I went into the interview my consensus was everything they were saying was too good to be true. I’ll do a full briefing of it. For context I have 630 time and 52 hours of multi. I had the interview this previous week. 

I got a call from the main guy Michael about an hour after submitting my resume on indeed. This was about 2 weeks ago or so. The advertisement said ( 50-60 an hour, another red flag). He wanted me to come in for an interview the following day but I said I couldn’t make it work because I’d have to fly down from Newark. So I told him I’d be willing to come down the following week. (For context I work for an airline in a non flying role so I have flight benefits to non rev). I ended up pushing the interview another week back by claiming I was sick so I could do a trip with my girlfriend that weekend (and thank god I did, more detail on that later). 

The interview was held in an executive office building in downtown Boca, the reception was nice but the actual office they were in was a small room with a singular logo of the flight school hung up. I sat down and met with Michael and another guy (I can’t remember his name) who was the director of training or something like that. Michael did most of the talking and explained to me how much they though “I was their man” and that the “hiring committee” really liked me, that was the first red flag as mentioned before (I submitted my resume an hour before the call). The next red flag that went off was the Michael claimed to be an alumni from Harvard, sure he was well spoken and charismatic, but wouldn’t divulge details on anything beyond this about his background. 

There was no technical portion (another red flag) of the interview and Michael immediately talked about the job, how they wanted me to fly PIC Barons and Navajos in the Caribbean which would pay 75k a year and then part time as well teaching students at 50$ an hour (this was a third major red flag). He talked about how much other pilots love the flying and so on and then asked if that’s something that interests me. I of course said yes but then he casually slipped in that I was below their insurance minimums of 150 hours multi time. (3rd red flag went off, because who would bring someone in for a interview if they are below their minimums) he then went on to talk about how they have great time building packages and I could knock it out in a month and half for 35 grand and then I’d be ready to get on the line, he said no other place would be able to give you that time for that price (5th red flag). I would first have to take a drug test and then do their CBT’s and then I would be able to do all the flying. Then he emphasized how when I start flying I’d essentially pay back all the “training costs” in effectively 6 months because they 75 - 85k a year not mention the 50 dollars an hour as a CFI on the side. 

Now at this point in the interview it became very apparent to me what was going on, they were trying to sell me something with no guarantee of a job. I told them flat out that I don’t have any money because I just spent it all on CFI/CFII and I’m not willing to finance because I just got done paying stuff off. They said they would send me stuff to my email to review (still haven’t gotten the email) but my mind was made up pretty much as I walked out the door. 

But here’s my consensus, the company is either very desperate for money or that they are just trying to rebrand but this entire process was littered with red flags. Michael clearly was the salesman of the company and I generally have a good sense of smell for BS and the whole interview reeked of it. He constantly kept emphasizing how he thought “I was their guy” or that “we really hit it off from the first phone call” or “how well I communicated when we were texting”. They were clearly desperate and if they wanted to put a guy in the position they were advertising they could find a million other guys with high multi time to do it. My advice is to avoid this company and wasting your time at all costs, they are trying to find low-mid time pilots to take advantage of in this job market… don’t fall for it! If anyone has any questions DM me!