Interview at Air Wisconsin

CFIT99 said:
No you select your base the first week of class, they said most likely is PHL or DCA but no one is for sure till it's that time.
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They normally just open up the same number of vacancies as there are people in your class and then you just bid amongst yourselves. Like you said PHL is definitely the most likely but if your are one of the oldest (most senior) in your class you could potentially get DCA, LGA, or ORF. RDU is probably out of the question.



CFIT99 said:
Looking forward to more brats at the best western!
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Awesome authentic German beer too! But actually I think you might be the first class to stay at the new hotel in ATW. Its a really nice Cambria Suites on the north side of town that might actually be tolerable for 4 weeks.
 
thanks chuckles...word has it there will be a class around november and possibly starting as late as January so we'll see...can't wait to get to class!
 
I got denied, but I didn't expect them to hire me with 20 hours of multi at the time I hit apply.
 
Semi-Driver said:
Got the call and waiting for the date..CRJ Systems and AWAC Profiles till then.
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I would highly recommend you learn all of the limitations before you start. You will need to know all of them for systems class and your checkride so if you learn them now you will have more time to study and read other things during training. You are required to memorize at a minimum all of the boxed items in section 2 of the FCM.

I put together this flashcard set to help me study them and it really helped. http://www.flashcardmachine.com/873660/z9j8
 
awesome I really appreciate it....are you in OE already? ....just very anxious for CRJ school...
 
Yeah I'm on OE. Don't worry about ground school...it's not that bad. As long as you put in the time reading every night you will have no problem. The ground instructors are awesome...young, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic. I don't think anybody has failed out of ground school yet this year.
 
Great!....I met some of the ground instructors while waiting for my interview...not knowing they were the liason's from ALPA to AirWis, they were Capt. at LGA....GL on OE and hope to see you on the line(well reserve)
 
I have the AvSoft CRJ systems program and the AWAC maneuver profiles. Thanks for the flash cards those will help greatly.
 
woohoo...finally a date to plan to...Janelle said we would get the official word sometime next week
 
chuckles1225 said:
I would highly recommend you learn all of the limitations before you start. You will need to know all of them for systems class and your checkride so if you learn them now you will have more time to study and read other things during training. You are required to memorize at a minimum all of the boxed items in section 2 of the FCM.

I put together this flashcard set to help me study them and it really helped. http://www.flashcardmachine.com/873660/z9j8
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Personally I wouldn't study any before going to class. Otherwise you are just memorizing numbers and have no actual connection to the machine in which you are learning. Training isn't that difficult, I'm not the brightest and got 100 on the FOM test and 98 on the systems test.
 
wheelsup said:
Personally I wouldn't study any before going to class. Otherwise you are just memorizing numbers and have no actual connection to the machine in which you are learning. Training isn't that difficult, I'm not the brightest and got 100 on the FOM test and 98 on the systems test.
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I'm with wheelsup. I wouldn't be fooling with systems and DEFIANTLY not profiles yet. You will get taught everything you need to know. I would concentrate on getting through indoc. If you get through indoc, the rest is a piece of cake. It will probably be no less than a month before you ever talk about the CRJ so don't stress about it.

On a side note, congrats to all of you who got hired and are interviewing. We need all the help we can get out there, so keep it coming. As much as we complain, AWAC really is the best regional out there. We have an amazing contract that hopefully we are about to make better in negotiations and our pilot group is second to none. Best bunch of guys/gals you could ever work with.
 
Our company has a CRJ-200 course that we get to do as instructors so. That in itself is what I am studying. The more you know the less you fumble flop around later. =-)
 
wheelsup said:
Personally I wouldn't study any before going to class. Otherwise you are just memorizing numbers and have no actual connection to the machine in which you are learning. Training isn't that difficult, I'm not the brightest and got 100 on the FOM test and 98 on the systems test.
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I would contest that you don't develop a correlative understanding of the majority of what you learn in ground school until you actually start flying on the line. For instance, you are required to know all of the icing limitations and procedures in training but its just a bunch of rote memorization until you actually start dealing with real icing in the airplane and the numbers really mean something.

I agree that training isn't that bad as long as you do the required reading and studying, but it would make it easier if you had already seen the material before heading up to Appleton. The information would be less overwhelming - more like drinking from a garden hose than a fire hose. If you have some free time now I say why not get a head start?
 
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