Btw its not GIA anymore... Gulfstream International Airlines has ceased to exist, the new ownership is VPAA - Victory Park something or other, out of Chicago, and I think they just bought Giordano's pizza in chicago.

 

VPAA just took over the company the name stayed the same.

 

WHAT?

Now THIS is something I care about!

 

VPAA did a management shift and doing a few things...

Regarding pizza: (although I'm a Gino's East fan...)

Giordano's sold to private equity group for $61.6M - Chicago Tribune

The Giordano's pizza chain, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last February, was auctioned for $61.6 million early Wednesday morning to an investor group led by Chicago-based private equity firm Victory Park Capital.

 

This happened because I went on my diet and lift routine back in 2010....

I should have never given them up...

 

You must be from Chicago also. Gino's and Giordano's both suck! I'd take a good mom and pop place any day over those two.

 

Ok. here is the unabashed truth about GIA. I accepted an offer to interview and this is what I found out.

1. No PFT. You are asked to sign a 2 year training bond to which $1000.00 is deducted from the contract per month. NO MONEY is taken from your paycheck. So if you stay for 12 months, you would owe 12,000.00 You stay 24 mos, you owe nothing.

2. Pay is 19.00 per hr. plus per diem from day 1. You are also given a single occupancy hotel room during training

3. Hiring for the EAS bases. You are able to bid Florida, but it is senior.

4. Lots' of attrition. Guys leaving for the majors, etc.

5. Interview is a get to know you, WWYD snenarios.

6. 50 question test which cover everything from pvt, inst, comm and atp. Easy stuff, but unless you like to keep up with it, you will forget

7. Sim ride straight forward. Lilly the instructor was super nice. I got a completely different impression from cruz. Sim was a takeoff, intercept, track, to hold, say entry, fly an ils, land. brief approach.

8. Overall impression of the company? Good. They are growing also, with plans to double if not triple in size thanks to the new owners.

I'm not going to tell you what to do but to each his/her own!

Also, for those of you interviewing, it will be held at Sheltair. DO NOT GET A TAXI. USE THE SHELTAIR SHUTTLE- IT'S FREE if your flying in to FLL. Just give em a call and they will pick you up.

 

So if you quit after a year and still owe them $12k its not pft? I suppose training bond does sound more politically correct, but still the same thing in the end.

 

I digress. PFT is what used they used to do. Where you pay what $45,000.00 up front? Here it's if we hire you, we want a 2 year commitment. If you are not able to do that, then obviously you shouldn't go there. GLA does the same thing.

 

With this new "bond" are you not part of the "race to the bottom" anymore per-say? Is this more legit then what they previously did? I got offered an interview as well but have a really good, non-flying, job about to start. Plus I have a possible interview at a Dash operator; I'll know next week.

I always feel like I have to appease everyone I meet, I guess it's just my nature, and I don't want to go the interview and feel obligated to take the job. Just trying to get all the information. With their expansion, it could lead to something but you never know.