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February 24th, 2007, 22:18
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Minneapolis/St. Paul
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 |  Colganized Well I got a call from Chuck Colgan last Saturday and offered an interview for Thursday. The company flew me into LGA on Wednesday afternoon being that US Airways does not have a direct flight to DFW. I stayed at the Clarion which really wasn't great but overall not too bad, but it was at my expense and was the cheapest of them all. Arrived early at Flight Safety, and met a Colgan FO named Drew. Shot the bull with him for a while and then met Chuck Colgan and Cathy Angelo. Really nice people. They really go out of their way to make you feel comfortable and welcome. Everyone else started arriving and the interviews started around 9am. We sat down to do the written and I was the first to be called in for the interview. It was a 3 on 1 interview with Chuck, Drew, and someone from HR but I dont remember her name. Typical questions like why colgan, why should we hire you, some Jepp questions, seminole systems, why would you be a good captain. Some others but thats all I remember right now. Finished that and went back for the written. I had just taken the ATP written at ATP a couple of days before so it was really easy. It took about 10 minutes to finish. Straight out of the ATP book. By the way, I highly recommend the ATP one day course. I went in and had only studied about an hour for the test on my own, studied their question bank for about 5 hours, took the test and made a 90. Definitely beats studying for 2 weeks. After the written was the sim. For some reason I was the first again, even though I tried to go last. I had studied all of the previous gouges and did the sim profile several times so I was comfortable with it. Well guess what, that day was the day for the new sim profile. Depart from White Plains, departure procedure, direct to the VOR for a hold. Brief it correctly and you dont have to do it. Then vectors back for the ILS. This was all done in the Beech 1900 full motion sim which was really awesome. I was kinda lucky because it is very similar to the King Air so I was pretty comfortable in it. Walked back to the class room with my sim group and we were told that we had all done really well and were offered a class date for March 9th. Accepted and then off for the drug test, then back home. I think they ended up hiring 5 out of 6 people that day which is unusual because they said they only hire 1 out of every 4. I especially want to thank jtrain, seggy and captain bob. You guys really helped me out more than you know. Networking is everything in this business and this site is really great for that, so I also want to thank Doug also. |
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February 24th, 2007, 22:43
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2005 Location: DFW
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| Re: Colganized Congratulations JJ. That didn't take long! |
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February 24th, 2007, 22:57
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| Junior Member  Join Date: May 2003 Location: Orlando, FL
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 | Re: Colganized Glad to see another JCer make it. Keep us posted on your training. |
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February 24th, 2007, 23:11
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Santa Clarita, CA
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 | Re: Colganized Congrats  I love hearing about guys getting class dates!!!
__________________ "I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, that diminshes fear" - Rosa Parks |
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February 24th, 2007, 23:55
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| Agent Smith  | Re: Colganized It's all about networking, bro!  Congrats! Now, since someone hooked you up, pay it forward!!
__________________ Doug Taylor http://76school.flyblog.com (old!) http://30west.flyblog.com (updated 11/28) |
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February 24th, 2007, 23:58
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| Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006
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| Re: Colganized Congrats on the interview! I'm in the groundschool class right now, so if you have any questions just let me know. Systems is real tough but doable. You'll definately know what it means to drink from the fire hose when you get here. Again, congrats |
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February 25th, 2007, 00:12
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February 25th, 2007, 00:13
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northeast
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| Re: Colganized Oh yea I forgot to say congrats and welcome to both TVB and JJS! |
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February 25th, 2007, 00:59
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Park City, UT
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February 25th, 2007, 01:03
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| Agent Smith | Re: Colganized They're going to make a baby and name it JTrain (Jay Trayne) aren't they?
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February 25th, 2007, 01:04
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Arlington, TX
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| Re: Colganized Congrats man. That was a short stay in Arlington. |
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February 25th, 2007, 01:04
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Somewhere in the Northeast
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| Re: Colganized Congrats JJ! Nice talking with you this past week! Let me know if any other questions come up! |
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February 25th, 2007, 01:08
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Frigid NWA Hub
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| Re: Colganized Congrats! If you get the Saab, Vic is a fantastic ground school instructor. As far as bases go, bid for Jamestown. It's the hidden jewel in the Colgan system. 
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February 25th, 2007, 01:51
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| Big Chief's Woman  | Re: Colganized Quote:
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February 25th, 2007, 02:10
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia
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| Re: Colganized Congrats, man!
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February 25th, 2007, 02:40
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: DFW, based in ONT, wishing I was in Maine
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| Re: Colganized That's awesome JJ! I had a great time talking with you at SkyMates last week. I'm very happy for you... and really glad that you'll be closer to your fiance much sooner than you thought! Thanks for sharing the gouge for others to read too! Bob
__________________ My head is in the clouds and my heart is still in Maine... but my devotion and love belong to my wife and children. Pics! |
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February 25th, 2007, 05:54
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2004
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| Re: Colganized Congratulations! Hows it looking for Colgan for 2007?
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February 25th, 2007, 10:06
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: BOSTON
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| Re: Colganized Congrats!!! I hope that they keep hiring at this pace, I am deep into my CFI and plan to rock the hours this summer and then apply!!
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February 25th, 2007, 10:17
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February 25th, 2007, 11:47
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Memphis, TN
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| Re: Colganized Heh, Jtrain was even working the other side of the corporate angle for ya. If Colgan fell through, I was already on the blocks to walk a resume into Pinnacle.
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February 25th, 2007, 12:14
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: OK City
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| Re: Colganized That Jtrain fella sure does stay busy hookin' folks up...thanks for helping the pilot community Jtrain. CONGRATS to you JJ....as others have said, it's good to see JCers making it to the next level. A lot of success stories lately <high five> |
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February 25th, 2007, 13:08
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| Big Chief's Woman | Re: Colganized  |
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February 25th, 2007, 14:29
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2005 Location: California, USA
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|  Re: Colganized Congrats JJ, that is great!! keep us posted. |
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February 25th, 2007, 23:21
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon, USA
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| Re: Colganized Congrats, Hey JJS & TVB what were your times when you got the call for an interview. -- Stoneage |
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