Whacker,
Sorry about the breat cancer. Family should be number one in everyones book. Just be straight up with them and tell them. If they don't want you because of that, you should NOT want to work for their airline. That will not be the deciding factor. Relax be easy to talk to, confident and humble. I interviewed at Skywest, and Xjet. I am happy that I am at Eagle with the stability, current movement, and people. I am at LAX and people here are very easy going and like to have fun. Training pay is better that average. I have made almost $6,000 in the 3 months that I was in training. Good luck and if I can help with anything else let me know.