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World Interview.....Whats the Good word!!!
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My interview was last August.
Day 1; (business casual) Evening meet and greet . Question and answer, overview on the company power point presentation and beer (seriously)
Day 2; (business casual) @ Air Inc. The sim ride was in a very pitch sensitive desktop simulator with a very primitive visual; Flap and gear operator will set all the configurations for you and handle the thrust levers until you're ready to level off....no call-outs required. Depart LAX, vectors, join a couple of radials and intercept some NDB bearings, holding entries (just say how you'll enter, not actually make the entry) and vectors to an ILS. Don't get low and slow as it is almost impossible to recover when fully configured. They don't judge you on the landing but they want to see you do it.....I put tire tracks in the grass beside the runway and they still hired me.
They provided pizza for lunch.
The other half of the day is dedicated to computer testing. Half the group did the sim first, computer test second. Vice versa for the other half. The test included math, psychological questions and word problems. Just be honest and don't try to trick the psych part. Then everyone goes for a drug screen.
Day 3 (suit and tie); Panel interview. Mine was with the assistant CP, a line Captain, and an HR woman and it lasted about 25 minutes. I was asked to describe my aviation career and why I think I would fit in at World. There was one TMAAT question and they wanted me to tell them why someone would be able to get along with me on a 10 hour leg. Overall, it was pretty relaxed.
I stayed at the Wellesley Inn ($50 at the time if you asked for the World rate) and the panel interview was conducted there in a conference room. It made it so much easier to hang out in the hotel in my boxers until the interview time (determined by when your flight home departed ATL). Then I just walked down the hall from my room to the conference room. I wore my suit for no more than an hour.
I hear that sometimes the sim rides are in a 737 simulator at the Delta training center. Also, I heard that the formal interview is sometimes on day 2 and the sim/computer testing is on day 3.
Good luck!
Day 1; (business casual) Evening meet and greet . Question and answer, overview on the company power point presentation and beer (seriously)
Day 2; (business casual) @ Air Inc. The sim ride was in a very pitch sensitive desktop simulator with a very primitive visual; Flap and gear operator will set all the configurations for you and handle the thrust levers until you're ready to level off....no call-outs required. Depart LAX, vectors, join a couple of radials and intercept some NDB bearings, holding entries (just say how you'll enter, not actually make the entry) and vectors to an ILS. Don't get low and slow as it is almost impossible to recover when fully configured. They don't judge you on the landing but they want to see you do it.....I put tire tracks in the grass beside the runway and they still hired me.
They provided pizza for lunch.
The other half of the day is dedicated to computer testing. Half the group did the sim first, computer test second. Vice versa for the other half. The test included math, psychological questions and word problems. Just be honest and don't try to trick the psych part. Then everyone goes for a drug screen.
Day 3 (suit and tie); Panel interview. Mine was with the assistant CP, a line Captain, and an HR woman and it lasted about 25 minutes. I was asked to describe my aviation career and why I think I would fit in at World. There was one TMAAT question and they wanted me to tell them why someone would be able to get along with me on a 10 hour leg. Overall, it was pretty relaxed.
I stayed at the Wellesley Inn ($50 at the time if you asked for the World rate) and the panel interview was conducted there in a conference room. It made it so much easier to hang out in the hotel in my boxers until the interview time (determined by when your flight home departed ATL). Then I just walked down the hall from my room to the conference room. I wore my suit for no more than an hour.
I hear that sometimes the sim rides are in a 737 simulator at the Delta training center. Also, I heard that the formal interview is sometimes on day 2 and the sim/computer testing is on day 3.
Good luck!
If you are typed/qualified/current on the MD11 ignore all the above after Day 1. On Day 2, paperwork, P-Test, and a 15 minute interview out by lunch, go home. Start job with basic indoc 10 Days +/-, 2-3 sim rides to get a World PC and out to work with no IOE. First couple legs as IRO/Observer and then work as normal within a month of the initial interview.
YMMV, Good Luck. They are hiring 40-45 within the month MD11 qualified guys.
tj
YMMV, Good Luck. They are hiring 40-45 within the month MD11 qualified guys.
tj
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Rook
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Well congratu-F**kin-lations!:beer:
Yeah, NOT having a beer when offered is a sure guarantee that you DON'T get the job!
Hey! We be freight dogs, non-drinkers need not apply tj
Guido??? I thought he's Polish (and his brother)?
Yeah, NOT having a beer when offered is a sure guarantee that you DON'T get the job!
tj
TJ, are you in class already? Or are you going to be in the Aug class?
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Guido is now a super-senior FO that mostly does IAH-Luanda flying. He doesn't make it through the rest of the system too much. Last I saw him (4 years ago), he was doing well.
Nice AVATAR, thanks for the info, now go back to lurking!
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haha, yeah, I only come out of the shadows every now and then.
BTW, I just checked, and it appears RG is going through upgrade on the 11 right now.
Speaking of upgrading, you should be getting close, right? Maybe the 5 years RK mentioned at the interview might hold true. Would you take first available upgrade?
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I'm still 30-some numbers away, so who knows. Not that it's an option now or anything, but I think I might wait for an upgrade on the 11 rather than go to the 10. Maybe soon I can be making UPS FO money
They needed to hire quite a few pilots in a short time frame...for what they havent come out right and said. They have increased the list to be able to crew 6 additional md-11s, still only speculation.
There was quite abit of talk about even hiring current md-11 capts and put a fence around them for a short period until training could catch up and once properly staffed they would go back to right seat. The FAA has approved a short course for current qualified md-11 pilots so this is the only way they feel they are able to spool up this quick. I do anticipate that once all the md-11 needs are taken care of they will be very short on the DC-10 so anticipate some hiring down the road for that and I would anticipate them to again drop the md-11 prerequisite.
There was quite abit of talk about even hiring current md-11 capts and put a fence around them for a short period until training could catch up and once properly staffed they would go back to right seat. The FAA has approved a short course for current qualified md-11 pilots so this is the only way they feel they are able to spool up this quick. I do anticipate that once all the md-11 needs are taken care of they will be very short on the DC-10 so anticipate some hiring down the road for that and I would anticipate them to again drop the md-11 prerequisite.
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