Ameriflight hiring for First Officer program
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vill0654
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Did their first contact with you end up with an interview? Or were you contacted initially and then told of a phone interview?
vill0654
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Had an interview with them! Took around 1 hour and 10 minutes. The interview went well and was pretty spot on with a previous post on this thread made from Avensa727:
ScorpionStinger
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I called them last week he said he would call back at 10 AM the next day to set up a phone interview. He never did call me I left a couple of messages....
If they don't want you, give it up & move on to another company. Plenty of quality flying gigs hiring this day & age. Its a pilots market! Go where you yoke with. Work for a company that looks at your resume & wants you.
Just my advice & opinion.
vill0654
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I called them last week he said he would call back at 10 AM the next day to set up a phone interview. He never did call me I left a couple of messages....
If you want it just flood their voicemail. Nothing looks better than a persistent person.
On a side note, how long does it take for them to answer back with results from the interview? It's been a week already.
Pilotlynn
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Hard to say maybe the guy I am calling is not great at his job. Maybe the holiday weekend or as you said maybe not interested
ScorpionStinger
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I hear you. It's great to be persistent. Glad to hear you are. I hope and pray things go your way soon and quickly. But from what I hear AMF needs pilots really bad! So I can't understand them taking their time. Recruiters 1 task is to fill classes with qualified individuals as quickly as possible.
Pilotlynn
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Yeah or just say thanks don't call us we'll call you
Applied Tuesday night and got called back to schedule the interview yesterday morning. Haven't had a chance to speak with the recruiter again but is anyone on here currently flying EM120 or B99 ? Curious if they have updated the flight decks from the " 70's technology " ie little GPS and no a/p in most of the fleet...
ScorpionStinger
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Yeah or just say thanks don't call us we'll call you
Exactly.... But now your being overly reasonable & asking way to much of the company.
On a positive note. They might be keeping your resume for future consideration.
I WISH companies gave feeback to prospects on where they stand. Or if not chosen, what they can do to increase their chances within the next 4-6 months and reapply.
A company doing this would go a long way for a positive reputation vs a poor one. Its a small industry.
vill0654
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Have you heard back from them? Have you interviewed?
Pilotlynn
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Yes that is what they emailed me to update my hours monthly and that they are keeping my application on file so we shall see if anything changes....
A150K
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I fly the 99. Some have the GTN650 or 750 while others have no GPS in my base 3 have GPS and 2 don't. By 2020, they'll all have to have GPS to comply with the ADS-B mandate. As for autopilot...pretty rare on the 99, but very common in the PA31 , which I also fly (but GPS is pretty rare in the PA31).
av8tr1
"Never tell me the odds!"
Don't feel bad @Pilotlynn I'm in the same boat. I called and told them I am about 50 hours short of the min could I be an FO for a bit? Says he doesn't want to waste the money only to have me pop over to left seat 2 or 3 months later. Recruiter tells me go get a job doing flight instruction for 50 hours.
I explained that I had other offers (some that were local) but all required a year long commitment. I told the recruiter Ameriflight was my first choice but I am not going to dump 6-8K on punching holes in the sky just for a chance to interview. So its now or a year or more from now. If they want me we need to find a way to make this work.
Then says maybe they can bring me on as a VFR capt. Says lets do a interview. Pass the interview and he says let me talk with management and he will call me back. Then I get a form email asking me to update my times and contact me when I have the mins. Guess I am going to take one of the other options.
@ScorpionStinger I was in IT in the early 90s and 2000s. I recall when companies were offering me a brand new car if I would come work for them to do Y2K bug fixes. We are going to see the same thing over the next few years in aviation. These companies need to get on the ball with recruiting and think outside the box beyond what they have always done or they wont have enough pilots to stay in business.
I explained that I had other offers (some that were local) but all required a year long commitment. I told the recruiter Ameriflight was my first choice but I am not going to dump 6-8K on punching holes in the sky just for a chance to interview. So its now or a year or more from now. If they want me we need to find a way to make this work.
Then says maybe they can bring me on as a VFR capt. Says lets do a interview. Pass the interview and he says let me talk with management and he will call me back. Then I get a form email asking me to update my times and contact me when I have the mins. Guess I am going to take one of the other options.
@ScorpionStinger I was in IT in the early 90s and 2000s. I recall when companies were offering me a brand new car if I would come work for them to do Y2K bug fixes. We are going to see the same thing over the next few years in aviation. These companies need to get on the ball with recruiting and think outside the box beyond what they have always done or they wont have enough pilots to stay in business.