MitsubishiPilot

Sir, C5 doesn't monitor guard. Next guess, please.

Saluki135

That is a pretty harsh thing to say. Not all Degree programs and schools are made equal. Maybe the guy had a wife and kids to take care of while going full time to school. I started my aviation career as a mechanic first as well, I hate for these fellow pilots think that all A&P's got 3.5 gpas without having to put in any effort.

Sliceback

There's been a .5 GPA inflation, with an estimated 50% reduction in work done outside of the classroom, between 1981-2010.

So there's a good chance, depending upon everyone's age, that low scores from years ago might be significantly higher today.

And that's how I became a 3.8. ;-)

RemoveB4flght

8000 tt
2500 TPIC
5 types- 2 bus, 2 boeing, flown each
B.S. Business
Current overseas wide body captain, flown everywhere
no busts, CFI, prior 121, under 40

and of course the deafening sounds of silence...

headchief

I have sources in the Standards department that caught those culprits and gave them an earful. I would have preferred termination.

Paok

Quick question. Trying to help some people. If you fail a checkride do you need to click both boxes in the addendums on airline apps? One says "have u ever failed any portion of flight training" the other says "have u ever failed a checkride, phase check, etc" if you had a busted ride where did you put it? Hate to click too many boxes if you don't have to. Thanks!

Guardguy

My take on that question is that if it was a check ride bust you did not fail a portion of flight training you just had to be retested. So I would say No to the failed flight training and yes to failed checkride.
This was backed up by the company that did my application review as well.

Paok

Airline apps says you have to check both boxes. Hmmm

bentwookie

Posting this for comparison. I've been reading APC for years, and I thought it would be another year or two before I got a chance to interview. I'm well aware that many of you are far more qualified than I am, and are still waiting. I wish I had some insight into what triggered this. I honestly have no idea.

121 regional captain (recent upgrade)
TT 4,700
SIC TURBINE 3,400
PIC TURBINE 108
no checkride fails ever
0 internal recs (I was waiting to use them when I had more TPIC)
Airline App letters of recommendation from Delta pilots: 4
2 speeding tickets (both more than 7 years ago)
1 Juvenile stupidity arrest (did community service & learned my lesson)
WIA 2015 / NGPA 2016
one fix-it email FEB -2016 (neglected to update my medical date)
App has been in since 11/2014
BS aviation degree - 3.9 college GPA
moderate volunteer experience

As near as I can tell, my app got scored in Feb, right after I attended NGPA (thus the fix-it email). It is my understanding that they only score the app once a year, so I don't know how I ended up getting an email now. I'm posting to show that the email can come at any time, and even those of you with some black marks on their app (my arrest, low PIC) shouldn't lose hope.

stanthecaddy

Congrats. I ave very similar stats. My G.P.A. is a bit lower and I had one checkride failure. No arrests. Out of curiosity, I heard Delta wants you to have finished college in 4 years so how long did it take you? PM me if you don't want to answer.