Originally Posted by
tailwheel48
Me neither!
HR has taken over the whole hiring process which is really sad. Lots of good prospects are getting passed over or not even being considered.
When I went through the process almost thirty years ago you went before a panel of two or three senior captains. They looked over your logbooks and had a nice informal chat.
I believe that HR really has no place hiring pilots. Pilots should be hiring pilots! Weak pilots were weeded out during training and the psychos never made it through probation.
I guess these days it's more PC to have HR determine what makes a good pilot. I prefer the old way!
The Hogan assessment has been around for a while now. I was hired in 2007 by United and I had to do it then. There were approx 150 or so new hires in 07-08 and we were the first batch to be subjected to the Hogan. Back then, I had to take the Hogan at a secure testing facility. I had to provide proof of identification and was in a secure testing environment. I would not be surprised if there was some secret underground racket going on where someone can take the Hogan test for someone else. If so, it would be a pretty ballsy move.
My interview was in Chicago at the old UAL HQ building. There was no sim. It was one hour of technical with a captain and the other hour was HR related. Only a two person panel and it was relatively quick. he van driver on the way back to the airport. I think word got back a
Like it or not, I believe HR's involvement in the hiring process is here to stay.
For the record, I agree with the way it was done before. I do think HR should have some involvement in the process, but no where near as much as they do today.
just my humble $.02
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