Had an interview with AWAC yesterday in Appleton, WI. Here's the lowdown on the day...
AWAC won't positive space you out there unless you're flying on AWAC, so I had to go standby on US Airways. I could have interviewed in WI, DC or Philly. I chose WI because it's not as far and originally I could have gotten in earlier. I showed up for a 6 am flight on the 16th and was not able to get on the flight, so I went back home and came back for a 3:45 flight. I made it on that flight as well as the connecting flight and didn't get into Milwaukee until midnight, followed by a 100 mile drive to Appleton.
So...got to the hotel and was in bed by 2:30 a.m. for an 8 a.m. interview.
A little tired, but not too bad. Showed up at KATW about 7:50 and was the only one of 3 that showed up for the interview. Apparently the other locations have more that show up for interviews. I signed in and Sara took me into a conference room and gave me the company overview and quick benefits explanation. I'm fairly impressed with their benefits; they do give you $300/year towards uniforms and will credit you $50/year for a headset. The travel bennies are similar to other regionals as well.
John came in shortly after and we started the rest of the interview. John is a training captain, a check airman and doesn't fly the lines too much. We discussed my training, and then they both basically just went down a list of questions. A lot of typical HR questions; why AWAC, why are you leaving your current company, leadership style, what will your last student you flew with say about you, biggest failure in life... There were quite a bit more along those lines.
We then moved onto the technical portion and this wasn't much at all. I had read the gouges and I was expecting more, but it never came. We discussed some of the airplanes I've flown recently and their limitations and systems. There was nothing to it.
I was out of there by 10 a.m.. There is no paperwork to do that day as they send it to you ahead of time and you have to have all 30 pages filled out when you show up. So..back to the hotel to take a nap since my flight didn't leave from MKE until 4:45.
An hour after I left, Sara called me with a contingent job offer and offered me 2 class dates to choose from.
Now comes the decision time...
I've accepted a few other interviews coming up, so we'll see.
Seems like a great company. They strictly operate the CRJ-200.
Times are 850'ish and 110'ish.