Comair interview help?

[Raynman]

Hi all.

I’ve been invited to an interview with Comair and would like to gather as much information as possible from anyone who’s been there recently…

What do they focus on in the interview?

Technical Questions?
Jepp Questions?
AWOPS?
Company background?

Anything that might help will be greatly appreciated!
:ok:

[skychick2]

Don't know at all what you can expect..............but good luck with the interview.............

Exciting times ahead for you hey ?

Skychick 2 :)

[Raynman]

Most definitely!

Can't wait!!! :ok:

[newcrew]

hi there

my interview at comair was very straight forward a little jepp / met / applied awops and the odd bit of jet technical - really no issue at all

however big focus on the soft stuff eg tell us about the time when the captain was a B#$%T or you had a emergency or politics if that is what your current company is known for....

IF YOU DONT KNOW THE ANSWER TO ANYTHING - SAY SO
ALSO TRY NOT TO LIE ITS QUITE A SMALL INDUSTRY

also the guys joining seem to have less and less experience so the interviewers will obviously need to factor this in

good luck

one more point the better / harder you study for this interview the less you need to prepare for your emirates / ryanair /??????? interview

[Figo]

If you dont mind me asking. what are there current requirements and contact details?

any info will be appreciated.

[Romeo E.T.]

when last I checked it was 1200hrs, with multi 2 crew turbine experience of 200hrs minimum.

Selection criteria based on a points based system, the more qualifications, ie Full ATP, or ATP subjects, instructor grd1, or 11, or 111, etc etc all add value to the minimum basic requirements and speed up the process to the top of the selection board pile of CV's.

At this stage the most effective way is "hand-delivery" at the operations centre in Rhodesfield

[ONKYO]

What carrys more of an advantage.......a good tech interview or a good sim ride?:rolleyes:

[Shrike200]

On the whole, Comair are actually very fair with their recruitment process. If you are invited (perhaps this is the hardest part), you do the whole lot (psycho's, sim, & interview), as opposed to the budget operators who treat each test as a pass/fail event, and stop you in your tracks without allowing you to proceed to the next 'event'.

The usual Jepp, Technical, CRM and AWOPS questions can be expected I suppose. The majority of the last several intakes had 737 time (ex-Nationwide) or at least jet experience (some ERJ Captains I believe), and I'm also led to believe they are now full up - though the FlyDubai's/Ryanair's etc of the world may continue to thin the pack at a rate greater than the historical norm. They like to have a shortlist of previously interviewed pilots to call on, which is perhaps what is happening here (I'm making a semi-educated guess as usual). Good luck, may the force be with you.

[Figo]

Thanks for the info romeo.

meet the TT requirements but I'll have to find a turbine to ride first.

And so the search continues...

[pfm08]

hey all,

also got the psychs and hopefully interview coming up- any one got any advise on the psychs... i dont imagine its something you can study for but maybe im wrong!
any help on on this subject would be appreciated!

[Flyer14]

Also got a call for psycos, waiting for a date though.

I would imagine it's the usual stuff that you can't really prepare for. The used to use Dr. Horn............before his passing.

[Der absolute Hammer]

pyschs and pyscos for Comair?
That means that it is no longer necessary that one is a Rhodesian?

[Datwo]

Heard the psychs there are now done internally. They have been set up to focus on decision making. This is where most guys have been comming sort recently as well, so I'd prepare. Do a google on psych testing and wade through mountains of tests. It will at least get you in the right frame of mind going into the test. Goodluck.

[LittleMo]

The psychs are personality mapping excersises. In laymans terms they ask you to do a series of tasks and questions then map your personality in graphical format against their 'ideal' pilot profile. No way you can study for it or bulls:mad:t the system. That coupled with your interview and sim ride get them a final answer. It's very fair and very thorough. Sim ride is nothing hectic and designed to test your 'trainability' not to see if your topgun. The panel are absolute gents so don't stress too much! Good luck boys and girls!!:ok:

[CJ750]

What happened to the requirement of having military experience to be able to get into Comair. Has the "Civil Squadron" been broken up then.....:ouch:

[Der absolute Hammer]

Marks for that sort of thing may have petered out by now.

[Alexander87]

Shrike..can you please tell me what the CRM questions consist on???
I'm also looking around to get as much information as possible about any kind of interview and I heard quite often about CRM but I'd like to know something more about that!
Thanks a lot:ok:

Alexander

[theBOSS]

Interview.....pretty hard actually,doesnt matter who say what, Sim, actually easy, my advice, fly your microsoft sim if you havent been in a motion sim. psycho's.....well i know that these days your looking at a 40% pass rate when it come to the psychos. And then before i forget, if you work for Solenta dont let anybody know that you went for a interview, some ass there might just try to screw you!!

[Solenta]

theBoss
by screw - do you mean "expect me to comply with the contract I signed"or have the decency to let your employer know you're about to drop them and your colleagues in the sh&t at the last minute ?

Solenta has no input on who Comair do or don't select. Your attitude and advice about not letting an employer know that you are going for an interview is questionable. If any of Solenta's pilots let us know, in advance, that they have been invited for an interview , it allows ample time to plan the roster so that the pilot is either available for his/her interview, or is not rostered out the country for their start date.
It's the pilots that go for interviews, and then the first time you hear of it is when they tell you they have a start date in a weeks time, when tickets, visas, roster etc are booked. This then means some other colleague pilot's life get's disrupted at short notice, and costs the company time and money to cancel/re-arrange everything at short notice.
With the above stated, and remembering that you were happy to sign an industry-standard contract stating one month notice, when you needed to build the hours to even be eligible for that airline interview, the question is who's actually doing the screwing ?? Another pilots roster is disrupted, you cost your employer disruption, time and money - life's not all about YOU.
Solenta openly admit that we have regular updates with ALL the airlines, communications that are transparent and professional. Most airlines are professional enough to plan more than a week ahead, and thereby respect the notice period, and this is only achieved through open communication.

[nugpot]

What happened to the requirement of having military experience to be able to get into Comair. Has the "Civil Squadron" been broken up then.....

It only counts points if you did pupes course before 2000. :E

[Cirrus SR22]

Little Mo,

You are very modest about your Comair interview.

Congratulations on your 100th PPRuNe post.

And on your achievement a year ago today.

[Katters]

Anyone know any recent info on the Comair interview?

Also how long is the "shortlist":rolleyes:
Cheers!

[Romeo E.T.]

there is a fair amount of movement at Comair at the moment, and for the next month or three to come, so the short list is probably becoming uncomfotably short.....expect interviews to commence soon to bring the short list back up to strength again.

[volare_737]

Where are the guys moving to these days ? Still to Emirates ?

[Heritage 1]

Howzit HB!

How is OZland?

[Desperate Wannabe]

Here are the requirments as of a week ago, straight from the horses mouth, so to speak, copied straight from my rejection letter :(

Comair minimum requirement is a commercial pilot’s license with at least 1000 hours total time and 200 hrs on multi engine type aircraft, or multi-engine rating with 200 hours on a technically sophisticated single engine pressurised, turbine aircraft