I sent my resume with a cover letter and within 2 weeks they called me back. The woman who calls you will give you a lot of information. She will also mail all this in a employment package. Make sure you fill it out. You need your 10 year employment history, and 10 year residence. In addition you need a breakdown on your hours no big deal. Make sure you get a passport and a current first class medical, also there is a paper which needs to be notarized. The interview will take place at Horizon airlines operation center in Portland. I stayed at Alderwood Inn, they have a shuttle from the airport to the hotel just call the 800 number when you arrive in Portland and they will come to pick you up. Tell the desk at Alderwood Inn that you want to go to Horizon operation center next day and she will sign you up for a ride in the hotel shuttle direct to the airport, this bus leaves 15 and 45 minutes past the hour. If you don't stay at the Alderwood Inn go to the Horizon terminal at the airport and take the shuttle from gate 4 or 5 which leaves 5 and 35 minutes past the hour. I arrived 30 minutes early, which i strongly recommend. I started of at HR with Sharon Casta, she went through my paperwork and checked my ID (2 types, passport, drivers license). She is very nice stay calm, smile look her in the eyes when you talk to her and be honest. Questions. Define professionalism. What do you have to offer Horizon? What are your strong points as a pilot? Weak points? What kind of student are you? How did you prepare yourself for this interview? Tell me about Horizon airlines. Why do you want to work with us? How do you handle a difficulty with a co-worker? How do handle a difficulty with a captain? What is the difference between a good and a great pilot? If we called your previous employer what kind of reference would he give us? Where do you see yourself in five years? Are you willing to sign a training contract? I got back all my papers and I got back out in the lobby and waited for the interview with the chief pilot. Chief pilot Lamar Haugaard and Asst Chief pilot "Spike" interviewed me. Lamar is a younger guy very nice, cracks a few jokes seems very interested in you very professional yet relaxed. They looked at my paperwork, loogbook, licenses, medical. Asked a few questions about my name and some other small talk. Questions. Do you smoke at all? How did you get interested in flying? Tell me about your last job. How do you cope with stress? How do you channel the stress? What is your schooling background? Any blemishes on your driving record? Why Horizon? Do you hold a first class medical? A VIP passenger shows up in the cabin with to much carry on how do you deal with it? Any violations, warnings etc from FAA? Back to the lobby. SIM profile Frasca 142 Speeds Vr 90 Vclimb120 Vcruise180 Vhold180 Vapp 120 T/O PDX radar departure which I cant remember the name of, climb 4000 Arc South 7DME Pause POS: south of LAKER Hold NE Laker 050Bearing left turns Figure out entry, fly hold. Pause POS: North of LAKER 3500' Direct to LAKER when established cleared for NDB Rwy 28R PDX Fly to MDA proceed with missed. Pause 3 miles from GS intercept ILS rwy 10R cleared for appch fly it and land it. They are looking for proper scan and proper procedures. Stay cool stay ahead. Wind was about 20kts and different directions for each maneuver. Written test ATP 121 questions

Started looking at Horizon Air about a year prior to getting out of the Marine Corps. Contacted friends working for the company and asked about working conditions and company attitudes. As of winter 2000, things are a little rough. The company is working out the details of a contract and things are getting a little tense. Other than the unsigned contract, Horizon appears to be a nice place to fly. Had a bud walk my resume in directly to Terry Allen (Assist chief pilot). Was contacted by Carly Hibert about an interview date. She gave me Oct 18th. I was still in NC so travel to Oregon was going to cost me. I asked for a later date when I would be back in the northwest. No problem. Was contacted by Kim Powers in late November to schedule time. Settled on Dec 7th at 10:00. Kim is very friendly and is willing to help find a date to fit your schedule.

I stayed at the Alderwood Inn at PDX(503-255-2700) which is about a half mile from Horizons HQ’s. Hotel comes with a shuttle if you need a ride, and a free buffet breakfast for about $70.00.

I arrived at QX at 0930 for a 1000 interview. Checked in with the receptionist and was asked to take a seat. Lots of Starbucks coffee around so feel free to start priming. I was greeted by Lamar Haugaard the chief pilot and followed him to his office. He and Terry Allen looked at all of my paper work, certificates, physical, and log books. I brought all 3 (one civ, two mil). Asked very standard questions about why QX, where would I like to be domiciled, would I mind signing the 2 year training contract. Very laid back. One thought provoking question was “what if a VIP Gold passenger was boarding, and had two to many bags.” Just one to think about. Following the Chief pilot interview, I was handed off to HR for their interview. More administrative. Made copies of all paper work, certificates, licenses, and pass port. I had made copies of everything and they really appreciated the extra effort. QX also requires you to Notarize a driver’s license background check. I was one of the few who had done this and once again, they were very appreciative. Questions asked were again very standard. Very relaxed: *How do view CRM *Who makes up the team on a flight *How do I handle stress *What stresses me out *What motivates me *What do I do to relax *Describe a recent conflict and how did I handle it

Next came the written test. I attended a Horizon prep course at Aviation Training Center at Boeing Field (206-768-1332). Ask for Marie Campbell. They will provide you with come decent gouge on the written test. However, live by the gouge, be prepared to DIE by the gouge. I almost did. I studied almost exclusively the questions that ATC gave me. There were maybe a half dozen that I recognized on QX’s written test. Here are all the questions that I could remember. All are out of the ATP Gleim test book: 9346, 9381, 8162, 8187, 8169, 8222, 8260, 8055, 8393, 8872, 9437, 9007, 8972, 9138, 9715, 8982, 8985, 8994, 8812, 9557, 8713, 8743, 9184, 9194, 9153, 9210, 9273, 9111.

ATC will walk you through the different sim profiles (3) that Horizon now uses. The two instructors that I had were Horizon pilots so I got lots of good info on the company. The ATC Frasca 142 is pretty squirrelly in order to get you ready for Horizon’s sim which is pretty stable. Just try to speed up your scan so you don’t have to chase the VSI. I couldn’t believe the difference between ATC’s sim and QX’s sim. The profile that I received was from PDX: Departed Rwy 10R via the RIVER 6 SID to 7 DME, then arced to the south. Climb maintain 3000. Positioned due north of LAKER NDB and was asked what relative bearing I would fly to LAKER (head of the needle). Then positioned due south of LAKER (180 fm) and told to hold east on the 070 bearing from, left hand turns. Entry was a right to parallel. All other folks interviewing that day were given tear drop entries. Flew to LAKER, proceeded outbound for one minute, returned to LAKER, left turn back outbound, started timing abeam LAKER and made call, instructor froze the SIM. Placed back due south of LAKER and cleared for the NDB 28R. Watch for the miss, it used the Battle Ground VOR. Then positioned 3 miles out from the final approach fix just to the south, got dirty quickly and flew the ILS 10R to mins and to a landing. That was it. Winds and turb were very low. I have no idea where they were coming from. Hold airspeed was 180. Climb and approach 120 (Don’t get any slower then 120). Level off and the arc 180.

There were 7 of us interviewing that day and I was the last in the SIM. I didn’t leave QX until 8:00 pm. OUCH. Found out about the job the next day at 0930 and start ground school on 8 Jan 01. Over all it was a great experience. If you can, get some Frasca 142 time before going in for the interview. Concentrate on the NDB stuff.

Place: PDX ops building Candidates: 5 with varying experience. CFI's to 135 charter guys, etc. They seem to be hiring anyone with a fair amount of total time (1,000+ and around 100. These varied greatly from what I could see.) I'm not sure how many passed, but the written was tough and most people bombed one thing or the other on the sim ride. I think one guy was offered an F-28 job.

It looks as if you could use an update to your Horizon gouge. Everything is pretty much like what I've seen on here. The biggest difference seems to be the written test. It's MUCH harder than what the gouge says. It has changed! Most of the questions are performance related and have to do with EPR settings, x-country planning/performance, some 121 regs about cargo in pax compartment, when radar is required, etc. KNOW YOUR JET PERFORMANCE CHARTS!!! ...A few wx questions. All questions were from the ATP book except for one about where the Horizon domiciles/bases were. Seattle, Portland, Idaho, Spokane (I think) The sim ride is pretty straight forward. The sim settings are as per gouge. Cruise, hold at 180 kts (21hg I believe) Apch 120, gear and flaps 150 max. The departure airport was Eugene, OR. 5 dme arc after t/o, NDB hold, approach, and ILS approach. The thing climbs at 2,000 FPM so watch out 152 drivers! Just be yourself. The sim at Aviation Training Center is a good prep for the sim ride at Horizon. The prep course for "Horizon" is pricey. Just tell them the setting you want and don't mention Horizon or they might not let you fly it....( :oÞ ) They give you plenty of time to set things up and identify nav aids. They REALLY do want you to pass. You just need some good stick and rudder and NDB skills with the RMI. That's it. Good luck!

Mailed my resume on may 25 and faxes a week later. I got called for an interview on July 12 and schedule on August 2,00 Experience: 3,550 TT 1800 MEL B737 FO Currently B737 for a mexican airline (schedule and non-schedule passanger transportation) flown all over the world ATP, CFII

They flew me from SAN-PDX on an Alaska airlines. You pay for hotel about 60 a night. The interview was schedule at 0930 at PDX lemar showed up at 1030 at the lunchroom. There were only 4 of us all minorities. I interviewed with lemar and Ted Ass. Chief pilot. Basic questions.

Why Horizon What makes you think youre ready for Horizon Things you do when you are not flying Recent employers where do you see yourself in 5 yrs Asks if you know about their training contracts Your availability Are you a smoker any accidents or incidents where would you like to be based your instrument times has it help me to be Bilungual? no technical ?????

If you pass the first phase they'll tell you to stay for the written and simulator session. They provide you with lunch and as you eat john who gives the written and sim would ask you to introduce yourself and talk about why horizon and your flying expirience, Hobbies. The written is out of the atp written. No weather questions, almost all ??? are regs.

The sim session starts with a weather report. Eugene Airport he will give you a TO clearence, mine was cleared for TO Rwy 16, 3000' intercept the 190 Radial out a (vor) and arc East 5Mile DME contact dep passing 1000' Wind was from the north. I screw up on that and was doing a 6.6 Dme arc instead 5 I correected right away and did not let me finish it. Froze it. Then fly direct to Frakk NDB and hold NW 330 bearing to the station. Asks you what entry. Wind is very strong about 20 kts Xwind. be carful.!!!!!!!!!!!!! then he will give you a vector for ILS16 thats all. Climb 120 kts cruise and hold 180 kts Vlo 150 use about 28 In Of MP to maintain your 180 kts

I know I screw up on the DME arc and on the wind correction while flying the NDB hold. I don't know why NDBs their old and you dont use them any more. I have been flying Glass cockpits for the last two years and I haven't flow an NDB app and a Frasca 142 in that time. I know there is no excuse and second chance on the sim evaluation with all my background. Well they let you know if you stay or not. It sure was a learning experience an it seems to be a good company to work for, all the people is very nice. I did not get the job and can try again in six months. well hope you the best and thanks to fly for food it helped me alot.

I first mailed my resume in the second week of March, and then faxed it in again the second week of April. Received a call from Kim Powers on April 25th and was given 2 choices for an interview date (Tuesday or Friday). The experience was almost the same as the previous information on this page. All of the personnel there are extremely friendly and basically just want to get to know you. There were 5 of us that day. The day consisted of an interview in the morning by Lamar and Kim. It lasted about 20 minutes and they asked standard questions: Whay should we hire you? Why do you want to work for Horizon? Why type of flying have I been doing. Tell me what got you into flying? All they had was my resume, so they asked questions about different jobs I had. They then looked over the application you bring in to them. After all of us did that portion, we were all asked to go upstairs where we met the simulator instructors. They gave us sandwiches for lunch and explained the profile. There was 1 hour in between each simulator evaluation. During that time they give you the written exam and chat a little. The written is taken from the ATP turboprop 121 question book. There were no questions on who is the president or anything like that. There were several obscure regulation and minimum questions. The sim ride was in a Frasca 142, and they give you all the time you need to set up, and freeze the sim in-between each different maneuver. I departed Portland and intercepted the 160 Radial and arced 7dme South. They then repositioned me so that I was flying direct to the NDB (again they give you plenty of time). They give you a NDB hold and make you do an entry and complete turn in the hold. They then repositioned me and told me to fly direct to the NDB and cleared me for the NDB approach, followed by a missed approach. The last thing was an ILS back to Portland (I was placed 3 miles from the OM). They have about a level 2 or 3 turbulence set in there, and some wind. I haven't flown a sim or done any NDB work in almost a year, which was my downfall. They ask you how you think you did, and then tell you to go downstairs and wait for Lamar. I blew the NDB, had some altitude deviations, and missed some calls. Lamar will tell you right away if they want you or not and why. He doesn't tell you your scores, but it is on the desk right infront of him. I know that 2 were given offers, 2 weren't, and I do not know about the last guy. They were looking for higher time people to fill the jet FO positions in the next two classes.