Shamrok
New Member
This is my experience from Sept 5th @ LGA. Hope it helps......
Arrived at LGA from PVD around 7:30am and took the bus to the Marine Air Terminal and walked over to Flight Safety. Was greeted by Chuck Colgan and two pilots, a FO and a Capt. I was the first one there and Chuck walked me to the break room for a cup of coffee. We had small talk on the way and I am sure he is already paying attention to your attitude and character. Chuck said they were expecting 25 applicants that day and asked if I would like to get started with the interview first. Of course I said yes and went back to the classroom for the HR/ Tech interview. Chuck asked some HR questions like why Colgan? Why you over higher time applicants? Why do you want to be an airline pilot? And a few other basic HR questions. Then he gave me a rapid fire quiz from a sheet he was holding, you have 2 seconds to answer each random question, if you dont answer within the 2 seconds he automatically askes the next one and so on and so fourth. They are mostly single or two word answers. Some sample questions: Who is vice president of US? Who was Captain of Enola Gay? Who is secretary of state? Name Lindberg's plane? Where did it land? Last years best picture winner? Who won the Super Bowl? Name a grammy winner last year? First person to step foot on the moon? Baseballs MVP last year? Thats all I can remember at this time but he asked about 20 all together. He wants to see how well rounded your knowledge is and your ability to retrieve it quickly. I answered about 75% correct and 25% were answers off the top of my head that might of been rediculous, just do your best and don't get bent out of shape if you dont know the answer. Then the pilots asked a few Q's about the Duchess as far as what type of engines, landing gear, define VMC, what makes up a critical engine, briefed an approach with a Jepp plate and asked a few engine out questions. All in all a good interview and they are very nice and want you to be relaxed for the interview. Next was the wriiten test, 50 Q's heavy on weather, IFR procedures, some 121 regs, and refer to ifr enroute chart and Jepp plate Q's. Not to bad, I used the Gleim ATP and worked out well for me. Finally the sim, full motion B1900. I have never been in one and it was awesome. Dont be intimidated because if you can fly an airplane you can fly the sim, period. We were briefed on the sim ride and given a profile which consisted of a Whitestone 1 departure from runway 16 @ HPN. Takeoff and fly runway heading to 800ft then climbing right turn to 320 and level of at 3000. Given vectors to VOR(forgot the name) with hold instructions, brief the hold with your entry type and heading upon crossing the VOR and you won't fly the hold, then given vector's to go direct HESTER LOM, after crossing HESTER was given vectors for ILS 16 HPN. Intercept localizer and fly down to mins then sim freezes. Use your FO for power settings, gear, flaps and altitude awareness. They are also watching how you and your sim partner react in a two pilot operation (CRM). I had a great FO and made it fun, just relax. After the sim there was pizza waiting for us in the classroom. The HR people and pilots all have lunch with you and make sure to mingle and ask any questions you might have because they are evaluating you continuously even though your just eating pizza(which was very good I might add). I was then fingerprinted and sent for drug test. My sim partner and I went together and then back to the airport to await our flights home. Met some very nice people and everyone was professional and curtious. Was called the next day and offered the job. Start training Sept 24th and hope to see some of the others that I met! Seems like a good place to work.
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Arrived at LGA from PVD around 7:30am and took the bus to the Marine Air Terminal and walked over to Flight Safety. Was greeted by Chuck Colgan and two pilots, a FO and a Capt. I was the first one there and Chuck walked me to the break room for a cup of coffee. We had small talk on the way and I am sure he is already paying attention to your attitude and character. Chuck said they were expecting 25 applicants that day and asked if I would like to get started with the interview first. Of course I said yes and went back to the classroom for the HR/ Tech interview. Chuck asked some HR questions like why Colgan? Why you over higher time applicants? Why do you want to be an airline pilot? And a few other basic HR questions. Then he gave me a rapid fire quiz from a sheet he was holding, you have 2 seconds to answer each random question, if you dont answer within the 2 seconds he automatically askes the next one and so on and so fourth. They are mostly single or two word answers. Some sample questions: Who is vice president of US? Who was Captain of Enola Gay? Who is secretary of state? Name Lindberg's plane? Where did it land? Last years best picture winner? Who won the Super Bowl? Name a grammy winner last year? First person to step foot on the moon? Baseballs MVP last year? Thats all I can remember at this time but he asked about 20 all together. He wants to see how well rounded your knowledge is and your ability to retrieve it quickly. I answered about 75% correct and 25% were answers off the top of my head that might of been rediculous, just do your best and don't get bent out of shape if you dont know the answer. Then the pilots asked a few Q's about the Duchess as far as what type of engines, landing gear, define VMC, what makes up a critical engine, briefed an approach with a Jepp plate and asked a few engine out questions. All in all a good interview and they are very nice and want you to be relaxed for the interview. Next was the wriiten test, 50 Q's heavy on weather, IFR procedures, some 121 regs, and refer to ifr enroute chart and Jepp plate Q's. Not to bad, I used the Gleim ATP and worked out well for me. Finally the sim, full motion B1900. I have never been in one and it was awesome. Dont be intimidated because if you can fly an airplane you can fly the sim, period. We were briefed on the sim ride and given a profile which consisted of a Whitestone 1 departure from runway 16 @ HPN. Takeoff and fly runway heading to 800ft then climbing right turn to 320 and level of at 3000. Given vectors to VOR(forgot the name) with hold instructions, brief the hold with your entry type and heading upon crossing the VOR and you won't fly the hold, then given vector's to go direct HESTER LOM, after crossing HESTER was given vectors for ILS 16 HPN. Intercept localizer and fly down to mins then sim freezes. Use your FO for power settings, gear, flaps and altitude awareness. They are also watching how you and your sim partner react in a two pilot operation (CRM). I had a great FO and made it fun, just relax. After the sim there was pizza waiting for us in the classroom. The HR people and pilots all have lunch with you and make sure to mingle and ask any questions you might have because they are evaluating you continuously even though your just eating pizza(which was very good I might add). I was then fingerprinted and sent for drug test. My sim partner and I went together and then back to the airport to await our flights home. Met some very nice people and everyone was professional and curtious. Was called the next day and offered the job. Start training Sept 24th and hope to see some of the others that I met! Seems like a good place to work.
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