Originally Posted by
FLPilot3190
To be honest, I don’t know. I was one of those FOs who got picked up within weeks of applying.
They have thousands of applicants so it’s kinda hard to say what would cause them to choose one qualified applicant and not another.
When I applied I had roughly 3,900TT, 800 TPIC (single engine), 121 and 135 experience, Special Qualification (Aspen) experience, and 2 type ratings. One failed checkride (instrument) from back in 2008 but other than that a squeaky clean record. I was neither under-qualified nor over-qualified. Most guys in my class were roughly in that same experience area.
Attaching LORs to your application can’t hurt you but like I mentioned previously they were pretty clear about not looking at them until Phase II. I even had to bring in copies of my LORs during my interview even though I had attached them to my application. They got put in a folder with the rest of my docs and that was the last I saw them. Never even mentioned during the interview.
Right now I just resubmit all my info on the profile and new resume/cover letter to my existing application. I have a former FO colleague in training there who said he would write a rec for me so I was thinking maybe that was what I needed but now idk.
My experience is AF veteran (didn’t fly. I did F16 engine maintenance) A&P license, part 107 license. 2800 hours of UAV/UAS experience in Afghanistan doing ISR missions. College graduate in aviation (magma cum laude) current regional CA. 3600tt and 715 TPIC all 121.
Busted my FO ATP oral as a new hire….I’ll admit I wasn’t prepared. The questions I got asked were very different than what the airline told us to study so I was caught off guard. Took it again 2 days later and it was fine. And 11 months ago as a downgraded FO I was pulled off a line check cause my medical was cut in half instead of folded. Got a new medical the next day. Seemed extreme but I pressed on.