Ride Report

Day one is pretty short. I had the 7am show time and I was out the door by 10:30 to wait for the call for day 2. Have your paperwork ready to go when you show. They take it first thing when you show up. The ladies in the hiring department will send a checklist to make it easy to organize the paperwork. If anything is missing or incorrect it is no big deal. They will find you on day two to for any corrections. Don’t stress the paperwork too much. They will make sure its right before you leave on day 2 (if you make it). Testing was straightforward. Do the RST15 day program/ground school and practice cogs and you’ll be fine. I felt very well prepared for day one. Got the call to come back for day 2 just after lunch time.

Day two was super laid back. We had a smaller group so it went pretty fast. We were all done before lunch time. They brought us all into a conference room and gave us a brief on the days events. Again, everyone was super chill and welcoming. I got grabbed pretty quick to go do my HR portion. There is no order, you just get called up when your name comes up on the list and when you are available. HR portion was great. The two pilots that interviewed me were very relaxed and overall it just felt like a friendly conversation. Almost none of the interview was flying related. They want to get to know you. Be yourself!! Interview prep was helpful but don’t be a robot or a weirdo, you wont get hired.

Now to the part I was dreading, the SBI. DO THE PREP COURSES!! It gives you a system to break it down and keep it organized, so your not fumbling around and wasting time. Above all else, MAKE A DECISION AND BRIEF IT! They are very clear with the instructions and don’t start the clock till they have answered all your questions. It was the fastest 8 minutes of my life. Then they left and I drew up some taking points for a debrief. Talk about what went well as a CREW and what YOU could have done better. They will ask you a few questions. I could tell when they got the answers they wanted cause they cut me off and it was obvious that the exercise was over. You will get no feedback, and then be escorted back to the conference room where you started. The hiring department provides a great spread for lunch and makes sure everyone get something to eat before they leave.

Make sure to have official transcripts for all your higher education. Mine were sealed but they didn’t seem to mind if they were opened or not. They also knew that some universities were not sending them out in hard copy format anymore and were fine with electronic copies.