Thanks for the encouragement guys, although Inverted deserves the real congrats. I'm stoked for the opportunity to interview but am not out of the woods yet. Having no sim time is a bit of a concern having heard some horror stories. Planning on giving 100% and hoping for the best. The AMF site recommends getting some sim time before the interview. Not really an option for me.
Inverted, how was your sim ride? Which sim did they put you in?
Don't go into the interview withough flying a sim. Not just a little bit. Make sure you get yourself a strenuous workout tracking, intercepting, holding, DME arcs, and shooting precision and non precision approaches in compact and quick succession of each until you're completely comfortable with it. (run on sentence) The approaches should be into places that you're completely unfamiliar with. If you're not sweating, you're not working hard enough.
Thanks!
Ya as far as I know the PA-31 hires are only PDX and OAK.