Interview experience:
Just like to update TSA. As the previous poster said TSA is really efficient with their interview process. You will be done in a few hours and you will have an offer and a class date if you were hired. They travel you to STL, there are numerous cheap hotels in the area and I was pleasantly surprised that STL is a relatively inexpensive city. We all showed up at the TSA lobby there seemed to be many there but I later found out that half were GoJet interviewers, you'll find that Gojet and TSA go hand in hand and if people know the situation with Gojet it can make things interesting between the pilots. So in the end there seemed to be around less than 10. I'd say pass rate of interview was more than 50%.
First you do the ATP test, honestly I can't remember how many questions there were but there were a couple of pages worth, the questions seemed relatively standard stuff no trick questions. After you complete the test you're told to go wait in the lobby. They don't tell you if you passed or failed the test, they never told me at least. Then they call you for the 3 on 1, some relatively important people interview you but don't be nervous. The lady asks HR questions then she remains quiet for the rest of the interview and observes. Then they go into technical, they pull out and approach plate, they go over lost coms, approach procedures, a few questions on visibility requirements. It's not too long or difficult but I'm pretty sure you can't make any errors. Then they ask you to explain the icing system on the EMB and ask you a few limitations and memory items on the study guide they give you prior to your interview. TSA doesn't have a sim portion so they rely heavily on you portray yourself as in are you competent and do they trust that you will be trainable, one of the ways to do this is to be confident.
Then they ask if you have any questions. You will know you got the job when they take out the 2 ERJ training DVDs and the list of the memory items and limitations which you're supposed to study prior to class date. They were really upfront with us, they told us that training is tough and that TSA is respected around the industry because of their training. They told us that we will fail if we don't study and put in the effort everyday, but I think this applies to any airline training event. Now is probably the best time to be at TSA, the pilot staffing is relatively O.K however according to actual TSA pilots they're saying they are hiring WAY more than they need. They've been trying 40 a class since Jan, in Feb, and another 40 in March, there are only about 600 pilots at TSA, so that's a lot of hiring. A certain operator in ORD asked TSA if they could do 100 per month. There are rumors going around and even from management types that there is something going on in a few months. Upgrades are really low and upgrade mins are only 1500 hours if you have 500 hours in company aircraft. Good luck.
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