Chperplt

Stay away from a company because of a woman pilot? Should they not be able to vote either?

mike734

Not a pilot. Barely human.

PilotJ3

I'm trying to get into Allegiant, B6, Spirit or SW, just because I live close to SFB and MCO. I can go also FLL but that's like 3 hours away.

I just want to be closer home until I can go into a Legacy (If I ever make it into a Legacy).

I have no turbine PiC so I guess SW is out of bounds for now.

labbats

Doesn't ring a bell. Every airline has some bad apples though and Allegiant is certainly no exception.

OCCP

I thought there were so many applicants that you needed strong internal recs to get an interview. It seems that every single airline is having a hard time filling classes, or so they say, yet there's no shortage of qualified applicants.

labbats

Word is that some were offered a slot in the last class and said thanks but no thanks. As the majors finally start gearing up this should only become more of an issue. So you're right in that warm bodies will always be available, but since 2007 they haven't had a problem picking whomever they wanted and now they are having to compete.

Xbone

Hopefully it gets worse for management in this area.

net680jets

Got an interview in a week from now. Does anyone have any updated interview questions for me? All gouges I can find are at least a few years old...
Thanks!

Cx4Ynot

Net680, as a new-hire I'd say the best gouge is simply go in and be yourself. There is a written test that is still covered by the old gouge. This company has it figured out that a test written by someone that doesn't have a clue how to fly an airplane (asking questions about why Cathy drives a blue car...give me a break) is going to guarantee they get the best folks. I am in class with GREAT and very sharp people. You're going to have an intro, a couple of management pilots asking you questions (there is 1 HR person sitting by you), then a couple of check airmen at the next round (again, there's an HR person sitting by you), then a sim scenario...and then some lunch. There are no "Gotcha" questions, seemed like no psych eval, and no trying to ask you questions where you could paint yourself into a corner. They're simply asking you about your experience, why you want to work here, and are you aware that it won't be easy trying to commute should you choose not to move to your base. Even the HR folks were asking reasonable questions. I did no prep and gave them honest answers...I'm guessing everyone else in my class did the same. Every one of my classmates is "What you see is what you get," we all get along great, and became friends fast.

Hovernut

18 in New Hire class starting yesterday. Another class of 20 slated for Jan...keep an eye on the web page for the next hiring window to open!!