2200 TT 1700 multi 1620 Turbine part 121 500 PIC ATP Written and Internal Recommendation.
Were you offered the job?
Yes
Pilot Interview Profile:
I was scheduled for an interview about a month in advance. This was a good way to do it considering how much paperwork you need to get together. This is key!! MAKE SURE THE PAPERWORK IS CORRECT AND COMPLETE!! Was flown in the day before on American. It's standby so show up to the airport at least an hour and a half before to check in. Arrived in Dallas and stayed at the Candlewoods Suites. It's really nice and reasonable.
The interview started at 8:00am the next morning. I interviewed with 3 other guys, two flight instructors and one furloughed guy. All really nice. Once you get to the AMR headquarters, your able to get some coffee and wait in the lounge area for the interview team to come get you and take you to the waiting area. It's just a big classroom where you'll wait for your turn to do a portion of your interview. The very first thing they do is collect your first part of the interview packet and your logbooks. Than while two guys check your paperwork and logbooks, another guy explains how the day will go and also gives you some information on the company.
First of all, everyone is really nice and professional. They make you feel at ease and want you to succeed through the day. After the presentation was over, we were individually called out to do the first part of the interview. I think all of us got the tech part first. The guy who did mine was really nice and easy to talk to. He started out by pulling out the DFW airport chart. Know that chart, front and back. Next came the departure from DFW. He wanted me to finger fly it. Just read the notes for your particular runway and you'll do fine. Than he through in a metar and taf to read. Very basic stuff. He asked several questions on the low enroute chart. MEA, MOCA, Grid mora, etc. Than I briefed an approach back into DFW. Again just brief it like you would brief any approach. He asked a couple aircraft questions about my last aircraft. MTOW, Max ramp wt, MLW, fuel and voltage of the batteries. Than we talked about the company for a while and than I went back to the holding tank.
Next was my sim ride. Everyone receives the sim profile packet first thing in the morning. All of us were looking it over most of the morning. Everyone gets a different one. I received KMEM. The sim guy is really cool and laid back. It is very true that your worst enemy is yourself in this sim. It is really touchy however. The sim is a Baron 58 Frasca sim with a 180 degree rap around screen. It's a really cool set up. He gives you as much time as you need to familiarize yourself with the sim. I took about 5 min to make sure I found everything. Checklist usage and profile speeds are very important. Study those the most in the packet. Once I was ready I briefed the t/o and we were off. I took off out of MEM on rnwy 9, runway heading up to 3000. Leveled off and made a right turn to intercept a radial to the MEM VOR. The sim guy will do everything for you except actually fly the plane. Once we were tracking inbound, he paused the sim and gave me holding instructions. The hold was different from what the packet told me it was going to be. Nothing major, just know how to enter a hold. Pretty basic. I briefed my entry and than he restarted the sim. I made my first inbound turn to the hold and he than froze the sim and brought me out for a vector to ILS 18 R at MEM. First one was with the flight director and at mins I went missed. He brings you back out to do the same approach, but this time it's without the flight director. This is to a full stop. The landing is not graded, thank god!!! I bounced it pretty hard:)
Next was lunch. They give you 45 min and a five dollar voucher for the cafeteria. It's a really nice set up there and the food is really good. At this point there were only two of us left. After lunch we went back into the holding tank. After a few min we were taken to do HR. HR is straight forward. It's mostly paperwork and just a few questions.
It was really a good experience. Everyone is really accommodating and friendly. After HR we were both given the letter of the pre-offer of employment pending our background check and medical. After that you have to walk about a block and a half to catch a bus to a parking lot of DFW, than transfer buses to the main terminal. I really appreciated the opportunity to interview there. It's a great company and everyone is really excited about the direction that Eagle is going. I put yes since I was given a letter, but I haven't received a call yet for a medical, but it's only been a week. They told us the background paperwork could take up to 4 weeks. The average I was told was 2 months from your interview date to the first day of class. This place is very professional and I can't wait to start class. Good luck to everyone!!! Just relax and come in with a good attitude and you'll do fine.
Date Interviewed: June 2010
Summary of Qualifications:
1550TT 210 multi CFII MEI Internal recommendations
Were you offered the job?
Yes
Pilot Interview Profile:
Interview was very professional and well conducted. They told us they invited us there because we looked good on paper and they wanted all of us to succeed that day.
Sim – I practiced for the sim using Microsoft flight sim with rudder pedals and a yoke. The sim flew a billion times better than what I had practiced on, so it was cake to control. Just don’t get too excited, be gentle on the controls and don’t move the yoke around a bunch unless your really need too… just like a real airplane. I was brought into the room with the barron sim, sat down in the seat, and was given the opportunity to ask any questions that I wanted. There was no pressure to get started. He told me to tell him when I was ready. They give you a profile first thing in the morning to review until it is your turn. They told us they weren’t looking for us to be perfect, rather they were looking to see that we were teachable and could make it through training if selected. The flight in the sim was exactly like the profile except my holding assignment was on a different radial. He changed it up from person to person. The instructor will tune, identify, set bugs, turn on/off flight director, switch it to approach mode, and tell you when to go missed. The only thing I touched was the yoke/elec. trim and throttles/toga button.
I studied using the previous gouges so I will just go ahead and list my experience and you can fill in any gaps with what has already been posted.
Know what FLs RVSM is and what equipment is required to operate in it O2 requirements – I told him part 91 non-pressurized because that was what I am most familiar with being a flight instructor, he said this was alright. Define critical engine and Vmc What is Blue Line What is V1? Is V1 always the same? What are some factors that are taken into account when calculating it? What is V2 What is the difference between stating you have minimum fuel and declaring an emergency? IFR fuel requirements Alternate requirements, when do you need a second? T/O alternates – When and how close Alcohol regs.- .04 BAL, 8 hrs. Didn’t get asked duty day or max work hour rules but I think this is pretty common What if you have not done your Before t/o check list and tower clears you for take off? What if captain shows up to the van in the morning and you smell alcohol on his breath? If you see that a certain MX write up has not been signed off, but you know that the problem has been fixed, would you still go?
Asked me what airplane I was most familiar with that he could ask questions about: Max t/o and ramp weight, max landing weight Batt. voltage Fuel capacity
Enroute Chart- MEA MOCA Distance of Victor airways Class D dimensions, cloud clearance requirements, and speed limit Class B speed limit, NO SVFR markings Class C identify Grid MORA what colors mean and what they guarantee Be able to tell if a VOR is High, Low, or Terminal and DME What the box around the VOR data meant Compulsory reporting point Green vs. blue Isogonic lines Elev. / length of longest rwy. D-Atis MOA vs. Restricted
Appch plate Define final approach fix and identify it What are the ‘ABCD’ on the side of the app plate by the mins Altitudes and dimensions of the MSA ring When you brief the approach tell him, according to the airport diagram, which way (L or R) you would turn off and identify and incursion hotspots (said the FAA likes this) VDP- point it out, what is it, and would you descend before it? What kind of hold entry would you expect for the missed appch? What do you have to have in sight to continue to land (long list of things) Diff between MDA and DH
Departure procedure: Akuna 3 RWY 18R Walk me through this departure tell me about any altitude or airspeed restrictions What are lost communication procedures What happens if we fly this departure procedure and it takes 8 minutes (note 11000 mea on the transition to MLC) What final altitude would you put into the FMS
Arrival: Wilbur 3 Brief arrival, we are a jet landing south Point out any notes. That seemed to be what he was looking for as well as altitudes and airspeeds
Airport Diagram Point out any incursions hotspots (there are none on the DFW) Point out 17L (a lot of people mistake this for 17C) How long is this runway. How much rwy do we have available for landing? How much can we expect if we are on the glideslope? No matter what look at the back to just confirm that there is not a displaced threshold, I did this and he said he liked it. Be familiar with the East vs. West communication frequencies What the minimums would need to be if we wanted ILS 18L/R for our alternate approach Know that RVR is controllable. If TDZ RVR is not reporting we can substitute MID RVR. We must have at least 555 for take off. If it is 455 we cannot sub mid if all are reporting, no take off. Intersection take off box Alternate minimums Beacon
Metar & Taf A few things to look at: FG BR P0006 R17R/2200V2400 A02
I read everything off perfectly so he asked me if the TAF was the new or old format. It was the new; the time stamp was for a 30 hour period. I did not see this question on any of the old gouges.
Date Interviewed: May 2010
Summary of Qualifications:
4700TT
Were you offered the job?
Don't Know
Pilot Interview Profile:
The gouge is right on and the interview was great. First there was sick people that started off and by the end of the day 3 were offered the pre-employment.
Their are 3 parts to the interview which was HR. Technical, and Sim. Hr was general questions like usual and the tech was like MORA, MOCA, airport diagrams, etc.. The sim was the frasca baron and that was actually pretty cool glass cockpit. If you fly any airplane you will be fine in the sim.
The process was great and the people at the company were really nice and waiting for the captain review board. Good luck to everyone else
Date Interviewed: May 2010
Summary of Qualifications:
ATP AMEL, CFII MEI Part 135
Were you offered the job?
Yes
Pilot Interview Profile:
Answered "yes" based on passing the first phase of the interview process. Still have Pilot review board and medical to go.
All previous gouges were right on, so I won't duplicate. My only suggestion is: MAKE SURE YOUR "MORNING PAPERWORK" AND YOUR ONLINE APPLICATION MATCH!!!!!
There were 6 candidates in my group. TWO were sent home in the first 15 minutes becuase there were discrepancies between the online application and their handwritten paperwork. Seems to be that people are missing the question on AirlineApps.com about "Have you failed a checkride?" You should note ANY failed checkride, even one of your first ratings, or your initial CFI checkride. Don't let this be the thing that sends you home.
Secondly, make sure you have good instrument skills and are IFR current. A third candidate was sent home after busting on the sim portion. The Baron 58-G1000 is easy to fly and there is no "funny stuff" thrown at you, you're given the profile first thing in the AM. KNOW HOW TO ENTER A HOLD!!!
Date Interviewed: April 2010
Summary of Qualifications:
CFI,CFII,MEI. Under 2000tt
Were you offered the job?
Don't Know
Pilot Interview Profile:
Eagle was a great place to interview at and seems to be a great company to work for. Everyone was extremely friendly, down to earth and I look forward to flying with their crew.
A few thing about the interview; 1. Come prepared, don't waste their time or yours. 2. The gouges are here, study and learn. (they are correct) 3. Wouldn't hurt to get time in a G1000. 4. Know all parts of Jepp plates. 5. O2 requirements, reporting points, 121 regs (basic) 6. HR is straight forward. We all know the questions types they'll ask, but be friendly and honest. 7. Be honest. 8. Smile 9. Relax, if you are what they need and want, you'll get the job. I don't think they are looking for fighter pilots, type ratings or specialist. They are looking for someone who will respect the rules, the company and someone they could spend four days with and not want to strangle. 10. Be honest. * Like others, I listed "don't know" based on the capt review board.
