Island Air

[Sleepyhead]

Hey Jenga, congrads!!!!
Glad to hear they finally called you.

Give me a call when you get back on the island.


FYI: I heard IA is interviewing on the 24th.

 

[dash8driver]

haha.. Gordon..what a freakshow. 2 weeks of "ground school", used loosely to describe the period of time he has to have your attention while he sucks his own lollipop and strokes his own ego for two weeks. the finale comes, like freightdog says, with the final exam which is a test on semantics and how well he can trick you with stupid questions rather than test your system knowledge.

i have heard they finally got some balls and took out some of his idiot questions, but just incase here are a couple of his favorites.

when you're busy studing the details of the electrical system, dont forget how many seats are in the airplane. he will smirk with joy if you forget to add the 2 pilot seats, jumpseat and FA jumpseat to the 37 pax seats.

also, just incase you're inflight and a situation comes up that you have to be able to count the number of hydraulic pumps on the plane, dont forget to add the hand pump used to pump the gear down on a manual gear extention.

in addition to knowing your fluid levels, make sure you know what units they are in.

oh, and the rule of that special dimension called Gordon's class. if his question is written wrong, his answer is technically wrong or not the best answer... you are still wrong.

and dont forget your station in life.. you are a lowly pilot and not an elite and accomplised mechanic who cant get hired anywhere else on the ramp like him.

 

[Freight Dog]

when you're busy studing the details of the electrical system, dont forget how many seats are in the airplane. he will smirk with joy if you forget to add the 2 pilot seats, jumpseat and FA jumpseat to the 37 pax seats.

Didn't you count the lav as a seat too?

 

[dash8driver]

yes you can try to do that, but doesnt count because it doesnt have a seatbelt and he cant stand anyone to be more witty than him.

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

African or European?

 

[Nalo Boy]

dont forget the wheelwell pumps.

I heard that the last class actually called him out and asked if he was ever a pilot......silence.

 

[av8tortype]

Island Air Class

HR's letter says to anticipate 3 weeks for classes and that flight training is based on seniority. Curious how soon after classes are they sending them to Seattle and for how long? Just trying to get a picture of the length of time from beginning of classes to end of IOE and being placed on reserve. I understand it depends on many variables but any insight would be appreciated.

 

[halfmoon]

What are the schedules like at island air? days off a month?
pay? upgrade time etc???

any worthwhile input appreciated

 

[Lopaka]

Skyride & Jenga,,, See you guy's June 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[av8tortype]

Lopaka

Cool ... that makes at least four of us from this thread for June 7th. Congrats!

 

[Lopaka]

"The Fliiiiiiiightinfoooooo Class" . . Ready for semantics 101, now back to the Dash Flash.
Mahalo's "R"

 

[jenga]

...........Nnnniicceee Lopaka! We'll see you there.

 

[Sleepyhead]

schedule is something like this:
ground school: week of indoc, 2 weeks airplane stuff & CRM class
Cockpit procedure training: 2 days with your sim partner and instr
sim: 11 days (2 travel days, 8 sessions, 1 day off in the middle)
flight training: 2 nights in the airplane
IOE and then they will give you a schedule the first month to finish your 100 hrs.
Then you will be put on the reserve schedule.
I had a few days off in between the variuos traiinng evennts. The ones that are junior will have a little time off after after ground school.
They will probably be able to give you a training schedule in ground school.

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

Don't blow off the indoc test. It's a bitch and we were poorly reviewed over the material. That test is typically ambiguously worded and tricky. They canned someone a while back for dumping the indoc test, so study.

 

[dash8driver]

yea but you ended up with a better job anyway, so its all good..

 

[Nalo Boy]

congrats on the class guys, youve been waiting long enough. I think Skyride56 is in that one too.

 

[igneousy2]

At least from the last class, your training schedule varied greatly depending on your seniority within the class and if you were being typed or not. The senior classmembers from the March 1 class have been on line for the entire month of May, where the junior guy is yet to complete IOE and aren't scheduled to complete IOE until June 1.

1 week indoc, 4 days CPT, 8 sim sessions, 2 airplane flights if you're not typed, 3 if you are.

IOE 5 days, then you are on reserve...their is no "green line" here but dispatch calls the guys that need 100 hours first while on reserve.

As far as schedules, reserve is 10 or 11 days off, it's a modified "preferential bid" system for the days off on reserve, as far as the lines, it's either 11 or 12 days off, you either work an AM 8 hour shift or a PM 8 hour shift and you are home every night


Good luck.