Cactus Aug 16 class??

[Guppiedriver]

Guppie, you are correct about a few things. The training at cactus is among the best. The pilots are among the best too, in and out of a jet. Great F/A's too. Great Maint people too.
I got there with a big smile on my face, left 6 yrs. later with an even bigger smile.
I'm no math wizard but isn't 49% almost half of 100? Don't be so naive.
Where were you when DP told the pilots that things wouldn't change and to leave if they didn't like it? Boy, I would want a refund if that was all I learned in business school. Go Team!!
I would guess there were about 50 of us left in the last couple years, not because we were good or smart....just real lucky.
These new guys can figure it out for themselves, i'm not going to bs them.
That's my last post on this subject.

cactuspilot,

I'm naive, because a SWA F/O makes more money than I do? Yikes! I guess you would get a bigger smile on your face if Alaska hired you? For you well being, I hope they are hiring.

I guess I'm fortunate that I don't need a group hug every day or the third biggest paycheck amongst my peers to be satisfied with my career. More money would be nice, but I won't lose sleep over it. I did my part, I voted no.

You won't bs them? The only thing they can gather about AWA from your post is they make less than a SWA pilot.

One thing we can agree about is 49% is nearly half of 100. However, if 49% represents the difference between SWA and AWA pilot payscales, you need a new calculator.

 

[FlyDouglasJets]

Good joke. Ooops, you weren't joking. You're on your own here.(AWA) Dude

What, what, what, no "Henry the VIII" motel!?!? Outraged. ;-)

I wonder if that new rwy 12R will be over the sacred grounds..

 

[HAL]

flynAAvy,

Guess I'll be seeing you Monday. That makes at least three out of the twelve in the class that frequent this board. Looking forward to doing the brain dump of Boeing stuff and 'going French'.

TT: 4700
PIC: 2500
Turbine: 1250
Type: 757/767

Furloughed from Hawaiian (Nearly 4 years there), then spent last nine months flying Navajos out of Fairbanks Alaska.

I had two friends who are Captains at AWA bring in my resume around Christmas. Got the app in April, Call in May, Interview in June, Class this Monday (July 26th).

I did the sim prep with three others. Two didn't pass the sim, the other failed at the interview. There was a second group that may have done the sim prep the day earlier as there was a total of eight interviewing the same day as me. I don't know how the other four fared. It was all straight out of gouge available everywhere.

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[TWA Dude]

(AWA) Dude--"Average Line Value" Where have I heard that before? Hope you're having fun. Take care.TC

They have different terms for everything here but I just stick to what I know. And I'll check my JXCAP after every trip. BTW, remember how on an autoland on the 717 the FO had to call out "Align, Flare, Retard, Rollout"? On the Bus here the only callouts are "NO Flare" and "NO Rollout". I have to clamp my mouth shut (no comments!) to keep from calling "Flare" cause if I do the captain will probably go-around. *sigh* Later dude. Take care of those special passengers of yours.

 

[PHX767]

Lodging during AWA training

Guys,
There are a number of short term furnished apartments around the PHX airport. I stayed in one during my training when I was with HP. Not the nicest, but a better environment to study in than a crash pad. If you have wheels that may be an alternative.

PM me if you want and I'll look in the phone book for you.

 

[xrated]

I also start AWA on the 26th.

Pt. 135 background
5200 tt
4000 pic
1800 jet
2800 turbine

I know about a dozen pilots at AWA, had four F/O's walk resume's in early in the year, Feb I think. Got app late April/early May, got call two weeks later for late June interview. I believe I interviewed with six that day, and from what I can tell, only two of us got an offer. Three muffed the sim, one the pannel. I am leaving a good job, but based on what all my friends say, its a great place to be, especially if you live in PHX as I do. I have a close friend who will also be in the 26th class, similar background as I. I here there will be a furloghed AA/TWA guy with 757/767 experience in the class also. Looking forward to school and meeting all that have posted on this board.

 

[Benhuntn]

Who puts you up?

Southwest puts new hires in the Renisannce hotel. It is very nice and they pay you at the rate of 6 trips a day.

 

[skiav8tor]

xrated,

Do you know if the guys that blew the sim had done the prep with K&S or anybody?...

 

[xrated]

I think everyone who interviewed the day I did took the prep. Two of the three that blew the sim took the prep twice. Looked like they had confidence issues. No doubt about it, the sim profile is difficult, but doable if you relax.

 

[skiav8tor]

xrated,

What other insight can you give me about the board interview?

 

[xrated]

I studied the gouge I got off the net. http://www.willflyforfood.cc/Interviews.htm
Doesn't seem like it has changed a whole lot over the years. If you do the sim prep at K&S they will also give you a sheet with typical questions. But as all have said, it's very relaxed. Two assistant Chief pilots and a gal from H/R. They browsed through my logs, they weren't perfect and it didn't seem to matter. Drunk capt, below min ILS, TCAS going off, ya know, typical interview stuff. The lady from H/R had some questions relating to customer service and integrity. Technical stuff was limited to an approach plate. MSA circle, large arrow on plan view......I did spin out of control when he asked about being able to identify your position without DME or GPS. I got a little stressed out but they did a good job of calming me down. They were looking to see If I could figue out a timed approach.
All in all a very pleasant experience. The sim is deffinately the biggest hurdle, so if you have an interview coming up, the prep is a must.

 

[Saabslime]

The panel interview was more fun than stressful. I had a bunch of stories for the HR type questions and we spent a good deal of time just laughing and b.s.-ing

All the gouge you can dig up on aviationinterviews.com will be right on the money. Just hang loose in the sim instead of getting all wound up and you'll be just fine. The profile isn't difficult at all, it's just basic attitude stuff like you did for your instrument ticket. What worked best for me was memorizing the pitch and "o'clock" positions for each step in the profile. Don't worry about setting 1.23 epr and such, approx epr setting will get you close enough to perfect. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

 

[skiav8tor]

What were the 'right' answers to the drunk, below ILS, and tcas or gpws questions...I imagine they just want to see how you would handle certain situations?!

 

[Saabslime]

What were the 'right' answers to the drunk, below ILS, and tcas or gpws questions...I imagine they just want to see how you would handle certain situations?!

Those you're going to have to come up with on your own. If we start posting personal answers on boards like this, it won't be long before they realize that everyone they're interviewing is answering their questions the same way. That's going to make you look stupid and won't help you get the job. Just answer truthfully and logically keeping safety and honesty in mind and you'll be fine.

 

[xrated]

Saabslime has a good point and you do have to come up with your own solutions. But the main point is that AWA looks at you as a Captain in training and they want to make sure you are going to stick to your guns and make sure the capt doesn't do anything stupid or illegal. They want to make sure you have the ba!!s to confront a captain when it comes to safety issues. During my interview, I made mention that I would hate to "Rat" out a captain for a drinking issue. One of the assistant C.P.'s doing the interview said you wouldn't be "ratting" on the captain, but you'd probably be saving his career.......well said!

 

[skiav8tor]

I appreciate the info...I had figured the answers that you and saabslime had given were going to be what they were. I do know that they want to see 'who' you really are...I feel extremely lucky to have the opportunity just to have AWA look at me, let alone have the interview. I know what confidence level I have, and now it's time for AWA to see...I hope to see you in PHX

 

[xrated]

Good Luck!

 

[Pondscum]

Hey fellers.... for those of you about to interview:

Make sure you get your money's worth out of the sim prep course. The reason I say this is that I just had my PC three days ago and the checkairman was going to be one of the sim evaluators this week. He told me that the Company thinks that too many guys are "squeaking through" the sim eval. The min score is 7 out of 10 and they have been told to tighten things up and not let some marginal guys/gals through. Evidently there has been some training problems when it came to the sim. My recommendation (from personal experience) is to schedule the sim prep no more than a day or so before the interview (preferably the night before)and use K&S since they use the exact sim for the prep as you will on the sim eval.

Best of luck to all.

 

[Wiskey Driver]

Hey fellers.... for those of you about to interview:

Make sure you get your money's worth out of the sim prep course. The reason I say this is that I just had my PC three days ago and the checkairman was going to be one of the sim evaluators this week. He told me that the Company thinks that too many guys are "squeaking through" the sim eval. The min score is 7 out of 10 and they have been told to tighten things up and not let some marginal guys/gals through. Evidently there has been some training problems when it came to the sim. My recommendation (from personal experience) is to schedule the sim prep no more than a day or so before the interview (preferably the night before)and use K&S since they use the exact sim for the prep as you will on the sim eval.

Best of luck to all.

That's really F ucked up!!!!

WD.

 

[learob]

I have done my homework on this company PHXFLYR. Good company and getting better in my opinion.




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Sorry couldn't help myself

I was there for 3 years, son you better know what you are getting yourself into.

 

[Saabslime]

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Sorry couldn't help myself

I was there for 3 years, son you better know what you are getting yourself into.

Why don't you enlighten us about your whole 3 years. Or do you just get off anonymously slinging mud on chat boards?

 

[PHXFLYR]

Saabslime;


Relax a bit,bud. That JetBlue clown probably left during the Franke regime. Lots of people did, and from what I understand you couldn't really blame them. Nothing ran on time , cancellations at an all time high, morale pretty poor.
New managers seemed to have cleaned up the operation,pax complaints are down from what they once were, loads are good, small profits in a tough revenue enviroment have been posted last 5 quarters. Things are
better than what they we're 5 yrs ago and hopefully will improve over time. Good luck on your new endeavor.


PHXFLYR

 

[xanderman]

my personal experience

To all those who are interviewing or have successfully completed the interview:

My personal experience has been nothing but awesome. Everyone I have met has been wonderful. Yes everyone! Granted I have only been here a short time. And yes I do realize that there are things that could be changed for the better, but tell me about a place that is perfect in every way and I'll show you your fantasy . Like others have said, this company is doing well in a very tough environment. So hopefully things will loosen up a bit and we'll be doing even better. Congrats to all of you successful candidates... We'll be see'in ya on the line.
It's no joke! This place IS a great place to work. End of story.
Andy