Stryker

Back in 2008 I had the same issue with ASA... I got through both days and did really well in all parts. My interviewer shook my hand and said the job is yours and congratulations. I was told to expect a call in about a week with a class date. I get home and 2 days later I get "the letter". I called the pilot recruiting office to check and see if it was a mistake (as there was a guy in the sim portion who REALLY screwed up and started cursing like crazy and I was hoping they didnt get our eval forms switched). When I called them they got EXTREMELY defensive and thought I was arguing with them. I will never know the real reason, but it really could just be a crap shoot. I didnt have anything negative on my record except for one checkride failure. Its not a problem with just Eagle.

PBSG

Don't read too much into the flight times. I see it when people apply to the majors and say "I've got 10,000 hours and FedEx hasn't called me", but what they don't tell you is they got fired from three places, have a sexual harassment suit pending and is getting investigated for violating an FAR. Sure, the flight time looks great but why call someone with all of that baggage?

Or it could be the formatting of a resume. A girl I know (non-aviation) had troubles getting callbacks for a job she was well qualified for. She took her resume to a specialist who reworked it and allowed the computer to scan and hit the highlights. Remember, these days it isn't a human looking at these apps, its a computer.

After she did that she got four calls in a week.

3stripes

Eeeek! All of this talk is scary. Passed the final sim stage yesterday and was told I'd be called with a firm offer either last night or this morning. Not heard anything yet though.

RedOverWhite

It has been a week for me and I haven't heard anything at all - good or bad. When I interviewed back in November I think I got the "No Thanks" after about three days.

I am assuming it's "No Thanks" again, but the recruiter left me with the impression that I had a fairly good chance this time around (and he and another recruiter weren't exactly sure why I wasn't selected last time). Outside of a brief overview of the electrical system of my current a/c, no tech questions and we just spent the time talking about our respective airlines and the industry. No sim eval since I'm current (or so they said...hmmm...). Seems odd to me, but I guess it only takes one person behind the scenes to veto you. I do have a checkride failure but that didn't seem to bother anyone when it was discussed. Worth a quick email to check in?

3stripes

I'm current too. Last flight was a week ago, but they still put everyone in the sim. We were told if we did not make it to the sim stage then we could consider our application to be unsuccessful. Four out of five of us made it to the sim. My sim partner and I were told we were successful straight after the sim and were told to expect a call in the next 24 hours.

RedOverWhite

You fly a JS31? I ask because his exact words were that if you were current in the DHC8 or larger you didn't need to do the sim eval. While that's a hell of a co-inky-dink as that is exactly what I fly, I'd be pretty surprised if they just made that up to send me home: "What's he on? The Dash? Just tell 'im....tell 'im...how 'bout this: if he's current on the Dash or larger he doesn't need to do the sim. And hey, we can't offer him the job if he doesn't do the sim.....whew, problem solved....who's hungry?"

3stripes

Hmm, strange. One of the other people interviewing was current on an aircraft with a MTOW of over 67,000lb and had a lot of time on C130s too and they had to do the sim. I've never heard of anyone not doing the sim stage.

hc0fitted

I just got called for a interview 5/24!!. It is my first 121 interview. Any suggestions/tips??

sloflite

What's your email? I'll send you some stuff that I have.

Stratapilot

Read the gouges, they are pretty spot on. Be professional and friendly. Some people go in there pretty stressed out. I laughed and smiled, even though this was my one and only shot in to the airlines.

The sim ride MAY be in a 737-200 FTD. It's VERY docile but sprightly. PAY ATTENTION to the power settings and pitch attitudes when they brief the group, it will make or break you. If you haven't done any actual IFR in a while I highly recommend spending about 5-10 hours in a sim before the interview. The sim is NOT a formality.

If you pass everything you'll get either a call (which is good)or a letter (which is bad.). From what I understand from the guys I interviewed with, they are putting people in to pools for XJT at the moment.

Whoever is in the 5/23 class. I'll see you there. I'm bringing my car, so if you need to go to wal-mart or whatever I'll be more than happy to take you there...for a reasonable fee