American Eagle Invite Interview
#1
Banned
Thread Starter
Joined APC: May 2006
Position: FO
Posts: 125
American Eagle Invite Interview
Hello:
Any and all help in preperation for AA-Eagle interview.
Current time: 1210tt, 120MEL
comm amel, 24 age, with BA!
[email protected]
thanks
Any and all help in preperation for AA-Eagle interview.
Current time: 1210tt, 120MEL
comm amel, 24 age, with BA!
[email protected]
thanks
#2
1) There's detailed gouge on the internet, willflyforfood, etc.
2) Study the ATP question bank.
3) Know your Jepp's, especially big-airport stuff like taxi charts, SIDS, DP's, and the terminal area diagrams that big cities have.
4) Practice some IFR on a SIM or PC, holds, intercept, ILS. If you're used to small airplanes, you will need to be more proactive with the power. I did the 707 sim, but they use a different one know.
5) There will likely be a employee plant in your interview group, and the clerk at the hotel may be a spy...from the time you leave home until you return home, assume that anything you say or do is recorded for the benefit of the captain's board.
6) Assume that you will not get hired if you have any kind of medical history at all...day 1 is interview & sim, day 2 is an astronaut physical. Some poor kid in my group got canxed because his BP was a little high, and I mean just a little high...it was low enough that it didn't raise a flag with his AME.
7) If you get hired, complete initial training and IOE, then immediately start applying to other regionals. I don't think anybody from my interview group stayed longer than 6 or 8 months. I got hired elsewhere before my eagle class date, so it wasn't an issue for me.
2) Study the ATP question bank.
3) Know your Jepp's, especially big-airport stuff like taxi charts, SIDS, DP's, and the terminal area diagrams that big cities have.
4) Practice some IFR on a SIM or PC, holds, intercept, ILS. If you're used to small airplanes, you will need to be more proactive with the power. I did the 707 sim, but they use a different one know.
5) There will likely be a employee plant in your interview group, and the clerk at the hotel may be a spy...from the time you leave home until you return home, assume that anything you say or do is recorded for the benefit of the captain's board.
6) Assume that you will not get hired if you have any kind of medical history at all...day 1 is interview & sim, day 2 is an astronaut physical. Some poor kid in my group got canxed because his BP was a little high, and I mean just a little high...it was low enough that it didn't raise a flag with his AME.
7) If you get hired, complete initial training and IOE, then immediately start applying to other regionals. I don't think anybody from my interview group stayed longer than 6 or 8 months. I got hired elsewhere before my eagle class date, so it wasn't an issue for me.
Last edited by rickair7777; 06-06-2006 at 08:21 AM.
#3
Got an invite, too... and aviationinterviews.com was a good source of info, as well.
I have 2500TT, 1300ME. But I will be busy for another month, so you'll be interviewed before me! Let me know how it goes!
Wow, Rick, why the quick jump? I heard (you know anytime a sentence starts with that....) that that was a career airline. Guess not! Why did YOU jump?
Where are there bases? Is there a training contract? Seat lock?
Thanks!
I have 2500TT, 1300ME. But I will be busy for another month, so you'll be interviewed before me! Let me know how it goes!
Wow, Rick, why the quick jump? I heard (you know anytime a sentence starts with that....) that that was a career airline. Guess not! Why did YOU jump?
Where are there bases? Is there a training contract? Seat lock?
Thanks!
#4
Originally Posted by Frozen Ronin
Got an invite, too... and aviationinterviews.com was a good source of info, as well.
I have 2500TT, 1300ME. But I will be busy for another month, so you'll be interviewed before me! Let me know how it goes!
Wow, Rick, why the quick jump? I heard (you know anytime a sentence starts with that....) that that was a career airline. Guess not! Why did YOU jump?
Where are there bases? Is there a training contract? Seat lock?
Thanks!
I have 2500TT, 1300ME. But I will be busy for another month, so you'll be interviewed before me! Let me know how it goes!
Wow, Rick, why the quick jump? I heard (you know anytime a sentence starts with that....) that that was a career airline. Guess not! Why did YOU jump?
Where are there bases? Is there a training contract? Seat lock?
Thanks!
Eagle has fairly low pay, and a VERY long upgrade time because so many captains stay in hopes of flowing up to AA mainline. Actually right now eagle seniority has been impacted by furloghed AA guys flowing BACK into eagle and pushing everybody down.
The one good thing, for me at least, was west coast bases
I found their corporate atmosphere to be very wierd and bitter. And the mainline guys ABSOLUTELY DESPISE eagle. If you have no other option, do it but plan on moving along soon. You phone will ring off the hook once you complete 121 training and get a few turbine hours.
I didn't jump, I got a job offer elsewhere before I started at eagle.
#5
Banned
Thread Starter
Joined APC: May 2006
Position: FO
Posts: 125
My interview
Hello,
It is official I have a date with Eagle July 24, 2006. I'll be flying into DFW the day before! Now I must finish my studies for the MEI (Multi-Instructor Add on). Then it is off to interview preparations for Eagle. Not to mention getting all documents and logbooks in order. This is my first real 121 carrier interview, and yea I am excited and scared/nervous.
Thanks
It is official I have a date with Eagle July 24, 2006. I'll be flying into DFW the day before! Now I must finish my studies for the MEI (Multi-Instructor Add on). Then it is off to interview preparations for Eagle. Not to mention getting all documents and logbooks in order. This is my first real 121 carrier interview, and yea I am excited and scared/nervous.
Thanks
#7
Banned
Thread Starter
Joined APC: May 2006
Position: FO
Posts: 125
Interview openings
They asked if I could come in next week or mid July. I stated was going to be in Israel on a tour study program until July 10. So she said we can switch places always wanted to go. How does July 24 sound. That means you get month to have fun in Israel and prep for the interview while getting your documents all in order. They are running interviews through Oct. 06.
Stay in touch.
Stay in touch.
#8
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2005
Posts: 135
Originally Posted by RJ Pilot
Guys, There are worst place to be at. AMR is at least very stable company right now.
Yes Long upgrades,although we currently running 10-16 Ca.upgrades for the last several months or so,so things are slowly moving.
My paycheck clears everytime.
Remember the grass isnt always greener on the other side.
Dont listen to people that havent even step foot on AMR property for christ sakes.
PM for any info.
PM for any info.
Do the new folks on this board a favor and save the Eagle propaganda for the Job Fairs.
#9
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2005
Posts: 135
Originally Posted by pilot754
Hello:
Any and all help in preperation for AA-Eagle interview.
Current time: 1210tt, 120MEL
comm amel, 24 age, with BA!
[email protected]
thanks
Any and all help in preperation for AA-Eagle interview.
Current time: 1210tt, 120MEL
comm amel, 24 age, with BA!
[email protected]
thanks
However, if you decide to throw your career away here is some info:
[Disclaimer: It's been over 7 years since I interviewed there, but this is what I can remember]
Kiss the interview captain's butt. Most Eagle Captains are ego maniacs (especially the guys in the training/hiring dept). So the more you stroke his/her ego, the better off you are.
Make them think you want to make Eagle a career airline. They want people like that. I think they believe if you want to be there for a while, they can abuse you more without fear of you leaving or something
They check out the log book and military records (if ex-military). They scrutinize it pretty thoroughly.
Study Jepp charts, App plates, and arrival/dept procedures. They might ask you some pretty obscure questions from those.
Know your IFR rules such as alt requirements, fuel requirements, lost comm. Procedures, when to continue an approach below mins, etc...
The sim was actually the easiest part. When I did the sim, it was a no motion 707. Just fly the profile that they brief before the sim session and ask the non flying pilot for EVERYTHING. He/she is there to help you. I think all I did was do some turns to familiarize then fly an ILS to a miss and hold for one turn. Straight forward and easy.
The physical (like many have stated) is like a frig'n astronaut physical. KY and everything. I have 20/20, but they still questioned my eyesight. They had me read from the view finder thing and were not quite sure so they took me to the ole poster with the letters thing on the wall. Passed it and the rest was wasted history. Oh yeah, they used to do this psych test on the computer. I don't know if they still do that though.
Good luck and remember that I warned you.
#10
Originally Posted by directbears
Yeah, don't even bother going.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Breton
Hangar Talk
0
06-24-2005 02:53 PM