Rejected after Airnet phone interview - now what?

[ComputerGuy]

I had my phone interview with Airnet early this week, and got an email today that basically says they are not inviting me for an in-person interview. So my question is, what happens now? I've wanted to work for Airnet for quite a long time, and still want to work for them if that option is still available to me down the road. Is that not realistic at this point? If it is, how long should I wait before resubmitting my application? Is there anyone here who works for Airnet that had been turned down after the first phone interview and had persistence pay off? Thanks in advance for any replies.

 

[JJET44]

Get another 150 hours and then reapply. Craig likes persistancy. It shows desire.
I don't know if there's a minimum time period before you can reapply!!
Starcheckers weigh in.

 

[microbrewst]

i don't know if i was turned-down exactly (i didn't hear back after my first phone interview), but i just re-submitted an application 3 months later. did a second phone interview, and ended up getting the job. working at airnet is still very much and option.

don't be too upset you didn't get it the first time around. hiring is slowing a LOT, hence craig is getting pickier. he is huge on persistance. i'd say keep building time and re-submit in 3-4 months. also, if you haven't already, shoot him an e-mail saying thanks and what your plans are.

out of curiousity, how do you feel the interview went?

 

[mikecweb]

Yeah definetly get some hours and reapply. As others have said write CW and thank him for the first phone interview and let him know that you don't believe they got a good impression of who you really are and you are still very interested in working for airnet.

 

[RSixer]

I feel for you, getting turned down for a job always feels bad, but don't take it personal it happens to all of us at one time or another. All I can say is don't put your eggs in one basket, you can't sit around in hopes that Airnet will one day find it in there heart to give you a job, that's just a waste of time. There are so many other things you can do, just get out there and look. You might just find something better.

 

[hammer2]

Try drinking, it makes you see things clearly.

 

[ComputerGuy]

Try drinking, it makes you see things clearly.

Heh! Thanks, Hammer....

Anyway, without going into too much detail, I have a rather unique family situation which both limits my choices and requires that I do something and soon. I'm in the process of flying a block of multi time I purchased, which will bring my multi time up to a little over 100 hours, which should help. When I get there I plan to reapply to Airnet as well as apply to Colgan. Anyone know of other possible suggestions which involve the possibility of living in northern NJ and not having my work schedule consisting mostly of mult-day trips and layovers away from home? I can separate temporarily from my family, but due to my current situation relocating permanently away from the northern NJ area would create more problems than it solves.

 

[80for80]

Are you going to change your avatar now?

 

[BoeingBaller]

Go to work for RAM airfrieght and tell AirNet to RAM it up there A$$.

 

[Boris Badenov]

All the other 135 checkhaulers are dying on the vine for want of pilots, but I'm not sure any of them have runs out of northern NJ. Planemasters or Airnow, maybe?

 

[mcjohn]

I want Airnow's SAV. Gotta do that time first with somebody though.

I also have applied to Airnet with time quite similar to computerguy's. No word yet but I haven't updated my app. Computerguy, did you update often before the phone interview?

What's up with Planemesters? I haven't heard of them.

 

[mcjohn]

Hey comp.guy. I want add. Shake the rejection off man. I've been through it and it sucks but just like someone said earlier....it goes with the biz. It will most likely happen to us all at some point. It took me like 6 months to get over being rejected by ACC. It hurt my confidence and pissed me off. I had to buy my own plane ticket, suit, and cram it in during one of the busiest times of a banner tow season I was doing. I should have not shown up. I knew there was a sim. check but I didn't have a means of getting current or confident. I nailed the test, the interview went very well, but man did that sim fry me! He told me I was a "Classic case" and that "this is too bad because" the guy who interviewed me gave the sim check dude "a thumbs up for me." Talk about feeling crushed.

 

[ComputerGuy]

Yes, I updated my application about once a month for a very long time. I was applying to Airnet for over a year. A few days before the phone interview I had called one of their recruiters with a question regarding a personal situation I was facing - I wanted to know if given my situation I should hold off on updating for a few months (because I would not be able to attend training for a few months due to this situation), and they said I should keep my app updated anyway, that I wouldn't be passed up for a job due to this situation. Within two days of my calling them, they called me for a phone interview. I don't know if my reaching out to them had any impact or if it was just a coincidence though.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Planemasters fly caravans. Based in Chicago, I think. I know they used to do some UPS work, probably still do.

 

[Nolife]

Don't feel too bad... many years ago while at FLX I applied to Airnet every month for 2 years. Never heard a peep. Finally got an interview and class date but a better job came along.

If you persist in the end it will work out for you. These career paths aren't always straight and or in the direction you think you're supposed to go but stick to want's important to you (quality of life, pay, family time, equipment, whatever works for you) and it will work out.

 

[Princedietrich]

Don't stress over it brother. Relax, have a beer, have another beer, and then hop back in the airplane. My guess is that the phone interview didn't pan out because of total time since you only have 850. Once you finish up that block of flight time you got and reapply, you may get a completely different response. Just remember to be yourself and don't go overboard trying to impress the recruiters.

 

[tathepilot]

Don't stress over it brother. Relax, have a beer, have another beer, and then hop back in the airplane.

you should at least wait until you sober up first,,,

 

[Princedietrich]

Doh! good catch, how silly of me.

 

[HAZ-MAT]

you should at least wait until you sober up first,,,

Since when did AirNet start hiring people with absolutely no sense of humor?? Geez people, we all know not to drink and fly, PD was making a funny. I got it, maybe because I knew his dry sense of humor.
I recommended a good friend for the job, he had right around 1000 hours when he applied. He didn't get the job. He waited his six months, reapplied and was hired. It showed Washka how bad he wanted the job, that he indeed did get the job. So continue to do what you're doing, instruct some more or whatever and reapply in 6 months. Good luck.

 

[Princedietrich]

Bah, he's alright HAZ-MAT. I figured he was making a wise-arse remark with a big ol grin on his face, and ran with it as such.