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Old 12-28-2017, 10:35 PM
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Interview went fine. It seems they just want to know how fast you can make it down there. I don't meet their 100 hr xc and 25 hr night xc and am a bit torn between building the time over the next month and then heading down there, or just eating it and becoming a CFI. any advice is appreciated.
Yeah I’ve been told by others that they really need pilots, I had to fly quite a bit this month to make sure I met the night xc requirements but I’m good to go. I’m sure they’re are many that would say suck it up and get the CFI but as for me, I don’t want to drop $6000-$8000 if I don’t plan on doing it for more than a year and especially if I know my heart isn’t in it. I will do it eventually though.
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Old 02-18-2018, 07:09 AM
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Aloha, got offered the job and will be flying out in a week. Anyone have any recommendations on where to stay/rent a vehicle? Leaning more towards Saipan since I’ll be doing discovery flights but not opposed to Tinian.
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Old 03-06-2018, 08:30 AM
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Thanks for all of the great information. I am considering going there as well. I was told they are reviewing you paperwork. Any idea how long it will take







QUOTE=ndawg1234;2436514]Sorry for the late reply! It's been pretty busy here. After you get settled in and do all of your new hire paperwork, you're off to training sit through a short presentation about how the discovery flights work and the routes. Then I sat in the backseat of a discovery flight to observe one or two flights. Then you hop in a Cessna or Piper and go do a checkout w/ one of the senior pilots. It's really basic stuff like stalls, steep turns, stalls. A few touch and goes and it comes to about .8 for the checkout. It's not so much a checkride, really basic if you've flown recently.

Next is your IOE. You will be flying paying passengers as PIC, but one of the senior pilots will be in the backseat observing you for just a few flights. After that you're cleared on that aircraft. Eventually you do a checkout in the other plane and then you're cut lose and cleared to fly either one. You can fly in either seat (but personally I fly in the right seat, much easier for me!)

Hope that helped![/QUOTE]
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Old 03-07-2018, 12:42 AM
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It really depends, this place seems to hire in cycles. I’ve been here 8 days now, I like it. Good group of pilots, locals we work with are awesome. Seems that they have quite a few applications so they are taking there time to make sure they get good people. Otherwise I would say that if you meet the requirements it takes about a week to get an interview. Then another week for them to make a decision. If they ask you to send copies of your pilot cert, medical, and your FOI then they are definitely interested. They will follow up with drug testing. If you get that far then an offer is somewhere down the line. However, you will have to pay for your transportation out here, and it’s not cheap at all. Hope I’ve helped answer some of your questions.
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Old 03-09-2018, 03:27 PM
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Hi Dburg30,
thanks for the latest information!

I got a offer of employment from them...

How many hours are you at work when doing the discovery flights? I've heard something like 12 hour shifts, and when not flying, doing lots of office work in between flights? Any truth to that??

Do pilots get to calculate fuel, and weight & balance, or does dispatch/ground crews do that?

Thank you very much in advance for the reply!
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Old 03-10-2018, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Mathpilot View Post
Hi Dburg30,
thanks for the latest information!

I got a offer of employment from them...

How many hours are you at work when doing the discovery flights? I've heard something like 12 hour shifts, and when not flying, doing lots of office work in between flights? Any truth to that??

Do pilots get to calculate fuel, and weight & balance, or does dispatch/ground crews do that?

Thank you very much in advance for the reply!


Congratulations on the offer. As far as shifts go, it is supposed to be a 12 hour shift 7am-7pm but it’s more like 9am-5pm. We show up at 7 am and preflight the 6-7 airplanes then we sit around and wait for our people to show up (usually around 9ish) and then depending on how busy we are and how fast we get the flight done, we’re normally closing up shop around 5:30/6pm at the latest. You’ll have plenty of time during your shift to sit and relax for a few minutes because we always have at least 9-10 pilots working.

There is “No” office work at all, we are just there to fly and make the customers (Chinese, Japanese, S. Koreans) happy. We also don’t do w/b, there are plenty of ground crew/dispatchers that do that for you. Basically you wait for the crowds to come in, they fill out the paperwork, get weighed and then they cycle thru the pilots based on seniority and give them slips of paper with a letter on it. You take that to dispatch and they assign you and aircraft. Then you go into the lobby and call your letter and then go fly.

Some days are busier than others, so it’s hard to give you an average but my first week I flew 21.9 hours so you should have no problem hitting 60 for the month. You will have to go through a ground school, take a familiarization exam, and do checkouts on the Cessna and Piper, and then observations flights before they sign you off. Normally takes about three days before you’re done and flying on your own.
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Old 03-11-2018, 10:58 AM
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Thank you very much for taking the time and providing on how the day to day job is.

What’s the weather like? Is it pretty benign? Or is it challenging and unpredictable when flying?

Anyway, thanks Again! I’m seriously thinking about going out there late next month.
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Old 03-11-2018, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Mathpilot View Post
Thank you very much for taking the time and providing on how the day to day job is.

What’s the weather like? Is it pretty benign? Or is it challenging and unpredictable when flying?

Anyway, thanks Again! I’m seriously thinking about going out there late next month.
The weather is pretty much always VFR with clouds bases normally few/scattered between 2500-3000 with a constant 070 15-20kts headwind and gusts between 15-25kts. You’ll definitely hone your stick and rudder skills as you’ll have to approach on final and climb out much faster than you’re probably used to.
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Old 03-11-2018, 03:19 PM
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Hi Dburg 30,

Sorry to keep bothering you...but One last question...I just received a email from the company regarding the “IFA” ( In flight Assistant ) and it’s associated job duties and also the PA31 Najavo check list.

Is the “IFA” part of the job? Or is it not likely we’ll be flying in the Najavo at all?

Your info has been very helpful to me. Thanks!
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Old 03-11-2018, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Dburg30 View Post
The weather is pretty much always VFR with clouds bases normally few/scattered between 2500-3000 with a constant 070 15-20kts headwind and gusts between 15-25kts. You’ll definitely hone your stick and rudder skills as you’ll have to approach on final and climb out much faster than you’re probably used to.
Thanks! Also I just got a email from them regarding the IFA ( In flight Assistant) and it’s associated job duties and the PA 31 Najavo check list. Is it likely to get time in The Najavo for us new discovery pilots.

Anyway, sorry to keep asking so many questions to you, but you’ve been very helpful. Thanks !
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