Originally Posted by
doz4dllrs
That's great that they are so wrapped around the axle worying about whether you are looking at any career airlines rather than getting a true gauge of your character. "Gee, who cares if this guy is a total douche bag, as long as he doesn't want to work for anyone else!" If you came to an interview I was conducting and tried to convince me that F9 is the only place you wanted to work I would deduce that you were either a liar or an idiot. Either way I wouldn't hire you. I can't imagine how many good guys we have passed up and who may have slipped in because they can lie to your face and keep a straight face. I'm afraid this myopic approach will bite us in the long run.
It has been many years since I was hired at Frontier. Believe it or not, Frontier
was the only place that I wanted to work. So I was not a liar on the day that I interviewed, and as yet I don't believe that I was an idiot for that decision (although the future may prove otherwise).
The Frontier interview process is quite long and involved with multiple steps and many people involved in the process. Several of the interviewers are line pilots volunteering their time. The process works in such a way as to learn as much about a candidate (as can be done in a fairly lengthy day), including character, integrity, honesty, professional aptitude, technical ability, and desire to be a long term Frontier pilot.
But also, one of the biggest questions that is being asked on interview day is the question that the interviewer is asking himself or herself, "Is this person someone I would enjoy flying a 4-day trip with?"
Judging by the quality of the new hires coming online, I personally think our interview process is working very well.