Whats the best way to prepare for....
04-02-2014 | 06:38 AM
#31
Line Holder
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 44
Likes: 0
It comes down to specific airline. I only have knowledge of Skywest and Mesa. At Mesa there is no interview as such. The recruiter will call you and talk and get to know you. He'll offer you a class date and that is it. The only thing with Mesa is you have to sign a 1 year repayment contract and the low starting pay. To be fair though, Skywest is the same the first year. At Skywest you may get the Brasilia so an expensive jet sim course will do you no good.
04-02-2014 | 10:26 AM
#32
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 110
Likes: 0
It comes down to specific airline. I only have knowledge of Skywest and Mesa. At Mesa there is no interview as such. The recruiter will call you and talk and get to know you. He'll offer you a class date and that is it. The only thing with Mesa is you have to sign a 1 year repayment contract and the low starting pay. To be fair though, Skywest is the same the first year. At Skywest you may get the Brasilia so an expensive jet sim course will do you no good.
04-02-2014 | 10:46 AM
#33
On Reserve
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18
Likes: 0
Good points. I didn't consider the possibility of a prep course not having any real application once assigned to an aircraft type. I guess we're going to have to give this some more careful thought.
BTW, just curious.....are you, in fact, a Kiwi or have some other connection to NZ?
Thanks for taking the time to provide the info.
BTW, just curious.....are you, in fact, a Kiwi or have some other connection to NZ?
Thanks for taking the time to provide the info.
04-02-2014 | 04:56 PM
#35
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 110
Likes: 0
wjsx, where are you at? Maybe we can get some folks to link up with you and give you some good ole fashioned mentoring.
Nothing beats being able to sit across from a dude who's been down the road you're trying to travel and give you some advice and mentoring.
Nothing beats being able to sit across from a dude who's been down the road you're trying to travel and give you some advice and mentoring.
04-03-2014 | 06:20 AM
#36
Line Holder
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 44
Likes: 0
Another thing to consider. Try and save some money to pay bills. There are weeks that you are in a hotel studying and life goes on. If you have a wife or family member to do that for you, all the better. You will eventually get passes to jump seat home but that is even hard as a new hire. I have friends that couldn't get there sims finished, so it took longer to get to IOE.Can take 3 months or more. Just my 2 cents.
04-03-2014 | 07:04 AM
#38
On Reserve
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18
Likes: 0
Another thing to consider. Try and save some money to pay bills. There are weeks that you are in a hotel studying and life goes on. If you have a wife or family member to do that for you, all the better. You will eventually get passes to jump seat home but that is even hard as a new hire. I have friends that couldn't get there sims finished, so it took longer to get to IOE.Can take 3 months or more. Just my 2 cents.
I'm a little unclear about your comment about not finishing sims. Is it that because of financial restrictions they had to interrupt their sim progress, or that because completing the sims took longer than expected, that increased the time they had to support themselves?
Thanks again to both of you for input.
