flydog431

Will be interviewing there and would like to hear from anyone that has gone through the process. Thanks.

rcfd13

Pretty simple. They'll have you teach a maneuver and will ask you standard HR questions. Tell me a little about your background. What are your strengths and weaknesses? Why do you want to work here? Do you have experience with foreign students? Why will you be a good fit at this company? They might ask you some really simple technical questions. I think they asked me to explain adverse yaw. They won't ask anything you shouldn't already know as a CFI.

You'll fly an ILS and hold in one of their sims after the interview. It's an easy approach but the sims are really touchy and not well maintained. The trim doesn't work in most of them.

They need instructors and are basically hiring anyone with a pulse. You would have to mess up pretty bad to not get a job offer. They're even taking guys with no CFII now

If you have any questions about the job itself PM me.

JetA PourHomme

rcfd,

Do they hire CFIs without prior instructing? Also, what's a good time estimate to move into twin instructing or how does that process work? I was hoping to get a job their with my CFI and CFII and then get my MEI after I started there.

N4185Q

They do hire without prior experience and you'll fly with multi-engine students once your students get to that stage of training in the commercial syllabus.

A couple more questions:

Why use rudder in a turn?
Which way does the relative wind come from, your ground track or flightpath?

rcfd13

They hire CFIs without prior instruction given.

If you come in with your MEI it will take about 6-7 months to start getting multi. You'll start with four brand new private pilot guys and you have to get them through their private and instrument before they get into the Seminole. Those same guys will be your students all the way through most likely.

In my experience it's been a bad move for people to get their MEI at TransPac. The company makes money off of you flying with Chinese guys and off of me flying with Chinese guys. If I have to train you to get your MEI then the company isn't really making money. They tell you that they'll let you do it but it's very difficult to convince management to schedule the flights. I've talked to guys who have only been able to do 1 flight per month towards their MEI because no one in management wants to lose money by allowing you to do it.

If your students get up to the seminole and you still don't have your MEI they will be taken away from you and given to someone who has an MEI and you'll get four brand new private guys again. I'd suggest getting your MEI somewhere else.

JetA PourHomme

I wasn't planning on getting my MEI there, just getting my MEI after I started working there. However, from what you've told me it sounds like I'm better off just going in with all my instructor certs.

yimke

You can do your MEI there, and it is cheap. However, start training from day 1. Due to duty day restrictions, you can only fly on your days off or when your students are on checkride/stagecheck (rarely). Also, if your students are on stagecheck then they will schedule with other random students instead to make money. So, it pretty much boils down to your days off only. They don't schedule it every week either. So expect about 3-4 months to get it done.

Natca

Don't work here etx

rcfd13

It depends on what your goals are. Working there definitely made me a better CFI because of dealing with international students and a better pilot flying around some of the busiest airspace in the country. I built total time and multi time faster than I would almost anywhere else too. The hours are ridiculously long and the job burns everyone out after a while though.

If your goal is to get hours, gain some good experience and get out then it's a decent job. If your goal is to be a career CFI or to keep the job for more than two years then it isn't the place for you. The hours are too long and it leads to burnout after about a year.

I got pretty burnt out and some weeks were really stressful but overall I accomplished my goal of building time and I feel like it made me a better instructor. I don't regret working there.

WX Guru

You mention the schedule and long hours. What's a typical day like as a CFI there (as far as hours)? Also, how's it stressful? Can you please elaborate on your post?