I completely agree with you. Good thing I got that pretty CFI. Also have another full-time well paying non-flying job to fall back on..

 

I already have over 1500 hours so it doesn't really affect me directly. 260 just seems really low after the Colgan crash. I thought those hiring practices stopped. I learned that they have not from this thread. That is why I read these forums. There is some good information hidden in all the garbage.

 

Also, someone PMed me for some of the questions on the written. Thought I'd post it here for whoever has an interview coming up. I can't remember them all but I hope it helps. I'm also not guaranteeing that these are the questions you will see...
"The written is very easy. Most questions I found to know instantly and very easy to answer, however there were a few that I had no idea. Know your requirements for filing alternates, both departure and destination, and when they need to be listed. Take a look at the ILS RW32 at Buffalo in NY. There were probably 7-10 questions from that approach. Things like -Where is the FAF? -When can you descend to 3500 feet? -From what station do the MSA's apply? -What is the highest obstacle on the approach? I can't remember much more, just some basic IFR questions. A few meteorology questions (easy though, like what is put in a TAF when there are rain showers forecasted). There was a lapse rate question (Temp is ISA +5, what is the temp at 10,000 feet). What are the weather requirements in Class B airspace? What is the max speed below 10,000? What is the max speed in the outer ring of class C? Purpose of an MEL? Know lost comm procedures on IFR flight plan (where do you fly? how high do you fly?). What does the MSA on an approach plate guarantee (signal coverage? Obstacle coverage? By how much?) Thats all I can remember for now.."
I won't give you the answers, because I'm not sure if mine were correct... I'll let you figure them out and research for yourself.

 

Riiiiight. So, because you worked at GIA means that you have no ethics, huh? Really....? I flew there back before 9/11 and flew with many, many, many stand-up ethical guys. Probably more ethical than you and I don't know you from Adam. Guys that now work for UPS, Delta(former NWA too), FedEx, SWA, NetJets, CitationShares, blah blah blah... The list goes on. Obviously, they weren't ignorant or lazy, because they are all working for the companies that most guys want to work at. If they were lazy or ignorant, they would probably be lifers at the Stream. I for one worked my ass off there, so that I could move on and get out of there to bigger and better things. It was a stepping stone, one of many in the airline world. And GIA was not the first, not will it be the last place where pilots will PFT. And for those of you that like to compare doctors to airline pilots, that is absolutely preposterous. Doctors go to school a sh*t-ton longer and certainly pay a sh*t-load more for their schooling than pilots do, so please, give me a break with the comparison to doctors. While we're at it, there are plenty more unethical, douche-bag doctors out there than there ever will be pilots....

*I am neither supporting nor disparaging the GIA program, since I don't know what kind of racket they have going on these days, but it certainly sounds worse than what it was when i went through. However, I got what i wanted out of it and can't complain.

 

Gulfstream is advertising Captain positions, is it true they are taking direct entry Captains on the Beech 1900 at this moment? Or, is it one of those things (like GoJets) you have to start as FO, and "soon" you will get your vacancy award for a Captain position? There's a pretty big difference there.

 

Bait n switch i'm afraid

 

Nobody is direct hire right now, but people in class with me are way over the hours to upgrade and probably will real quick.

 

I hope you aren't sitting at a regional with that type of critique.

 

[QUOTE= Originally Posted by slyguy
I got half way through page 4 of this thread and said screw it. You guys that are going to the interviews, and accepting these jobs should all be ashamed of yourselves. You are stepping on the neck and suffocating the industry. If I ever sit on the hiring board of anything, and you walk into the room with GIA on your resume, expect to be shown the door promptly.
CAVOK84;1098930]I hope you aren't sitting at a regional with that type of critique.[/QUOTE]

If he had bothered to read the whole thread he would know that GIA is not Pay To Play anymore & they even got rid of the PFT program.......

Good work by the guys who stood up for themselves & eventually management got rid of this PFT.....

Only thing they have now is a 2 yr committment which is not bad, specially for any low time pilot who is trying to get started in the airline world.
Even Eagle was making people sign a 2 yr contract....

 

It took all of us to put the foot down and say no. Rumor is 2 ppl where going to do the PFT route, but all of us were adamant about $0 being paid for this job.