Interviewed yesterday and today. Interview is exactly like the gouge on mypilotcareer.com. No surprises. 3/7 were sent home because they did not make better than 80% on the ATP written questions. The sim was full motion, CRJ 700, and fun to fly (although pitch sensitive and I realized how used to the Flight Director I have become). As soon as I landed the airplane, Joe said,"Great Job, welcome to ASA." Drug testing and finger printing followed. Everyone was very nice, and I was offered a Dec 27 class date (other dates available were 1/14 and 1/28. They told us within the first 15 minutes of getting there on day 1, "We need you. Every one of you walked in here with a class date stamped on your forehead. Please do not make us take that away from you, we need you too bad." Although I would love to fly the shiny new E170 for RAH, ASA seems better for me because I know I'll be based in ATL, and won't have to worry about being locked in for 2 years if something better comes along or I just don't like it. And for those who will ask, I have 2700TT, 2400PIC, 1200MEL, 1000Turbine, 800TPIC. I look forward to seeing those in the Dec. 27th class!

 

congrats! welcome aboard, best of luck in training.....

 

800TPIC? and you went to a regional??? to each his own

 

Wow with that many hours, you shouldn't be opting for a regional gig...

 

The Legacies want 121 time. All I have is 135. Hence no call yet from NW or anyone else I have applied to. The only other viable option is USA Jet (and fly 40 hours/month) or Colgan direct entry captain (terrible QOL). I imagine in about 6 months alot more options will be available to me.

 

I second the congrats! Hopefully some new opportunities will open up for you with the 121 experience.

 

What about AWAC?

 

Get on the DC-9 at USA Jet, that might help you get on at NW. Since you need the credentials more so than the time.

 

And/or go to Pinnacle or Mesaba, where you would be "pretty much" a street captain.

Seriously. 9E put an ad on cl350 today basically saying (in their HR dept's typical cloaked way) you would have a "very fast" upgrade if you had high time.

Did you apply at CAL? Go do the Crew Pilot Training CAL sim prep and I don't see why you wouldn't get the interview.

Compass? Spirit? JetBlue?

I guess someone has to set the example for the rest of the class!!!

 

At least keep sending in apps/updating at those places so that if hiring picks up this Spring/Summer it'll at least be an option.