logolight
Air Wisconsin
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- Feb 8, 2003
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O.K. folks. I didn't expect to see that big of a response to my previous thread about the AWAC interviews so I'll give you all the info I know about the company and the interviews.
The crew bases are PHL, DCA, and ORF. PHL being senior and ORF going junior. Attrition is very high right now because alot of people who are living in places like DEN and west of that do not want to commute so they are quitting. I was hired in Feb 05' and my seniority has already gone up over 130 numbers.
As for the interviews. They are probably going to give preferential hiring to furloughed Comair and Mesaba pilots because they are current and qualified in the CRJ. For them there may not be a sim in the interview. I didn't have to do a sim because I was furloughed from Independence Air (current and qualified). If hired, you will probably be offered the short course of training which is 3 1/2 weeks of total training. A bit of a fire hose.
For the other pilot candidates, You also stand a good chance of getting hired. Send in your resume and go to the seminars. You will most likely have to do a sim. My understanding is it's an elite style simulator. The night before your interview you have the opportunity to take a sim prep with the instructor for a fee of $30. You WILL take the sim prep! They take notes of who does the prep and who doesn't. It shows that you want to succeed with the company and the company wants to see a good attitude in the interview. If you don't do the sim prep it shows an attitude that you are good enough to not need it. This will not win you points in the interview. But the interview is laid back and they make you feel welcome.
My advice for the interview is to read the gouge on aviationinterviews, take the sim prep, and go in there with a good and ambitious attitude, and if you can do all that you'll find yourself sitting ground stops and holding at FL 310 before you know it.
Good Luck!
The Logolight
Owned and operated by Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp.
The crew bases are PHL, DCA, and ORF. PHL being senior and ORF going junior. Attrition is very high right now because alot of people who are living in places like DEN and west of that do not want to commute so they are quitting. I was hired in Feb 05' and my seniority has already gone up over 130 numbers.
As for the interviews. They are probably going to give preferential hiring to furloughed Comair and Mesaba pilots because they are current and qualified in the CRJ. For them there may not be a sim in the interview. I didn't have to do a sim because I was furloughed from Independence Air (current and qualified). If hired, you will probably be offered the short course of training which is 3 1/2 weeks of total training. A bit of a fire hose.
For the other pilot candidates, You also stand a good chance of getting hired. Send in your resume and go to the seminars. You will most likely have to do a sim. My understanding is it's an elite style simulator. The night before your interview you have the opportunity to take a sim prep with the instructor for a fee of $30. You WILL take the sim prep! They take notes of who does the prep and who doesn't. It shows that you want to succeed with the company and the company wants to see a good attitude in the interview. If you don't do the sim prep it shows an attitude that you are good enough to not need it. This will not win you points in the interview. But the interview is laid back and they make you feel welcome.
My advice for the interview is to read the gouge on aviationinterviews, take the sim prep, and go in there with a good and ambitious attitude, and if you can do all that you'll find yourself sitting ground stops and holding at FL 310 before you know it.
Good Luck!
The Logolight
Owned and operated by Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp.