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SoFloFlyer 08-02-2023 12:12 PM


Originally Posted by BusBoe (Post 3676788)
does spirit still require you to wait 5 years since 121 failure? I heard 5 years, others I heard it depends

has anyone interviewed recently? can you give me some questions they asked, and what specifically they asked?

I know of the website where you pay $100. However, everything there is vague. For example, they say know a taf. What code caught you off guard specifically? what approach plates they use? etc.

all in all, I would like to know how the interview is. thanks.

This is a major so the standard is that you would know how to read a TAF in its entirety. If you don’t know one (maybe you don’t fly where there’s snow), no big deal. Say so and move on. But knowing a large majority of it is the standard.

Also, the website, would include whatever specific question they got so don’t give up just yet. The plates I had to know where mentioned on the website too.

SSlow 08-02-2023 06:29 PM


Originally Posted by CincoDeMayo (Post 3676814)
Welcome to 2023 and our hiring.

"But I dont want to spend a $100 to get a multi million dollar job"

BusBoe, spend the $100, get the info, and be prepared. No different than whats expected from you every day you show up to work. I hope you dont need a cheat sheet on how to read a TAF or an approach plate. I can guarantee you nobody is trying to "stump" anyone at these interviews.

I often wonder if some of these posters are even actual pilot candidates versus some bored weirdo trolling an airline forum

crjflyer0023 08-03-2023 06:29 PM


Originally Posted by SoFloFlyer (Post 3676896)
This is a major so the standard is that you would know how to read a TAF in its entirety. If you don’t know one (maybe you don’t fly where there’s snow), no big deal. Say so and move on. But knowing a large majority of it is the standard.

Also, the website, would include whatever specific question they got so don’t give up just yet. The plates I had to know where mentioned on the website too.

cool thanks bud. I did take a look a the questions in the website in more detail. I'll keep studying them.

SoFloFlyer 08-03-2023 06:32 PM


Originally Posted by crjflyer0023 (Post 3677633)
cool thanks bud. I did take a look a the questions in the website in more detail. I'll keep studying them.

Good luck!

Hugh Betcha 08-04-2023 05:39 AM

I was chatting with a senior CKA yesterday. I made a snide remark about the level of experience of our new hires. He had a completely different attitude and said "These guys are really studying their @sses off, it's really impressive, good to see".

So, I've changed my attitude. Gave my phone number to a brand new guy I met in the terminal, and told him to call me if he thinks I can help out with anything.

SoFloFlyer 08-04-2023 06:31 AM


Originally Posted by Hugh Betcha (Post 3677785)
I was chatting with a senior CKA yesterday. I made a snide remark about the level of experience of our new hires. He had a completely different attitude and said "These guys are really studying their @sses off, it's really impressive, good to see".

So, I've changed my attitude. Gave my phone number to a brand new guy I met in the terminal, and told him to call me if he thinks I can help out with anything.

Bet he’d remember that for the rest of his career. Small acts of kindness like that goes a long way

killbilly 08-04-2023 09:47 AM


Originally Posted by Hugh Betcha (Post 3677785)
I was chatting with a senior CKA yesterday. I made a snide remark about the level of experience of our new hires. He had a completely different attitude and said "These guys are really studying their @sses off, it's really impressive, good to see".

So, I've changed my attitude. Gave my phone number to a brand new guy I met in the terminal, and told him to call me if he thinks I can help out with anything.

Very cool of you to admit you changed your mind on that, and then did something kind.

Bravo, sir.

CincoDeMayo 08-04-2023 11:24 AM


Originally Posted by Hugh Betcha (Post 3677785)
I was chatting with a senior CKA yesterday. I made a snide remark about the level of experience of our new hires. He had a completely different attitude and said "These guys are really studying their @sses off, it's really impressive, good to see".

So, I've changed my attitude. Gave my phone number to a brand new guy I met in the terminal, and told him to call me if he thinks I can help out with anything.

Here is a note for the new guys and this being their first airline/flying job: tip the drivers. And a $1 tip is not enough for the long stay rides. Doesn’t matter if you’re against tipping culture, this isn’t the coffee girl at Starbucks, pilots tip drivers.

symbian simian 08-04-2023 11:32 AM


Originally Posted by CincoDeMayo (Post 3677979)
Here is a note for the new guys and this being their first airline/flying job: tip the drivers. And a $1 tip is not enough for the long stay rides. Doesn’t matter if you’re against tipping culture, this isn’t the coffee girl at Starbucks, pilots tip drivers.

Yup. filler

BusBoe 08-04-2023 11:36 AM


Originally Posted by Hugh Betcha (Post 3677785)
I was chatting with a senior CKA yesterday. I made a snide remark about the level of experience of our new hires. He had a completely different attitude and said "These guys are really studying their @sses off, it's really impressive, good to see".

So, I've changed my attitude. Gave my phone number to a brand new guy I met in the terminal, and told him to call me if he thinks I can help out with anything.

Not to discredit you or anything, but you can teach a monkey to fly the airbus. It isn't rocket science. Fact of the matter is, if you come from a highly manual plane like the CRJ out of IOE, you will have absolutely no problem in the bus, and in fact you will be a better pilot than people who had the bus as their first plane.

And, if you came from a crappy training department like PSA where they fail you for any and everything, you will again, have 0 issues transitioning on the Bus.

People in Europe (and literally anywhere else outside of the USA) fly this thing with only 250 hours under their belt in a cessna. It's a very pilot-friendly plane.


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