WhiteMorpheus

Because they have an agreement for a higher flow

Also, they have the largest Pilot group.

Now...as to why we don't have double Piedmont's flow when we have twice as many pilots remains a mystery (aside from the contractual rate in the contract). As I remember it the pilot group is about a 3:2:1 ratio for Envoy, PSA, and Piedmont respectively, but the flow is 3:1:1, for now.

Hamsalad2

I'm 51, just starting my training for my instrument. I'll be 53-54 before I could get to PSA or another regional. I know realistically if I do flow to AA, it would only be for a short time. I would have a hard decision to make to flow or not.

Auburngrad2007

Interview in October is scheduled! Looking forward to this!

VrefPlus5

Had my interview yesterday and got the job!
Here's a quick summary for anyone going in-

Started with their presentation and Q/As from us. Then a 35 question written test covering some weather, IFR regs, questions on an airport diagram(T/O mins) and ILS approach, and some PSA questions. A couple questions on "What would you do" scenarios.
Then a combined HR and tech interview. A couple of standard HR questions and then Tech was basically a whole flight from CLT to IAD with some weather reports. Asked if we can take off with this weather, departure alternate, SID/STAR charts and then brief the ILS, questions on that approach. Then asked me a question on what I would do if something went wrong in flight, basically looking to see if you think about all the resources available to you to find a solution.
Just be a nice guy/gal, know your Jepps and weather and you shouldn't have any problem!

Send me a pm if you have any more questions.

Good luck and see you guys soon!

itsmytime

Congrats!☝☝

Pilot1993

Just trying to clarify how PSA calculates VDP/PDP. Do you use the HAT rounded up to nearest 10 or nearest 100 feet and then divide by 300 to get the distance? What about for time, HAT rounded to nearest 10 or nearest 100 and then 10% for how many seconds to subtract?

Thanks for the help!

PSA Recruiter

If it is a missed approach based on distance (DME), take the HAT and divide by 300. That will give you the distance from the runway.

If it is a missed approach based on time, take the HAT and divide by 10 (if it is 480, make it 48). Then take that number, and subtract it from the time from the FAF to the MAP. So if the time for the MAP is 3:52, and the HAT is 480, then subtract 48 from 3:52.

These are just rough estimates. We round up our precision and nonprecision approaches differently, which changes the HAT. This will be taught in ground school. I don't expect you to know exactly how PSA does it for the interviews.

More importantly, know what it means and why you use it. I honestly don't care if you know the math perfectly, but if you can tell me why you would use it and what it tells you, that is the important thing.

I also don't expect you to know anything company or ops spec specific. Just generic and FAR's. (For instance, different companies have different rules for takeoff alternates. I know exactly how several airlines teach it, but we just test based on the FAR. (hint: 121.617).

Moxie

Gents,

I plan on separating from the military next December and psa looks like a solid choice to work for, my question is when should I look to interview? I would have to do the RTP program as well.

Thanks

Ski Bird

I was in the same boat not too long ago. Six months from interview date to available start date is what HR told me.

Any longer than that and they prefer to give you a second look (make sure you didn't do anything crazy or disqualifying in the intervening time).

PSA Recruiter

I wish I could answer questions about RTP, but that is a completely separate department. I really don't have much information about it and suggest contacting an RTP recruiter about that program.

As for people that do, or will soon, meet ATP minimums, the requirement for interviewing is less than 6 months from start date. For some people, that is to allow them to finish up their ATP mins while others need to fulfill work or military obligations. We do prefer that you interview 3-4 months before you start class, but we will interview you 6 months before.