ATA Sim Prep at Purdue

[eagleatr]

Mine's on Aug.12, in the morning also. From what Sharon said, travel info would be emailed out this week. I think it is an all day process and we will not be leaving until the second day. Good luck.


EagleATR

 

[32drvr]

Timeline

Howdy...

Applied 5/15.

ATA cashed my check 5/28.

LOR put on file: 7/16

Got the call: 7/17

Interview: 8/11 (this was the first available date offered)

I was wondering if they are finishing the interviews earlier since they seem to be starting earlier. No big deal, tho. I'm so psyched I can't stand it! I've been wanting to get on with ATA for a long, long time.

Good luck to all!

'32

 

[njcapt]

Heard from my ol' Vanguard Chief Pilot who interviewed last week. They started earlier in the day and made it out of the sim in the early evening. This allows the time tested ATA interview technique of observing interviewees after the consumption of several adult beverages at dinner. I believe the ability to behave properly under those conditions is important to a pilot's success at ATA. (sarcasm alert)

You still spend the night at the Lafayette Radisson, though. Word of advice. DO NOT drive your own car up to LAF and miss the opportunity to get to know the van driver / sim operator / flight department interview person. The sim flys pretty much like a 737-200, but if possible get some prep. Most interviewees do these days so if you don't, it really stands out.

 

[trainerjet]

This allows the time tested ATA interview technique of observing interviewees after the consumption of several adult beverages at dinner. I believe the ability to behave properly under those conditions is important to a pilot's success at ATA. (sarcasm alert)

Simple solution here is to avoid the "adult beverages at dinner". Although for some (most) pilots I know, this is next to impossible, but really now.............

 

[Pickle]

Dinner/drinks

The point of the dinner and beer (or MAYBE two, no more than that!!!!!! Everyone in my interview group had one beer.) is to see how you will be on a layover, and to see how you interact with others, ie the waitstaff at the restaurant.

 

[trainerjet]

Then I guess non-drinkers (or non beer drinkers) need not apply? There really ARE pilots who don't drink.

 

[HarleyGuy]

Our Pilot-type interviewer, Gary, said that when he interviewed years ago he ordered a beer in spite of being a non-drinker- he just didn't drink it I guess. He and the other beer ordering guys got hired. Nobody that didn't order a drink got hired. I get the feeling that that's no longer the case. After dinner (most of us ordered 1 beer at dinner) we met at the hotel bar and hung out for a few hours, so we all (including one of our sim evaluators) ended up having several. I think it's more of a social thing than a drinking thing.

BTW: We got out of the sim at about 1830.

ps- Sharon told me on the phone to expect the travel details email by a certain day, and I hadn't received it so I emailed her the following day and got the email the day after that. One thing that was stressed over and over: do NOT hassle the Chief Pilot Office ladies. They even told us about a few guys that had 'drowned in the pool' after being hired by hassling the ladies about class dates.