Horizon Air Sim Prep??

[T5PT6]

Have an interview with Horizon, any input from anyone would be helpful, and need help finding the sim prep place, suposedly there is a place in Seattle called ATC that does sim prep, cant find it on the net, can you help. Thanks

 

[sitbackrelax]

ATCSEATLE dot com

There session is $500 it covers everything you need to know for the sim evaluation as well as some good stuff for the interview. If thats too much you may want to try calling the place in HIO that Horizon uses; you may be able to find a better deal.

Good luck on your interview.

 

[T5PT6]

Looks like you work there?? are the crew bases still, SEA-PDX and DEN??

 

[sitbackrelax]

The loss of Frontier flying means that DEN will be closing over the next year. I'm pretty sure we are hiring only into the Q400; Seatle is the most junior base but people in my class were able to get PDX before finishing IOE.

 

[T5PT6]

Are you fairly new?? was thinking of doing the sim prep at Hilsboro Aviation.

 

[sitbackrelax]

I was hired last fall. Hilsboro aviation is the place that Horizon uses for its Sim eval. I think ATC offes a very comprehensive prep, but if you used avaition interviews . com and flew the a frasca sim I'm sure you would be fine for the interview.

 

[ReverseSensing]

ATC is pricey, but they are very interested in you getting you hired at QX. If money is no object, go there. Flying the Frasca at Hillsboro Aviation (the same one you'll actually fly for the interview) is cheaper. No package "deals." You just pay by the hour.

The next new-hire class (late April) is 4-RJ, 4-400. The last two 400 classes got PDX. All 200 new-hires (hope this doesn't happen to you) get PDX. All RJ new-hires get PDX. DEN base closes in August, supposedly.

Good luck.

 

[Icelandair]

The people who run Horizon seem to believe that the axis of the earth passes through PDX, so yea just about everyone goes there.

 

[msupilot]

I interviewed there about 2 years ago, the sim was a killer. I never sweated so much in my life, but I did get hired (i ended up going somewhere else) and the two guys who went after me just walked out of the sim, so make sure no matter how bad you think you're doing, don't walk out and quit

 

[ReverseSensing]

The people who run Horizon seem to believe that the axis of the earth passes through PDX...

So sadly true.

 

[ReverseSensing]

...so make sure no matter how bad you think you're doing, don't walk out and quit

This is absolutely the best advice regarding the QX sim ride.

 

[check6]

The next new-hire class (late April) is 4-RJ, 4-400. The last two 400 classes got PDX. All 200 new-hires (hope this doesn't happen to you) get PDX. All RJ new-hires get PDX.

I ran into a guy in the late december class who said they were the last Q200 class. I only know they won't be sending more to SEA since there are 120 transitions scheduled in the next 6 months.

 

[ReverseSensing]

I ran into a guy in the late december class who said they were the last Q200 class. I only know they won't be sending more to SEA since there are 120 transitions scheduled in the next 6 months.

There hasn't been a 200 new-hire sent to SEA since September, 2005. I don't know if QX can get away with not hiring anymore 200 FO's. Every six months, someone has said no more 200 new-hires, but I just don't know if that's possible. Management controls lots of factors, but they can't entirely control attrition.

I believe the 120 transitions into the 400 includes all differences slots in both seats, including those bidders coming from PDX and DEN. There are only about 40 SEA 200 FO's getting displaced to the 400 starting in March, and just a handful of SEA CAs left to be assigned a differences class, hopefully by the time the SEA 200 bases closes June 18, so they won't have to commute.

Anyway, getting hired in the 200 at QX at this point would not be the best move.