(Envoy) I was called very shortly after I applied. They sent me a packet containing various forms to be completed and copies to be made of various documents like DL and PP. ****Bring all of the originals with you as well as copies. They also include a simulator packet with speeds, ops limits, and a boldface item (memory item). They also included a link to Jepp stuff which I was completely unfamiliar with.
They will fly you out the day prior to your interview and give you some hotel options. I stayed at the Hawthorn Suites. Shuttle picks you up from the airport and takes to to hotel and Envoy training center in the morning. Overall, great trans compared to what I have experienced in the past. Very friendly and professional. Tip them well and they will take you wherever you want to go. There were many Envoy employees traveling to and from the training center and the hotel; so you are mixing it up with the current employees. Pick their brain.
I was the Lone wolf that morning. I saw it as an advantage to talk to the interviewers and ask the questions I really wanted to ask. Overall, everyone is great. Very professional and polite. I thought it was a great indicator of their hiring caliber and what I could look forward to if hired. They start off by showing a video of the company and the current progress with respect to recent changes. *** They are losing about 10 to 20 a month to the flow to American. Envoy DOES NOT prevent you from going to American before the flow. That being said, if you wait for the flow, you will not have to interview and you will keep your COMPANY seniority, but unfortunately you will not keep pilot seniority.
First off was the sim. Twin Frasca as it was called. G1000 set up with visuals, no motion. Multi engine piston, zero experience in something like this, so it was kind of a struggle. The moving map function is not available. You will have a flight director (which works....kinda...depending on what you are used to flying). The HSI is standard, and he will spin in and tune whatever you tell him to. ***Those of you not coming from a crew airplane, seriously think about how you could use the guy next to you. Make him do everything, YOU just fly. Take off RWY heading KMEM (lots of different profiles I saw on the table, but I think most of them are the standard) to 3000FT. He will give you vectors to intercept a radial and ask you what you want him to spin in. He will then give you vectors to hold. Just like everyone else has said prior, hand the aircraft off the the evaluator and draw out the hold. I actually flew it, then got vectors for the ILS. Look over the sim packet and know when to call for checklists and speeds to fly. I actually went below glideslope around 700 feet and sent myself around. Flew published missed, talked about the holding entry and got vectors for the LOC. Forgot to start timing at the FAF but broke out and landed. You are not graded on your landing at all......which was good for me. Overall for the sim experience, obviously do your best and be prepared. They are focused on you being able to maintain aircraft control with headings and altitudes. For me, that was a challenge. I drifted here and there about 100 feet on altitude and obviously forgot a few things like timing. They understand where people are coming from (especially military dudes) and want to see how you cope.
After the sim, the evaluator departed and left me to get some coffee in the waiting room. Shortly after, another interviewer comes in and takes you to the GK session. Again, very friendly and easy to talk to all the while maintaining their professional attitude. We sat down and looked over literally everything. He stated it as "A day we show up to fly." We started off looking at METAR/TAF's and some questions about what things meant. Scenario based questions, literally too many to list. Then we went to a APD. Questions there were: do we have wx to t/o, where are HS, hat does it mean, what is the distance avail for t/o whats the climb rate, why, fuel req, O2 req. Next was the Sid. standard questions like: distance between fixes, compulsory vs non, flyover vs, flyby, altitudes, basically how to read the SID. En route charts: distance between fixes, MORA, MOCA, Airport Colors, Airspace, Cloud Clearance, holding speeds. Next was the STAR. Just know how to read a star. altitudes and speeds. Last was the approach plate with many scenario based questions again. Know your minimums for weather, alternates, fuel required, all of that. Seriously, there was probably 100 questions asked over a 45 minute time frame. Study, and you will be fine.
Last was the HR portion. Very Easy. I sat down with a woman who was equally as easy to talk to as well as professional. she was also an envoy pilot. No sweat here, just answer the questions. Why Envoy, that type of thing.
After HR, I went back in the waiting room to look over a few things and make some updates to my flight time. The HR person come in and presented me with a conditional offer contingent based upon my background check and the captain's board where they review all the details.
Envoy no doubt had its struggles in the past, but it looks as though the company is on the up and up. The vibe I got from being there surprised me. I had several offers and Envoy is the one I am going with. I was impressed by their entire hiring operation and hope to see that continued throughout the training process. |
