Last week's AirTran interviewees...

[Jetboy]

Anyone heard anything yet?

 

[Sluming in PIT]

Airtran interview

Not yet.

 

[AppBrookie]

No Word Here, HOPE to hear some great news anytime!

 

[Fly-By-Cable]

Hey guys. My buddy has an interview here comming up. Just wanted to see what the process is like. When I did it 2 years ago it consited of questions like, "How was your flight in?" and "When can you start?" But I hear that they are doing more technical stuff now. Is that true?
Thanks for you feedback. good luck!
See you on line.

 

[Citrusflyer]

Without trying to get your hopes up too high.....the rejection letters usually go out immediately. So, the general rule of thumb is, the longer it takes to hear the better the news. Good luck.

 

[Ty Webb]

It took me three months to get a reply . . . . . (this was about a year and a half ago).

I had passed the interview portion, then it sat on the DO's desk until he signed off on it. Hopefully, that won;t happen to you guys! I would agree that "no news is good news", so hang in there.

BTW, the interviewing/hiring part is kind of quirky, the rest of the operation runs much more smoothly.

Good luck, hope to meet you guys on the line.

 

[Jetboy]

My goodness, I hope it doesn't take that long! I want to get on that seniority list. Do you think they run background checks before calling with an offer? This could delay the process based on how slow responses are.

Keeping my fingers crossed....

 

[AppBrookie]

Anybody, Anything? No calls or Letters here, I quess that's a good sign.

 

[Jetboy]

Still nothing. I have no fingernails left to chew, I am looking at my dog's now.

Ty Webb said it took him 3 months. This is an exercise in patience, unfortunately I am not that patient of a person. At least I am not the only one. I'll post if/when I hear, please do the same.

 

[Ty Webb]

I would almost be willing to bet that the people who made it through the interview are now just sitting on someone's desk, waiting for a final approval, and that person may not be in this week . . . or they haven't decided when to begin the next class, or something like that.

In my case, I was still flying corporate- calling my wife every day, asking, "Did AirTran call? Did the mail come yet?" and on my days off waiting for the mail, then going to the gym, then calling from the gym . . . then going home and pacing until 5:30 or so, and then and declaring it "Happy Hour" until the next day, when the whole think would start again!

When I finally got the call, I don't know who was happier, me, because I was hired, or my wife, because I could get back to normal (whatever that means!). Of course, just after I gave notice to my old employer, 9/11 happened, and I got to beg for my old job back and then repeat the whole process . . . which was only another 6 weeks!

Hang in there! As Judge Smaills would say, "See you on board, Senator".

 

[rider850]

Interview-19th
Letter Sent-26th
Letter Received-1st


Good Luck To All

 

[AKAAB]

Rider850 - keep your chin up. Thanks for caring enough to let the rest of us know.

1300+ views on this thread. A lot of people a watching and wishing the best for all of you.

AKAAB
There, but for the grace of God, go I!

 

[Jetboy]

I got the letter too. Interview couldn't have gone any better. I don't get it......

 

[flyhard]

Interviewed earlier this month and received a letter. I have interviewed at four airlines and received four job offers. The fifth one at Airtran I received the letter. Out of all the interviews I have done I felt the best coming out of the Airtran one. I guess the only piece of mind is saying honestly there was nothing I would say or do different. The upside is that we can look forward to six months down the road and get that second chance.

 

[Ty Webb]

Guys, I am really disappointed to hear that.

I got shot down by COEX and Midex, and each one of them hurt. Eventually, I got my job, and you guys will too. Maybe here, maybe someplace better.

Don;t let it get you down- this is probably the stiffest competition in history. I can;t believe they are getting so picky- it sounds like we are missing out on some great people I heard months ago that they were hiring less than half.

How many poeple were there in the interview group?

 

[AppBrookie]

I also got the letter. I've had 3 interviews since my furlough last year including AirTran and I got 2 job offers, however I felt the best after leaving AirTran a couple a weeks ago. Not at all to sound cocky but I felt like I got a alot of positve feedback during the whole process, I thought that I was just waiting to hear on a classdate, it's been tough couple days.
Thank the Good Lord I at least have a job, and my heart sincerely goes out to those looking right now.
Good Luck to All

 

[FL717]

Sorry to hear about the letters guys. I'm not sure what it is they are disqualifying for these days. When I interviewed, you basically had the job unless you really shot yourself in the foot at the interview. After listening to you guys, its obvious there is alot more at work now. You would "know" if it didn't go well. I'll call my "source" and find out what the latest interview scoop is.

BTW... they may be calling and interviewing twice the number they need and just taking the top half based on... whatever it is they want. I don't know this... just a thought. I'll check around.

Be sure and re-submit in 6 months... if you're still interested in working here.

 

[furloughed]

I had a friend who interviewed in December with AirTran. Unfortunetly he did not get the job. There were 13 people in his interview group and only three were offered jobs so if it is any consolation you are not alone. Good luck to everyone and keep pluggin away.

 

[AV8OR]

Wow guys. My sincerest condolences on the job. I may have an opportunity in the near future to be able to provide some help if you are in or around the BHM area. If you want to drop me a PM with an e-mail, when I know more I'll drop you a line. I have been on the recieving end as well, and it really does stink. Thanks for having the character to share your experience with the rest of us.

 

[rider850]

In my case. I thought the interview was OK. I did real well on the
Sim. I did the sim prep, a must. I believe, Jill's interview was standard and OK. This was the HR portion. Then I had Steve and Jim tag teaming me in one interview. Mostly about my old airline. All good stuff. If, the interview stopped here, I believe, I would have had the job.
My last interview was with Doug. He started out asking me what CRM meant to me. Standards,Safety,Working as a team, using all
the available resources, SOP's, ATC,dispatch,Flight Att and even
the pax if the situation calls.
Here is where,my interview, went bad. Tell me a time when a bad day turned into a good day. I started on a story and he did not want to hear that one. He said, more current. I said, I have not flown the line for a year and a half. My two years at the airline where very standard. So, I went to my commuter time, now I am back 4+ years. The story was scattered and not what he was looking for. Not to make excuses, I was not prepared for line stories. I have dumped all of that. He also asked me about a time when I did something wrong on line and what did I do. I scattered that story also. Then conflict in the cockpit. The story I came up with was on the spot and not well thought out. I could
not remember details and I felt I was in a pressure cooker.
This is what I believe, ruled me out. The CRM type scenario questions.
I walked out of that interview and knew that was an issue. I felt
out of 3 interviews and a sim I was at 75%. Obviously not good
enough.

 

[Ty Webb]

Geez, that sounds more like my Midex interview than my AirTran interview!

Midex HR had evidently studied at the Nancy Stuka school of touchy-feely fuzzy-wuzzy "Tell me about a time when you cried" voodoo.

I hope we're not going that way, too.

 

[Sluming in PIT]

Airtran

Did anyone get hired? I got the letter on saturday also. Maybe they are worried about the war. Im sorry for the guys who have no job, hang in there it will improve. My interview wasn't my best but I did not give them any reason to not hire me.

Maybe it was me but they seem to becoming a little arrogant over there. It may be a growing airline but the have not been around long enough to act like they do. Not a bash on anyone at Airtran, I my self would have liked to work there.

Good luck to all.

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

Ty,
check your pm.

 

[AKAAB]

The calls have started. A buddy of mine just called to tell me he got the offer today. I forgot to ask when his classdate was...

(In case they are going alphabetically...his last name starts with a "B".)

Best of Luck to all...

AKAAB

 

[sayagain?]

I'm sure others are thinking the same thing so, would you mind telling us what the other job was that you took over airtran?

 

[Heavy Set]

Yeah, I'd like to know too. I am guessing Jetblue or ATA. Personally, I think Airtran would be a great place to be with an impending Airbus (most likely...) order and West Coast expansion. I'd love to fly those 717s as well - very nice takeoff performance and glass cockpit...

Good luck

 

[sayagain?]

UM#1

Welcome! It's nice to have more junior people on the seniority list.

sayagain?

 

[Ty Webb]

I must say I was very lucky to have a choice in these terrible times, But I decided to goto ATA. I just finished my first week and I am very happy there. Good luck to all.

Congratulations on your new job. It's nice to have choices, especially in this environment.

There was a guy in my newhire class here at AirTran that was a 5 year ATA B757 FO; now he's in his second year here on the B717. To each their own . . . I hope you are as happy there as he is here.

Best of luck.

 

[sweatro]

Anyone getting called for an AirTran interview without 121 PIC? Ty? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

 

[FL717]

I'm not hearing about anyone getting hired without PIC turbine, and quite a bit of 121 or 135. All the new hire stats are about what you'd expect from any other major out there (if they were hiring).

Times have really changed. Just 2 years ago nobody wanted to come here. The minimums were nothing. Now.. well need I say more?

Good luck to those trying. This is not a stepping stone in my opinion, it really is a good place to work, regardless of the current airline business economics, and regardless of what a few "others" that are currently unemployed from our competitors may have to say (or better yet.. imply) about us.