Piedmont Airlines

TheFlyingTurkey · March 23rd, 2007, 17:38

The posted minimums are a little high at 1000TT 200Multi, but I know people were getting hired with as little as 500 hours and 50 multi a year ago.
Looks like they are lower than that now because Piedmont has started a company referral program to provide employee's with incentives to find pilots to join Piedmont.

The interview has gotten tougher than it was when I interviewed. They changed the written test, and added a SIM ride. It also looks like they might be getting the Q400 because the PDT MEC chairman is in talks with USAirways Chairman and VP's about flow-through and scope relief for the Q400 (in the 69 seat config).

I encourage anyone near 500TT and 50 Multi to send in a resume. I really enjoyed working at PDT and if I ever get back into airline flying...PDT will be the first place I send a resume.

Contact info:

Corporate Recruiter
5443 Airport Terminal Road
Salisbury, MD 21804
Email: treaves@piedmontmail.com

Link to Piedmont careers:
http://www.piedmont-airlines.com/ind...=cat&cat_id=70

mtsu_av8er · March 23rd, 2007, 18:44

What are their junior bases?

H46Bubba · March 23rd, 2007, 19:18

Piedmont my azz!

It's Henson and always will be. Oh I wish the real Piedmont was still around.

sopdan · March 23rd, 2007, 19:53

BTW, PDT up until now has only hired low-timers from ERAU, UND, Purdue, and DWC (and maybe another I forgot). My roommate (less time than I) and I applied there back in the fall at the same time. He got a call a week later for an interview and I never heard anything. I even had my stuff walked in after that from current pilots... nothing.

So my roommate just started class, and asked the HR woman what was up with that (as they are hurting real bad for FOs... seriously)... and she said that if I didn't go to one of those schools, then I needed the 1000/100... I went to WMU. I don't think they owe me a job or anything like that, but I don't think they realize why they can't get people in class.

Funny thing is, I teach at one of the schools they do take low timers from. They'd take someone with much less time, who I taught how to fly, before they would take me. I can't say I have much sympathy for their FO shortage (plenty of sympathy for the CAs and FOs that are getting junior manned, but the company needs to figure it out).

Oh, and I got hired somewhere else now... that's one less pilot they could've had. Too bad, their pay is pretty good and I've heard their contract is pretty decent as well.

And as for junior bases, from what I understand, new hires can get just about anywhere except EWN.

Screaming_Emu · March 23rd, 2007, 20:58

I was wondering why I got an offer for somebody I hardly know on another site to walk my resume in :-P

TheFlyingTurkey · March 23rd, 2007, 21:27

I was based at EWN and loved it because my wife had family there so I had a free crash pad with home cooked meals and my own room and my own bathroom. Free. 15 minutes from the airport. It is pretty senior now but thats because PDT closed the base at CLT. But it is very difficult to commute to EWN because the flights are almost always full of Marines going to and from Cherry Point. I know a few senior capts and FO's that took LGA because of the easier commute. So pretty much you could end up at any base.

I don't know why some people get called and others dont... I dont think that is specific to PDT...I hear it all the time. I never got called to interview at XJT while all my buddies with similar times got the call. There is just something in your resume they dont like...its not personal. I got called to interview at PDT because I was a CFI at Pan Am Flight Academy, they took some low time guys from there. I had 1100 TT and 125 Multi when they hired me. Other guys in my class had more, some had as low as 600TT. They seem to hire a wide range of experience and see what sticks. Out of 8 hires in my class 7 passed training. 1 guy failed because he hadn't flown in a few years and was just too rusty and couldn't pass the SIM.

sopdan · March 23rd, 2007, 21:54

Actually, she specifically said it was because I didn't go to one of those schools. Another tidbit is that I know they don't have an actual 'bridge' program at my current school (a preferred PDT supplier), because the mgmt. doesn't want any.

If I sounded bitter, I really didn't mean it that way. I just think it's odd that they can't figure out why they can't get people to come. When you constantly have 15 people scheduled for class and 5 show up, you've got to change something. The most recent class was supposed to have 5 new hires... 2 got other offers and decided to turn down the class at the last minute.

BobDDuck · March 23rd, 2007, 23:03

It it seriously start to look like PDT and PSA are going to merge (after YEARS of speculation). Scott Kirby has been talking about a major shakeup for the Wholly Owned's and unless it is the fact that we are switch from a blazer to a leather jacket, a merger makes the most sense. I guess I'd better hope for some fences or I may become a LGA Dash FO.

SmitteyB · March 24th, 2007, 02:07

On APC there has been talk about PSA maybe being dismantled?

This true? They're one of my top choices...

CaptChris · March 26th, 2007, 21:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmitteyB

On APC there has been talk about PSA maybe being dismantled?

This true? They're one of my top choices...

A friend of mine has been at PSA for a little over 2 years. A lot of people talk down on them---but I have heard nothing but good things from this guy. The only gripe is last year as a lineholder he had about 15 days off a month. Now lines are being built with pretty much min. days off (which I think is the case everywhere right now).

Plus---CLT is a pretty awesome town to live in!

wheelsup · March 27th, 2007, 00:09

PDT aka Republic Airways Pilot Development (RAPD)

Oh, and if you go to PDT you must talk smack about AWAC, and deny the jumpseat to those losers.

pilot754 · March 27th, 2007, 00:53

I put in my application on file. The new min. hiring numbers are 500 TT and 100 MEL. My logbook stats are 1410TT 126 MEL and 1 hr Turbine with 121 -atp done and BA.

jetpilot@gmail.com

SmitteyB · March 27th, 2007, 01:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilot754

I put in my application on file. The new min. hiring numbers are 500 TT and 100 MEL. My logbook stats are 1410TT 126 MEL and 1 hr Turbine with 121 -atp done and BA.

jetpilot@gmail.com

Pilot754,

Ive been counting and you've been on over 10 airline interviews...what is the problem?

BobDDuck · March 27th, 2007, 09:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by wheelsup

Oh, and if you go to PDT you must talk smack about AWAC, and deny the jumpseat to those losers.

Huh? Do they not like you guys for some reason? Just make sure you don't make fun of their nifty baseball caps they wear some times and you should be all set.

aloft · March 27th, 2007, 12:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtsu_av8er

What are their junior bases?

Doesn't matter, really. All their base are belong to us.

LouieP · March 27th, 2007, 13:31

I interviewed at PDT recently and was offerred the job but turned it down to take another offer. The written has changed as was noted earlier but it isn't all that tough if you know the right things to study. Any people interviewing there in the future can feel free to pm me and I will send you an "unofficial" study guide to the written.

CaptChris · March 27th, 2007, 14:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobDDuck

Huh? Do they not like you guys for some reason? Just make sure you don't make fun of their nifty baseball caps they wear some times and you should be all set.

Some of them are pretty bitter because they used to own ORF and now we operate the majority of the flights in/out of ORF. I think the gate agents/rampers are PDT still??

SmitteyB · March 27th, 2007, 17:29

Louie what were your times?

flyTotheSky · March 27th, 2007, 21:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by wheelsup

PDT aka Republic Airways Pilot Development (RAPD)

Oh, and if you go to PDT you must talk smack about AWAC, and deny the jumpseat to those losers.

Where's the whiskey love?...I have a good friend there...seriously what's the beef? Did they take some of PDT's flyin' when they began flying under US Airways?

LouieP · March 27th, 2007, 22:15

When I interviewed I had 1175 TT/ 220 ME / 135 turbine part 135 and no "big name" collegiate aviation degree.

thestaton · March 27th, 2007, 22:19

Just curious my roommates CFI is wanting a job with Piedmont. He has 800 hours and 35 multi. He got a chance? Or is 50 Multi the bare minimum?

Vyse · March 28th, 2007, 02:09

I like how "Access to Internet" is listed as a minimum qualification.

Jason · March 28th, 2007, 08:18

For what it's worth - I have 1,200 hours in the Dash 8 from Allegheny and it is a blast to fly!! All other things being equal (contract, pay, QOL, etc) I'd pick a Dash over a CRJ any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Jason

wheelsup · March 28th, 2007, 08:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptChris

I think the gate agents/rampers are PDT still??

ORF is a mainline station I believe

pilot754 · March 28th, 2007, 17:31

Hello: I submitted my materials this past Sunday. Today is Wednesday and I got a call from PDT with an invite for an interview. I'll fly out on Monday April 2 and interview on 3rd. My logbook stats are: 1411TT and 126 MEL and 1 Turbine, I do have BA and my ATP-Written. Anyone know about there interview please speak! Also have they started a sim as well?

Thanks,
jetpilot@gmail.com

March 23rd, 2007, 17:38	#1
TheFlyingTurkey Old Skool Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 2,935	Piedmont Airlines The posted minimums are a little high at 1000TT 200Multi, but I know people were getting hired with as little as 500 hours and 50 multi a year ago. Looks like they are lower than that now because Piedmont has started a company referral program to provide employee's with incentives to find pilots to join Piedmont. The interview has gotten tougher than it was when I interviewed. They changed the written test, and added a SIM ride. It also looks like they might be getting the Q400 because the PDT MEC chairman is in talks with USAirways Chairman and VP's about flow-through and scope relief for the Q400 (in the 69 seat config). I encourage anyone near 500TT and 50 Multi to send in a resume. I really enjoyed working at PDT and if I ever get back into airline flying...PDT will be the first place I send a resume. Contact info: Corporate Recruiter 5443 Airport Terminal Road Salisbury, MD 21804 Email: treaves@piedmontmail.com Link to Piedmont careers: http://www.piedmont-airlines.com/ind...=cat&cat_id=70 __________________ Twin boys!

March 23rd, 2007, 18:44	#2
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,567	Re: Piedmont Airlines What are their junior bases? __________________ Ike is one nasty storm, and it's all the fault of management. That's why we need ALPA.

March 23rd, 2007, 19:18	#3
H46Bubba Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: CVG Posts: 4,336	Re: Piedmont Airlines Piedmont my azz! It's Henson and always will be. Oh I wish the real Piedmont was still around.

March 23rd, 2007, 19:53	#4
sopdan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 637	Re: Piedmont Airlines BTW, PDT up until now has only hired low-timers from ERAU, UND, Purdue, and DWC (and maybe another I forgot). My roommate (less time than I) and I applied there back in the fall at the same time. He got a call a week later for an interview and I never heard anything. I even had my stuff walked in after that from current pilots... nothing. So my roommate just started class, and asked the HR woman what was up with that (as they are hurting real bad for FOs... seriously)... and she said that if I didn't go to one of those schools, then I needed the 1000/100... I went to WMU. I don't think they owe me a job or anything like that, but I don't think they realize why they can't get people in class. Funny thing is, I teach at one of the schools they do take low timers from. They'd take someone with much less time, who I taught how to fly, before they would take me. I can't say I have much sympathy for their FO shortage (plenty of sympathy for the CAs and FOs that are getting junior manned, but the company needs to figure it out). Oh, and I got hired somewhere else now... that's one less pilot they could've had. Too bad, their pay is pretty good and I've heard their contract is pretty decent as well. And as for junior bases, from what I understand, new hires can get just about anywhere except EWN.

March 23rd, 2007, 20:58	#5
Screaming_Emu Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 3,323	Re: Piedmont Airlines I was wondering why I got an offer for somebody I hardly know on another site to walk my resume in :-P __________________ Commercial Pilot - ASEL, AMEL, Instrument CFI/II 880TT CRJ-700 FO at Southernjets Connection Former flight instructor out of KBWI and W29 Loves Dutch chicks "jtrain609: I wish I had a pair"

March 23rd, 2007, 21:27	#6
TheFlyingTurkey Old Skool Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 2,935	Re: Piedmont Airlines I was based at EWN and loved it because my wife had family there so I had a free crash pad with home cooked meals and my own room and my own bathroom. Free. 15 minutes from the airport. It is pretty senior now but thats because PDT closed the base at CLT. But it is very difficult to commute to EWN because the flights are almost always full of Marines going to and from Cherry Point. I know a few senior capts and FO's that took LGA because of the easier commute. So pretty much you could end up at any base. I don't know why some people get called and others dont... I dont think that is specific to PDT...I hear it all the time. I never got called to interview at XJT while all my buddies with similar times got the call. There is just something in your resume they dont like...its not personal. I got called to interview at PDT because I was a CFI at Pan Am Flight Academy, they took some low time guys from there. I had 1100 TT and 125 Multi when they hired me. Other guys in my class had more, some had as low as 600TT. They seem to hire a wide range of experience and see what sticks. Out of 8 hires in my class 7 passed training. 1 guy failed because he hadn't flown in a few years and was just too rusty and couldn't pass the SIM. __________________ Twin boys!

March 23rd, 2007, 21:54	#7
sopdan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 637	Re: Piedmont Airlines Actually, she specifically said it was because I didn't go to one of those schools. Another tidbit is that I know they don't have an actual 'bridge' program at my current school (a preferred PDT supplier), because the mgmt. doesn't want any. If I sounded bitter, I really didn't mean it that way. I just think it's odd that they can't figure out why they can't get people to come. When you constantly have 15 people scheduled for class and 5 show up, you've got to change something. The most recent class was supposed to have 5 new hires... 2 got other offers and decided to turn down the class at the last minute.

March 23rd, 2007, 23:03	#8
BobDDuck Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Left Seat Posts: 5,736	Re: Piedmont Airlines It it seriously start to look like PDT and PSA are going to merge (after YEARS of speculation). Scott Kirby has been talking about a major shakeup for the Wholly Owned's and unless it is the fact that we are switch from a blazer to a leather jacket, a merger makes the most sense. I guess I'd better hope for some fences or I may become a LGA Dash FO. __________________ TBJC08 The Gear Monkey The Gear Monkey Store

March 24th, 2007, 02:07	#9
SmitteyB Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ithaca, NY Posts: 1,957	Re: Piedmont Airlines On APC there has been talk about PSA maybe being dismantled? This true? They're one of my top choices...

March 27th, 2007, 00:09	#11
wheelsup Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: _ Posts: 5,498	Re: Piedmont Airlines PDT aka Republic Airways Pilot Development (RAPD) Oh, and if you go to PDT you must talk smack about AWAC, and deny the jumpseat to those losers. __________________ "It takes just as much time to be nice to someone as it does to be a jerk."

March 27th, 2007, 00:53	#12
pilot754 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: CA Moving Moscow, Russia Posts: 87	Re: Piedmont Airlines I put in my application on file. The new min. hiring numbers are 500 TT and 100 MEL. My logbook stats are 1410TT 126 MEL and 1 hr Turbine with 121 -atp done and BA. jetpilot@gmail.com

March 27th, 2007, 13:31	#16
LouieP Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 112	Re: Piedmont Airlines I interviewed at PDT recently and was offerred the job but turned it down to take another offer. The written has changed as was noted earlier but it isn't all that tough if you know the right things to study. Any people interviewing there in the future can feel free to pm me and I will send you an "unofficial" study guide to the written.

March 27th, 2007, 17:29	#18
SmitteyB Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ithaca, NY Posts: 1,957	Re: Piedmont Airlines Louie what were your times?

March 27th, 2007, 22:15	#20
LouieP Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 112	Re: Piedmont Airlines When I interviewed I had 1175 TT/ 220 ME / 135 turbine part 135 and no "big name" collegiate aviation degree.

March 27th, 2007, 22:19	#21
thestaton Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 70	Re: Piedmont Airlines Just curious my roommates CFI is wanting a job with Piedmont. He has 800 hours and 35 multi. He got a chance? Or is 50 Multi the bare minimum?

March 28th, 2007, 02:09	#22
Vyse Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Northern California Posts: 243	Re: Piedmont Airlines I like how "Access to Internet" is listed as a minimum qualification. __________________ A pirate's favorite approaches: aRRNAV and VORRR.

March 28th, 2007, 08:18	#23
Jason Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,007	Re: Piedmont Airlines For what it's worth - I have 1,200 hours in the Dash 8 from Allegheny and it is a blast to fly!! All other things being equal (contract, pay, QOL, etc) I'd pick a Dash over a CRJ any day of the week and twice on Sundays. Jason __________________ ...till we meet again on the high seas...ARRRRGGGGHHHHH

March 28th, 2007, 17:31	#25
pilot754 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: CA Moving Moscow, Russia Posts: 87	Re: Piedmont Airlines Hello: I submitted my materials this past Sunday. Today is Wednesday and I got a call from PDT with an invite for an interview. I'll fly out on Monday April 2 and interview on 3rd. My logbook stats are: 1411TT and 126 MEL and 1 Turbine, I do have BA and my ATP-Written. Anyone know about there interview please speak! Also have they started a sim as well? Thanks, jetpilot@gmail.com

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