It's a pretty big city now, and people are pretty cool here. and the girls are fine. it has terrible traffic and crime is really bad in some spots, but other than that it's not too bad.

 

I am reading things wrong where people have been posting of a (potential) So-Cal base for ASA???

If so, would it be junior or senior?

Maybe I just gotta wipe the sleep outta my eyes and clean out the earwax...