I really don't think that is true as I have been hearing all these contradictory statements, for years, about "what you have to do to get hired". Everyone seems to have a theory and when they get hired they think this confirms their theory. However some other guy says your theory is nonsense also gets hired. Truth is there's a lot you can do to prepare, but then some of the variables that decide your fate are beyond your control or even knowledge.

Ultimately, experience has shown that the Delta interview has little to do with how you perform as a pilot, a co-worker, or how you treat the customer. You can be a fantastic airline pilot and get hired, or you can be mediocre, or you can be the guy that is annoyed by pax, always fights the company and carries around 6 jepp revisions. I have seen all types get hired and not hired.

Getting hired by DL does not by itself impress me; doing right by your coworkers and customers, behaving like the professional you are, THOSE things are impressive. When I work with someone who is a great captain and he didn't get it, that in no way makes me look down on him or her and I make no assumptions about them based on their interview results.

Maybe he should have read Naval Aviator's a 4th time, or maybe he should have spent that time on cog training. Who really knows?