yes... please elaborate

congrats and thanks for any heads up you'll give us

 

good job... lets hear the details?

 

Congrats!!

 

Congrats! And thanks for the extra bump up the senority list!

 

Well I have 1040 and 200 multi, I have a lot more then I needed but I had some personal stuff I had to do before I could apply. The interview was not bad at all. The first thing you need to do is make sure to have all the paper work they ask for in the exact order they want it. There was people sent home in the first five minutes for that reason. Second thing is that Houston airport is big so follow their directions and you will be ok, just keep following the signs.

The interview part itself is easy if you study for it. The first room I went to was systems, he asked me to tell him about the landing gear system, and then he asked me about speeds below 10000, a lot of people make the mistake that you can only fly 250 in a class B, the rule is below ten thousand, not class B. He asked me about compulsory reporting points, and when in radar contact what can you report to ATC. He asked me what color light I would see at the outer marker.

Second room was jepp stuff. I briefed a SID coming out of Acapulco (sorry about the spelling here if it is wrong). Very easy, everything is on the chart just read it. You take off go about 7 DME turn back towards a vor, there is a crossing MCA for different transitions. She then asked what if we could not reach that alt before crossing the vor, there is a hold depicted on the chart, you fly in that until reaching the alt. Then she asked me some low en route chart questions, grid mora, moca, mea, airspace, blue and green airports, and about airspeed again in bravo.

Last room when all the paperwork was filled out was with a captain and Angela herself. The captain asked me why express, what do I think being professional means, I fly in phoenix az so actual is not very easy to get here, so he asked me how I felt about flying in weather, the key here is even if your ir skills are not that great tell them they are, that is what they want to hear. Angela asked me the automatic hr questions, failed check rides, failed stage checks, anything on your record, FAA actions and if I had any questions for them.

The biggest thing I realized in the whole process is that they want people who are easy to get along with, they have 45 mins or so with you to get to know you, they want to like you. Go there talk to the interviewers, talk to other applicants and just have fun, that is what they are looking for.

 

I want to thank everyone on here for the great information on these another airlines, it really helped me get to know a company before I applied. I might have ended up at one of these had I been stupid.

 

You made an excellent choice in coming to ExpressJet, congratulations and welcome! Any idea what base you want?

Alex Salib
EWR FO

 

[quote=preludespeeder;207338]Well I have 1040 and 200 multi, I have a lot more then I needed quote]

Boy times have changed. Congrats.

 

Don't they require a certain amount of actual IFR?

 

Hey Skynut,

I start training, Monday, and am hoping for an LAX or ONT base. So the curiousity is killing me...

Where are you sitting reserve? What bases did guys in your class get? When did you finish class? How long did you wait for IOE?

Thanks in advance, for any first hand intel.