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I was the lone interviewee for the morning...
They positive space you down to Manassas, either BWI, IAD or DCA. They also provide a van to get you from the airport and drop you back off. Everything is done in one day so no overnight is required. The bad part about the van is you may have to wait several hour(s) for the ride(s).
The van driver is Bill, he will give you company info (family run company) and tell you that they are really short pilots, especially F.O.'s. They are taking about 1 Saab 340 a month and currently have 11 with 10 1900's. The web site tells you about crew bases so just look there, although the Saab's are based out of Manassas and PQI curently, they also do a AOL charter between IAD and TEB several times a week. The 1900's are mostly out and backs and are at all the bases.
According to HR, they are hiring 20 a month and the decision for which aircraft is decided on the day of the final test during indoc. Classes are monthly and you are given a hotel room but not paid until the checkride, also no pass benefits until passing the checkride too.
Pay is 17/hr for 1900 and 20/hr for 340 for F.O. Upgrade is when you have 2500 TT and 700 in type. HR interview is the basic let me tell you about Colgan and tell me about yourself. Nothing fancy nor any real difficult HR questions.
Interview... 2 line captains and myself...
What type of engines in your aircraft, how much HP per side, describe the autofeather process, describe the rudder boost ( I came from a 1900 so these were up thier alley). When is an alternate required? Can you have lower min's? What are they? Why Colgan? What did or are you leaving your current employer? What would your peer's say about you? Why not (name of other carrier) over us? Anything in your background we need to know about (asked this 3 times). Brief this approach (ILS into HPN)? How do you enter the hold? is it standard turns? Which aircraft do you want? What if we changed it during class? The standard violation, driving record questions. It took about 15 minutes, fairly laid back and fair.
No written, no Sim ride!
HR came back in and offered me a class, I was told the interviewer wanted me to get the 1900. At first she paused then said she would have to get back to me with a class date as they do 340's and 1900's on different dates.
Lastly, van driver mentioned that lately they have been getting a lot of no-shows for interviews. As I was leaving they were bringing in another interviewee. Also, while in training you are responsible for your own transportation, if you are "late" or "miss" a class they drop you from the program. No idea how long the training is.
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