Originally Posted by
gringo
Any interview? I'm curious how many people were successful with this approach at Delta, United or American. My guess? None to negative zero. (But seriously, if you used this approach at the Big3 successfully, let me know!)
There's a time and a place to go cheap. And I submit to you that the interview isn't one of those times.
You drop $500-1000 for a suit and tie, but go cheap on the logbooks. Makes perfect sense to me.
Wanna roll the dice and go in with a cheap-o spiral bound? Be my guest. You only have one chance to make a first impression.
I had an excel spreadsheet that summarized all of my flying onto one page. I also had a printout of all my military flying, my old logbook with very lttle GA flying dating back to 1987, and a printout on regular computer/copy paper from Staples with my regional flying (7 pages). Those 7 pages were stapled. I put all of that in a $.99 folder from Wal-Mart and presented it to the fine folks at United Airlines. I did well in the interview and the simulator. I got the job.
Bottom line, have something that is neat and easy to read and don't sweat it. They won't see your logbook until you get to the interview and by that point they already want to hire you. As long as you aren't presenting a bunch of cocktail napkins with chicken scratch, you should be fine. Make it legible and logical and be ready to address anything "odd".