Originally Posted by
French3Holer
They are looking for all events (type ratings/atp/1000 tpic...)that they ask you tab in your logbooks. They also ask you for your time in the last 5 years. I broke it down by type/PIC-SIC every 12 months to include each type for 5 years (60 months).
The pilot conducting the logbook review will ask you all sorts of questions about how much time in the last 90 days, 6 months, 12 months, all the way to 5 years I think. HERE IS THE KEY. I built a table with all of the times broken down and put a southwest logo on it and pulled it out when he started asking about the times. He said, "Whatcha got there?" so I explained and so he said, "Hand it over" and he filled his form out off of my tables. He chuckled and joked about being super prepared.
The rest of the time was Why Southwest? Tell me about a time when you failed as a leader. More relaxed than the other two parts but you can still blow it on this portion.
This.
I used excel to build a logbook table, then just added the respective years up in my logbook and put those totals in the respective rows for each year. Think of the bottom totals page of your logbook. Make one of those for each of the last five years, then add the five years up in the final row.
I went through my logbooks, and used a pink highlighter to highlight the lines for the events/times requested. Then put a sticky note on that page with the event/time, like a bookmark so one could just read the sticky note and turn to that page and easily see the highlighted entry.
They need to verify you have the required minimums they have set. That is what is going on. The interviewer has a sheet of paper with the requirements and checks a box for each one as they verify.
So, make this easy for them/you. They will give you time to explain and figure your times and find the events, but don’t put yourself in that situation.
Interviews are more then just a verbal event. The totality of the interview is can you follow instructions, are you composed enough to prepare for the event.