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#2011

Ispeakjive , 03-04-2016 08:11 PM

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VX Ground School

How long is VX ground school, and the sims?

#2012

Chuckie , 03-04-2016 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ispeakjive

How long is VX ground school, and the sims?

Ground school is six weeks. Two weeks of indoc, two weeks of MFTDs/systems, and two weeks of Sims.

#2013

brianb , 03-05-2016 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ShyGuy

On property but not flying the line. And I only see 2 of the 5 deliveries so far. N286VA and N362VA are in Miami, at least according to flightaware.com I think it's a good month+ long process at minimum to fit seats/IFE/etc so they are still there. N286VA landed MIA on Feb 3rd and N362VA on Feb 20th.

I was in Miami on Thursday and can bear witness to the fact that a certain N362VA is, indeed, on property and looking good.

#2014

Papirry , 03-08-2016 08:34 AM

Smooth Operator

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Originally Posted by magneto

had a friend interview yesterday, here are few pieces of info he had:
-10 guys at the interview (only 2 even looked under 30yo and not all west coast guys)
-told they are still in the middle of hiring the 100 that was announced, probably a pause of hiring during the summer and then start up again in the fall.
- 3 of the 5 airplanes coming in 2016 are on property.
- they have no plans to get rid of 319s
- interview was like all the gouge out there, no sim ,no technical Qs, they just want to get to know you and see if you are a fit and lots of time for questions from the interviewees.
-most laid back interview he ever went to

VX was the best interview that I had.... even though got TBNT

#2015

opdeliber , 03-11-2016 11:59 AM

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I received a word document pilot questionnaire in my email shortly after meeting with VA at the WAI conference. Is this a good sign or does everyone get that?

#2016

flysitfly , 03-11-2016 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by opdeliber

I received a word document pilot questionnaire in my email shortly after meeting with VA at the WAI conference. Is this a good sign or does everyone get that?

It's good news, you must have done well on the assessment and impressed the recruiters.

#2017

opdeliber , 03-11-2016 12:04 PM

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Thanks fly. Trying not to get my hopes up too high but I would be thrilled to fly with you guys. Have a great day!

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Originally Posted by flysitfly

It's good news, you must have done well on the assessment and impressed the recruiters.

#2018

Surfflysurf , 03-12-2016 01:20 PM

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Is there a waiting list of JFK guys trying to get back to the West coast?

#2019

ShyGuy , 03-12-2016 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Surfflysurf

Is there a waiting list of JFK guys trying to get back to the West coast?

Not really. Because of the upgrades and newhires, if you don't get it off the bat you will get it in the second time when there is a newhire class below you. Last class had a bunch of people that actually wanted New York and they got it.

#2020

Speed Pilot , 03-12-2016 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by opdeliber

I received a word document pilot questionnaire in my email shortly after meeting with VA at the WAI conference. Is this a good sign or does everyone get that?

Same thing happened to me. 20 minutes after leaving the booth.