Originally Posted by
Flying Ninja
Anyone experience hiring discrimination when applying to the majors?
Example, you're qualified, but in your 40's or 50's and the majors pass you over for a 20- or 30-something?
I've also heard stories that females get preferential hiring over equally experienced male counterparts at the majors.
Truth to any of this?
How would you know? The airlines never tell you why you weren't hired, just "Thanks, but no thanks." As long as they hire people 20 to 50, which they do, how are you going to prove it? Same for minorities. How to prove anyone not hired on a certain day was more qualified than someone hired?
When I interviewed at Delta, I was told in the interview room, "Every one sitting out there waiting to interview is qualified to be here. That is why we don't do sim rides. We know you know how to fly. This interview is to put a name to a face. My job is to keep DBs from making it to the line. If I can't stand to be in a room with you for 20 minutes, there's little chance someone wants to sit in a cockpit with you for 8 hours."
If you fail the face to face at Delta, you might want to take a good hard look at yourself in the mirror.
As for my interview, guess I fooled him!