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Old 06-26-2011 | 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by snippercr
I have an interview coming up soon and a question like that doesn't worry me. The ones I worry about are the ones I have no experience with - what do you do at minimums if your captain doesn't go around? Your captain shows up smelling like alcohol? Last leg of a trip and you find nav light out and captain says "Ill fix it" and comes back saying its fixed.

Those you cannot throw some HR jems at them, but I have no experience with these things. Didn't mean to hijack thread but if you have interview coming up, hope you are prepared for these type of questions as wel.
Captain fails to go around at minimums: Tell the tower you are going around and put your hand on the gear lever.

Captain smells like alcohol: Tell the captain he looks sick and offer to call scheduling for him.

Nav light out: Call dispatch and let them know.

Interviewers want to make sure you will play by the rules. If you think you are doing the company a favor by dipping below minimums, hiding a drunk captain, or flying a broken plane, you are incorrect. The days of shady regionals are over and there is a media spotlight waiting for the next airline to make a mistake. Doing a flight with a missing nav light might seem minor, but if the media ever got wind of an un-airworthy plane flying passengers, the negative press gained will do much worse than annoying a plane full of passengers and delaying their flight.
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