PDTFlyer

I shipped stuff home from new hire training class in CLT without any issues. I just showed them my ID and they had no problems with giving me the discount.

MidLife

Any skinny on how long for family travel bennies to kick in? Same as the previously reported 48 hrs for the NH, or is it loneger? Or Should one gently nudge the folks there to make sure all gets activated before end of Indoc?

AZFlyer

Within the first couple of weeks I believe.

phrogfella

Hi all,

New applicant here, scheduled for an interview in the next couple of weeks. I've read that the Sheppard Air Interview prep is the way to go to get ready for the interview test but what parts do you all recommend focusing on the most? I've read discussions about how Aero and IFR are emphasized but haven't seen much about the Weight and Balance section or any of the other sections. Has anyone had any Weight and Balance Questions recently? Also, outside of flight school and some recreational GA flying, all of my flight experience has been as a Marine helicopter pilot and civy EMS helicopter pilot. If anyone has any gouge on the challenges of making the transition from rotary to fixed-wing, I'm all ears. Better yet, if you are one of the folks in the Military Transition Program please take a moment to stop in and share your experiences.

Thanks,
Phrogfella

MidLife

Great place to be and great growth opportunity. You have any FW time?

Andytcsi

The interview has no weight and balance stuff. Very little weather stuff on the written test but you will be required to decode a METAR from hell. and then brief and discuss a Jepp approach and Jepp airport diagram.

Oh and no real amount of FAR stuff other than things you should already know, i.e. there is nothing about the number of FA's required or anything.

phrogfella

My thoughts exactly, I wouldn't want to be at any other regional right now. ~250 FW time, Military Transition Program will provide the rest It's hard to believe how great the opportunities are right now to get into flying part 121, especially after watching friends deal with furloughs and slow career progression in the years following 9/11.

Swearingin

What happens at the end of the CPaT systems training?

Surely there must be more questions to answer than the few at the end of each sub-section?

Anyone got to an exam yet? How many questions?

It's a time management thing - if it takes 5 hours to do the test, I need to send the kids out the door for half a day!

Battlinbear21

You're not joking. this place really has done a 180 in a few years. Looking back how I was furloughed for 10 months. Sat As a fo on a rsv for almost 2 years w no upgrade in sight. And now today I get to fly w new guys and say w conviction "I am so happy for you all who are here right now. You will never have to sit a day of rsv and upgrade when you have the time. Ya lucky sob!!" I flew w a lot of heli pilots on the dash, all great sticks and answered all my questions, which were many. Only heli I fly is the ones I thumb into the ground and have to repair before next flight. I'm sure you will be fine w interview!

60av8tor

No final exam - only the few questions at the end of each section.