Colgan New Hire - WTFO!

[Mr Wu]

Date of interview: April 21, 2007
Date interview was submitted: April 21, 2007
Were you hired as a result of this interview? yes
Total flight time: 262
PIC flight time: 122
PIC TURBINE flight time: 0
Instrument flight time: 15
Total multi engine flight time: 40
Did someone walk in your application/ resume? yes
How many letters of recommendation did you bring? 1
Are you a CFI? no
Are you a CFII? no
Are you a MEI? no
Are you an ATP? no
Did you complete the ATP written? yes
Are you an FE? no
Did you complete the FE written? no
How long after you sent your resume were you called? 0 weeks
Do you have a college degree? no
Do you have a military background? no
What is your current job? other
What is your age? 19
What aircraft were you assigned? Saab
If you were hired what is your training date? April 30, 2007

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Interview experience:
All the rest is right on. Looking forward to seeing all you guys in school and being part of the best regional airline in America.

What's next? A valid pulse?

 

[Kream926]

thats gotta be fake....

19 year old with atp written.....why?


and the best regional in america??

 

[fsworld]

Why not? Its good forever with a 121 carrier, I had mine at 20.

 

[WSurf]

What's next? A valid pulse?

Maybe you haven't been around for awhile! But every regional airline is in scramble mode to find anyone to fill seats.

 

[gkrangers]

Wow I have more time than that. :|

 

[XJohXJ]

It actually makes sense that regionals would want to hire people as young as possible. With FO's running away as fast as they can, companies can rest easy knowing that certain FO's, by law, cannot upgrade for several years.

 

[Filkster]

What's next? A valid pulse?

Heard Pinnacle has a new hire in class now that does NOT have a multi.... I guess the regionals are reaping what they sew...

RF

 

[WIPilot]

Heard Pinnacle has a new hire in class now that does NOT have a multi.... I guess the regionals are reaping what they sew...

RF

How is that possible?

 

[Metro752]

CATS will not let me take the written until I turn 21? How'd you get yours?

If I'd fill out the aviationinterviews.com stuff ya'll'd snap my neck.

 

[Kream926]

its amazing how far people will go to start making things up

i sitll think this is fake

 

[redflyer65]

You got the story wrong,

He had a Comercial, just a single comercial though!

 

[fsworld]

i assure you that you can get it before 21. If you read into the regulations, you can get an ATP before you are 23 also.

 

[relief tube]

wow....anybody else wanna sign up to not fly with that guy? Dude's got 2 years b4 he can even drink. Not even a CFI...sad.

best regional in america? what is he from france or something?

10 to 1 he doesn't even pass initial. He needs to go back and earn that crappy colgan job.

 

[rfa]

10 to 1 he doesn't even pass initial. He needs to go back and earn that crappy colgan job.

High horse? ...what would you say if someone gave you a job when you had 300 hours? I know I'd be a happy camper.

The problem is with the industry, not with this guy. I wish him best of luck.

 

[Metro752]

i assure you that you can get it before 21. If you read into the regulations, you can get an ATP before you are 23 also.

No you cannot get the ATP before you are 23. Prove me wrong, because I am too lazy to prove me right.

 

[void]

Heard Pinnacle has a new hire in class now that does NOT have a multi.... I guess the regionals are reaping what they sew...

RF

I heard that one. He only had his commercial single and nobody caught it. His Sim instructor finally looked at his logbook and figured it out. He was escorted off the property pretty quickly after that.

 

[WIPilot]

I heard that one. He only had his commercial single and nobody caught it. His Sim instructor finally looked at his logbook and figured it out. He was escorted off the property pretty quickly after that.

That would be interesting trying to explain that at your next interview...

 

[purdue_pilot]

I believe it...PDT is hiring w/ less!

I just talked to a kid last week that was hired with 230TT 22 Multi NO CFI! I didn't realize that PDT was in that bad of shape!

 

[flyer172r]

It actually makes sense that regionals would want to hire people as young as possible. With FO's running away as fast as they can, companies can rest easy knowing that certain FO's, by law, cannot upgrade for several years.

So what happens when the captains start to leave in larger numbers and all of a sudden you have a bunch of slots to fill but nobody who's legally able to fill them?

 

[WIPilot]

So what happens when the captains start to leave in larger numbers and all of a sudden you have a bunch of slots to fill but nobody who's legally able to fill them?

Street captains.