Originally Posted by
pilot141
I must have imagined that chest and abdomen X-Ray, as well as that EKG! This was in the summer of 2000, so maybe they "tweaked" it from when they started the first hiring. It wasn't a no-go item as they legally couldn't do it until after the interview, but it was a lot more than an FAA First Class. It was also not nearly as bad as it was in the "old days" - two or three-stage physicals, playing with your poo, etc. At least that's what I heard from Captains I flew with!
Ah, memories!
When i was at Eagle (same medical as AA performed by the same folks in the same facility) if they didn't find my poo it wasn't from a lack of looking! "moon river.... using the whole fist there doc?!"
long before 2000.
and they advertised it very much as a no go item.