Island Air

[ShortsDriver]

I have an interview this month with Island Air in Atlanta. Whats the gouge since Air Inc. is involved. Is there a sim ride, if so what kind of sim? How do I get some time on it the day before? Any help/inside scoop would be good. By the way, how deep is the pool?

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

Well, my crank isn't hitting the bottom, but that isn't saying much (but at least the water's warm).

 

[Sleepyhead]

for gouge, search this site for "Island Air"
or go to www.aviationinterviews.com

As for the pool. Don't know how many are swimming, but consider they haven't told anyone who interviewed in Aug, if they are in the pool or not.

 

[Freight Dog]

Hog,

If you haven't received any notification on whether you are in the pool or not, and you interviewed back in August, I'd call HR and ask them. That's unusually long not to get any info. Usually the bad news would happen within a week, good news within 10 days. They may have tried to e-mail you.

Good luck!

 

[KingAirer]

Is island air sticking with there flight mins or do they occasional hire those with less time?

 

[Freight Dog]

They hire with less.. Yesterday, I had a new guy ride the jumpseat with us and he had 1500/250.

 

[jenga]

Also check out the fly4food site.

http://www.megaone.com/willfly4food/

There's a recent gouge about the ATL deal. And like the others have said, do the search here on Island Air.

I remember there were some posts here awhile ago that indicated one person doing the interview in ATL got the sim (a king air) and the other did not. The IA search should reveal this info.

The Pool? In it.

How many others in it? No idea (At least 2).

Next class? No idea (Soon please!)

Hey Freight Dog, have you heard any rumors about classes or anything related?

 

[Two Feathers]

advice

Got a question for Freight Dog.

I just finished the ATP written last week and submitted my resume. I went to the DC area Air Inc. show hoping to meet some IA folks but unfortunately no one was there. I'm thinking of travelling to HI in the near future with the hopes of meeting some of you and speeding up the application process but I'm wondering if this would be considered bad form. Looking for advice.

 

[Sleepyhead]

Two Feathers

Can't tell you if going to Hawaii will help or not.
However, if you want to meet the reps on the mainland,
Island usually goes to the Air Inc seminar in ATL.
They pre-screen resumes before the show and interview
people after it at the Air Inc HQ.
From what I know,they alternate the interviews between ATL
and HNL.

 

[whereamI]

2 feathers

if you are going to be in hawaii, i would stop by HR and drop of a resume in person. i did this a couple months back, and got an application packet in the mail and hopefully will have an interview soon. i was living in hawaii at the time, dont know if the local address helped me or not. it cant hurt to show up in person. my 2 cents

 

[Freight Dog]

Two Feathers, no it's never a bad form to be persistent as long as you do it in a professional manner.

If you don't live here, I'd call and follow up with a phone call. When I was hired, that's how I did it. Every little thing I sent them, I'd call them to verify they received it: initial resume, a new resume and cover letter and my license/medical, my application, and even afterwards.

Persistence pays, my friend. I'm the living proof of that.

 

[Av8ter]

:

Hey freight dog,

I have a question and need your advice. I'm the one that had the interview back in May in ATL, and did the sim ride in the King Air profile.

Should I try to get another interview? They said I would be eligible for a retry in six months (Nov), or would I just be wasting my time.

To this day I don't know what the reason was for me not making the pool, it was either the COG test, or my minor mistakes in the SIM.

Anyways, I would still like to work there if given another chance.

By the way, I know that Phyliss Torres is no longer there, so who is the new HR rep.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

By the way, you are the "Andy Neil" of Island Air.
Av8ter

 

[dash8driver]

if you are eligible for a retry then i would say go for it. who knows why you didnt get in the pool the last time, it doesnt mean you wont make it in this time.

who knows whats the deal with the cog test, it looks like one of those things you could pass one time and fail the next.

the new HR person is named Nikki. send in another app and good luck!