Airnet Interview

LouieP · July 25th, 2006, 23:25

Hey all-

Interviewed at Airnet on July 20 for a prop position. Leading up to the interview I studied the gouges from Aviation Interviews website and they were pretty much right on target. I was flown out to the interview from BDL on one of their Lears. I like what I saw right off the bat. The pilots were all really cool. We sat in TEB for about 3 hours waiting to go to the last stop LCK. I hung out with the FO for those 3 hours and he gave me a lot of pointers to help on the interview. We arrived at LCK at 4:30 a.m. and I was amazed at what I saw. I knew airnet was a pretty big operation but I didn't know that it was that big. I checked into the Amerihost hotel. It was $42 at a discounted rate since I was inteviewing at Airnet. I woke up at about 8am for the 9:30 interview. When I got the Airnet lobby I met two other guys interviewing. One already flew for Martin Air and the other was interviewing for a G4 position that might be opening soon in their Jet Ride division. Right at 9:30 we were greeted by Craig, Bill and Marshall. We proceeded on a tour and then a powerpoint presentation of the company. I was the first to go for the sim ride. I was pretty nervous about it because it seemed like it would be challenging. I never flew a frasca 142 before and I was unable to rent it prior to the interview because the person who usually instructs you was in class himself. The closest thing that I could find near home was a Frasca 242. The sim ride started with engines running and in position on 28L in CMH. On takeoff lost an engine on the roll. Abort and tell tower. I then took off and flew the profile that they sent me in the mail. Did a steep turn to the left at 150 KIAS and followed it up with slow flight and a power off turning stall. At that point power went out in the building due to a passing T-storm. Luckily they just restarted the seem and put me up at 3000. I lost my AI and held as published at the APE VOR as depicted on the VOR-A approach in Newark Ohio. Don't forget to ask for an EFC and report entering the hold. Shot the VOR-A at that point. Be careful because the frequency to turn the lights on is seperate from Unicom. Got to the MAP and saw nothing so I went missed. Climbed to 3000 and then was told to expect vectors for the ILS 28L into CMH. Upon localizer intercept lost and engine. You really need to take your time and fly the airplane first and foremost. Shot the ILS to a full stop. That was it, not so bad after all. After the sim I took my written test. Pretty simple straight from the AIM and Part 91. Had the HR interview with Craig and Tech interview with Bill. Just basic stuff about VMC and the multi you have flown last. I received a letter three days later saying I got the job. Airnet is a very impressive company and I'm honored that they have invited me to join their team. My times were 875 Total and 38 Multi. Good luck to anyone else interviewing and feel free to PM me for more info. Lou

Adam2006 · July 26th, 2006, 01:22

Congrats, and thanks for the write-up.

Tim · July 26th, 2006, 14:06

Congrats on the job offer

AP2B · July 26th, 2006, 15:24

Congrats, that sim ride sounds challenging to me.

surreal1221 · July 26th, 2006, 18:16

Congrats on the job!

So with your hours below the 135 mins, you'll be doing their SIC program before you transition to the left seat I take it?

LouieP · July 26th, 2006, 18:49

Yes SIC until I can PIC. My offer letter didn't mention any specific total time that I needed to get into class but I'm going to call and find out tomorrow. From what I've heard tho it's usually 1050.

WestIndian425 · July 27th, 2006, 02:43

Man, I am so happy for you. No more 152's out of POU.

Neil

Coney · July 27th, 2006, 11:41

Wow! I can only imagine how excited you must be. A BIG congratulations!! I found your write-up quite encouraging, especially considering your ME time being 38 hours. Lately, I've been really concerned that I would be forced to find some way of paying for 100 hours of ME time.

Congrats, again! Good Luck!!

LouieP · July 27th, 2006, 12:15

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Originally Posted by Coney

Wow! I can only imagine how excited you must be. A BIG congratulations!! I found your write-up quite encouraging, especially considering your ME time being 38 hours. Lately, I've been really concerned that I would be forced to find some way of paying for 100 hours of ME time.

Congrats, again! Good Luck!!

You have no idea, I was in the same boat. It can be very frustrating especially for me CFI'in up in the Northeast where there is no multi time to build whatsoever. Even though I'm an MEI. I was getting ready to leave my CFI job in August to go fly a 100 hour block in a Duchess and then wasn't too sure where I would be. Not to mention that multi time is expensive to buy and not many CFI's are in a position to do it. Airnet is really providing me a great opportunity to build valuable experience and then possibly move up into their Lears. I'm very excited about it. All I can say is keep updating your application online. I had been applying for over 7 months. Finally got a call when I got my MEI and had a friend put an internal recommendation in for me. Good luck to you.

WestIndian425 · July 27th, 2006, 15:15

So now the FBO will have to undergo the painful task of finding a replacement for you, my friend. But life must go on. Let me know how the training goes.
Neil

LouieP · July 27th, 2006, 19:44

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Originally Posted by WestIndian425

So now the FBO will have to undergo the painful task of finding a replacement for you, my friend. But life must go on. Let me know how the training goes.
Neil

Neil- I'm so excited to get out of there. The 64 mile commute each way everyday is really beating me up. You got out at a great time. The only thing I can say is that I stayed to finish all of my students so nobody was left hanging. I will tell you that I won't miss the little witch that tries to act like she knows what she is doing, you know who I mean. How are things out in Cali. Hope your having fun.

falconvalley · July 28th, 2006, 11:25

Congrat's, Louie. Keep scribbling away in that logbook until you get the call to come back to LCK for some sweet IPTP action. Study the AIM, too while you're in the pool and don't worry about Part 135 regs just yet.

Btw, I know a guy here who got hired with 12 multi! What's up with that?!

nbv4 · November 2nd, 2006, 15:42

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Originally Posted by LouieP

Hey all-

VOR-A approach in Newark Ohio.

My home airport

I know a ton of people who either still work at Airnet, or used to work there. It's a great place, and the flying is very challenging. I actually tried to work in the sorting division (the part where they sort all the packages and load them onto the planes) as a summer job to get my foot in the door, but they wouldn't hire me because I could only promise them 3 months of work. They only wanted full time workers. I wish they would have told me that before I spent 2 hours driving there for an interview

Anyways, I heard from an inside source that as far as multi time is concerned, a multi-engine rating is all you need to get hired. Which is good to know.