Originally Posted by
Boomer
Lets say the applicant's logbook has 802 hours on the interview date, for a job where 800 is the minimum.
It will take me approximately 4 seconds to figure out if he had 800 hours when he applied six weeks ago.
The important question is: will a flurry of flying activity in the last days before the interview be seen as a dishonest party trying to cover their tracks, or a real go-getter that a company would be proud to hire?
It all depends on the interviewer...if he's a stickler, he will consider it dishonest.
He may be thinking about the other candidates who just got 800 hours yesterday, but did not have the opportunity to interview today because they took the conservative approach and didn't apply six weeks ago.
Being a hustler certainly works in some industries but airlines are usually not looking to hire hustlers or rule-benders...especially ones with low-time. That's just that fact of the matter, and nobody who has the slightest clue about the industry will dispute it.
Maybe you'll get lucky, maybe you won't.