How reasonable would it be to commute from Kauai? Is there actually a base in Maui?

Sent you a PM.

So you're saying some are commuting inter-island, or only senior guys?

anybody have any info on crash pads in HNL by chance?

Thanks

I can tell you that I personally know an individual who is the poster child for Hawaiian airlines but they turned him away because he needed mainland jet experience (icing thunderstorms big terminal airspace etc). He had plenty of 121 turboprop island hopping yime.The majors recognize the difference. Not saying island air time is useless by any means but I would say stay in the CONUS unless you're looking to simply enjoy the hawaii lifestyle and get to that great career airline a bit later.

Here's the current newhire training footprint. Fly-in to HNL on a Wednesday. Indoc Thursday and Friday filling out HR forms and listening to various company personnel. Weekend off. General subjects, FOM, regs etc Monday-Friday. Test on Friday. Starting the following Monday is systems. About 2.5 weeks with weekends off. Test at the end. Emergency doors and equipment training thrown in there towards the end.

VPT (vritual procedure trainer) will occur just before you go to sim. 3 to 4 days of VPT in HNL. Sim training is in Seattle Flight Safety. 9 sim lessons. Then Oral and checkride. Average sim footprint is 15 to 18 days from the day you arrive til you leave. Most crews get Island Air instructors, but Flight Safety instructors are utilized as well. The oral and checkride are administered by an Island Air APD. You'll get some days off between lessons so give yourself a mental break and explore Seattle.

IOE is 5 days for both FOs and CAs.

As with any new aircraft, there are some growing pains. Our training manuals need updating. Overall it's a good program. Just have a good attitude, don't complain and you'll get through it. If you need extra sim sessions, the company will give you more time as long as progress is made and (again) you have a good attitude. I heard recently 2 pilots were given a second round of 9 sim lessons. Another pilot failed the checkride and was a source of constant complaining. Got the boot!

Great post. Is training Advance Qualification Program (AQP)? How about EFB for charts, manuals and company documents? Planning on starting in the summer.

No AQP. No EFB (yet). Still paper. Groundschool systems utilizes an Apple app called Ethos. Newhires are assigned an iPad with which you can setup your company email, download company manual PDFs like our FOM, FCOM, MEL, other training materials..... Our FCOM (Flight Crew Operating Manual) is our current Q400 bible. Limitations, checklists, flows, aircraft systems, etc... I would say the PDFs are our poor man's paperless option for now. Operationally speaking, our releases, weather, NOTAMs are still on paper. Luckily our Jeppesen charts are Hawaii only so we carry a small binder.

I know this is an IA thread, but anyone have any updated info for Ohana Air? Really and specifics would be great!

Mahalo!

What type information are you looking for in regards to Ohana?