True story

When I interviewed four years ago, they were still doing the sim interview. After the HR interview I had about 30 minutes before the sim interview, so I sat in the seating area next to Doris' desk to study. There were other appies there doing the same, except one.

He was probably mid-late 50s, wore an MIB suit that looked like he had slept in for the previous three nights, and I swear his nose was a different color than the rest of his face. Ex-USAF tanker pilot, flew 74s for Evergreen (captain, before being displaced to f/o, before bankruptcy). Talked pretty loudly.

He decided to strike up a conversation. I (and I dare say the other appies around) wish he hadn't. Never mind that we're all focusing on whatever interview we have coming, it was the topics he decided to touch on and our collective desire to not be associated with these.

Ferrying a 74 illegally on three engines & other shady stuff at Evergreen. "Yeah, I've got interviews at Spirit & Southwest, so if this doesn't work out it's not a big deal...how about you guys?" Bragging about not really preparing. You get the idea... I tried to send the non-verbal hints that I needed to study, but he never caught on. I can only imagine what his interview was like.

I thought after the fact that maybe he was a plant, someone to evaluate our group reaction to a rogue in the operation, but he was so far from the median that I doubt he would have gotten anyone to respond. Besides that, never heard of any stories of a plant in the interview process. I never saw him again, so I assume he moved on to Spirit.

Don't be that guy...