Originally Posted by
John 3:16
LOL! It seems so. Given how our brains are wired I couldn't allow myself to just show up and say "here's 4,600 hours of fighter time, hire me." And I'm glad I didn't. I think it's because the guys they are interviewing are mostly the civilian flight school CFI dudes who have no exposure to this type of flying and environment, so they need/want to screen hard so they end up with good dudes.
I knew as soon as I saw the suits some of my interview-mates were wearing, and the stack of papers they slapped down on the table, what kind of struggle it must be for a regional airline to get professional pilots. I actually felt kind of bad for the SkyWest guys who interviewed us.
Not so the day I interviewed at UAL. Every guy at least looked like he was trying. Of the 11 other new hires in my class they were all super guys and pilots...to a man. Let the morons weed themselves out.