ArcherDvr

Excellent, congrats. Glad to hear that the class is a little larger as well, last I heard 6.

beech_nut

Congrats but if your class date is June 4th by that time probably only 4 will show up to start class.

jowong1

why do you say that?

beech_nut

Due to the terrible working conditions, maintenance, and overall reputation of commutair it is very common to have people not show up if they get a better (any other) offer in between class and accepting the job. Many times if they get any offer within the first year of hire they are gone. Fun flying, great people, but worst company/management I ever dealt with.

DirectTo

True that.

My class of 10 had eight show up, of those, less than a year later, three are left.

Remember, every company that has quick movement has a reason for the quick movement!

Omnivorous

Here's the breakdown from my experience, for anyone interested.

The interview was pretty chill, as everyone has said. They brought me and two others into a briefing room and delivered some info on the company then answered some questions. We were given a 40 question written test on which you must make an 80% (32/40) to continue. It's just random questions from the ATP Written so really not a big deal. I made a low 90. Following that, we all waited around for a while then went to interview with an HR rep and a pilot (two-on-one). I was "lucky" enough to get the recruitment head (PK) (she's really awesome) and the chief pilot. They spent about 0:45-1:00 talking to me about career aspirations, why I chose C5, what makes a good captain, how my friends and students would describe me, etc. No big deal. Then the chief pilot pulled out some Jepp charts and quizzed me on various items on the chart as well as getting me to make decisions on altitudes to file etc based on MEA, grid MORA, etc. He pulled out the ILS 15 at KBTV (per the gouge) and had me talk through lateral and vertical nav from the VOR IAF onto the IAP and make a variety of "decisions" based on RVR below mins, radar inoperative in the terminal area, etc. This included finger flying the published missed hold, making a PT back on the approach (still radar inop) and basically probing my knowledge of 91.175 on how to continue past the DA. He also had me describe why the left engine was critical in a conventional twin, discuss Vmc and essentially chairfly a Vmc Demo (I'm an MEI). It was honestly a bit more intense than what I was expecting but nothing too out of left field and I'm happy to say that I was offered the job along with the other two applicants today. We all accepted. The June 4th class will contain eight people and apparently there are two spots left to fill. That's all I know. It was a very good experience and I'm really excited to get started in Q school (they did give us some posters and a flow packet to take home).

beech_nut

Q is a great fun plane to fly and the crews you will fly with are awesome. I would strong recommend keeping your back to the wall. The management/scheduling/dispatch will violate you in a most anti social manner if you give them half a chance. Other than that its a great place. I chased the quick upgrade, suffered my time there, and then got out. The two happiest days of your pilot career....the day you get hired by C5 (if it is your first airline job) and the day you get out...

flysooner9

Dude that's true for any regional airline. No sense trying to scare people. Most know what they're getting into.

beech_nut

@flysooner9 - I'm sure that is probably true but i think there is a special place in regional airline hell for the owner and management team of C5.

Luv2Rotate

Not true.... Skywest, ExpressJet, Horizon, ASA, Compass..... There are good regionals and sucky regionals.