Eagle Hiring

Does anyone have any experience with eagle? Is it a good place to work? Hard to land the job just out of school?
 
IMO any regional is good experience. EGF has some decent flying (from what I have seen), and is a good place to "make your bones". All regionals are pretty much the same--high workloads, and crappy pay, but the experience is what you are looking for. Since the AA purchase by USAirways, I am not sure how certain EGFs future is, but I am sure there are some people better versed on it than I am. I say apply for it, and take the interview experience. Good luck!
 
Did anyone get the invite to interview? Also, I'm looking to find out what the interview process is like, what to expect, what to review, thank you in advance for any help.
 
just_blaze said:
Did anyone get the invite to interview? Also, I'm looking to find out what the interview process is like, what to expect, what to review, thank you in advance for any help.
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First thing you ought to consider, is just how long Eagle is going to be around. From what I have been hearing from the pilots, is they either are going to agree to new demands from Doug Parker or he is going to shut them down. Of course it may take two or three years for all of that to happen. But the fleet plan is to get rid of all the 145's and trade them for about 50-60 larger RJ's. Most likely the E175, as they will probably strike some kind of deal like Delta did with Bombardier. However, Parker is on record saying that if they don't agree to further concessions those larger planes will end up somewhere else and Eagle will die a slow death until all the 50 seaters are gone. Quite frankly, I think it's going to happen anyways. AMR has been unsuccessful in finding someone to buy Eagle so this gives them the opportunity to shut them down. Especially seeing as Parker and US are bringing with it two other wholly owned regionals in Piedmont and PSA.

Interview from what I have heard is you take a test, 25 questions, that has some pretty obscure stuff. Like braking action, VOR ranges, and then the pretty basic stuff. And if you pass, then you get an interview the same day with the dispatch manager and then a hiring manager.
 
The interviews this time were very unusual. They did not have a written test which is what Eagle usually gives to people interviewing. Rumour that I heard was 5 were hired out of 20 interviewed. The number seems a little low given that Eagle is poised to lose up to a half dozen dispatchers to AA/WN. This hiring class is for retirements and attrition.

It is a very senior list at Eagle. You will learn from people with 15-30 years experience during training. 70% are topped out on the payscale. The most senior guy at Eagle is getting close to 35 years in the company.
 
Flagship_dxer said:
The interviews this time were very unusual. They did not have a written test which is what Eagle usually gives to people interviewing. Rumour that I heard was 5 were hired out of 20 interviewed. The number seems a little low given that Eagle is poised to lose up to a half dozen dispatchers to AA/WN. This hiring class is for retirements and attrition.

It is a very senior list at Eagle. You will learn from people with 15-30 years experience during training. 70% are topped out on the payscale. The most senior guy at Eagle is getting close to 35 years in the company.
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Thanks for the info Flagship, would you happen to know how training looks like over at Eagle? Once hired, how much classroom and how much OTJ is a prospective looking at?

Also, does a company expect you to move ASAP (finding your own place) or do they provide accommodation during training?
 
Two weeks in a classroom. Classroom starts at 0300AM for ten hours. After classroom training, about 2 months of OJT.

Eagle expects you to find your own place. I dont know of many airlines that provide housing for dispatchers during training. Many from Eagle stay at an apartment complex near the SOC known as the Pink Palace.

After you are hired, you will get finger printed and drug, vision and hearing tested by AA medical. They want a complete run down on your health and medical history.
 
Flagship_dxer said:
Two weeks in a classroom. Classroom starts at 0300AM for ten hours. After classroom training, about 2 months of OJT.
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Holy Carp Batman!!!! 0300 start? Really! Big YUCK. And then for 10 hours. My mind would be asleep by 0600.

Flagship_dxer said:
After you are hired, you will get finger printed and drug, vision and hearing tested by AA medical. They want a complete run down on your health and medical history.
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Turn you head and cough! :D

You should at least get a class 3 medical out of it
 
F9DXER said:
Holy Carp Batman!!!! 0300 start? Really! Big YUCK. And then for 10 hours. My mind would be asleep by 0600.

Turn you head and cough! :D

You should at least get a class 3 medical out of it
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Nice profile pic, F9... Haha :-)
 
They never said the reason for the early morning start times. They bring you in on day 1 at 0800 for a 10 hour shift and day 2 starts at 0300 for the rest of classroom training.

I assumed the reason for the early times is to get you used to dispatching there. The B shifts are very senior and most junior people end up on A lines working at 0300 start times once signed off.
 
I just wanted to let everyone know, I have successfully interviewed for this position and will be staring training on August 12th. Thanks to all who contribute on this forum you were all ton of help the last few months.

To everybody else and especially all you fresh out of school folks, keep on trying, I've sent out tons of resumes over the last year and I finally got a call when I was least expecting it.

Here's to hoping Doug Parker won't kill my dreams anytime soon...
 
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