Originally Posted by sqwkvfr

You know, I hear people complaining about these sorts of things all of the time.

This industry is full of setbacks, problems, delays, and disappointments. How one deals with them is just as important as his/her skills as a pilot.

Does anyone else think that these sorts of things just might be tests?

Sure, you can call references and talk to people about an applicant's background, but what are 95% of them going to say?

"Yeah, he's a good guy, hard worker, etc."

So if you were an HR person looking to find out a little about about an applicant's personality BEFORE they're under employment, a little test like this would have been perfect. I've read countless stories about interviewees talking about how turned off they were by what a "jerk" the interviewer was....well yeah, he wanted to see how well you handle conflict and weed out the people that have problems dealing with a conflicting personality.

The reality of the situation is that Lynx wants people to stick around and they have a training contract. You've implied that you had planned on staying there for more than a year and this contract wouldn't have affected at all, so you essentially made a big deal out of nothing AND demonstrated that there was a possibility that you wouldn't stay for a year.

....and they don't want people like that working for them.

Now, this might not have been an intentional move on their part, BUT, they still learned a lot about their applicant and they didn't like what they saw......thus your present situation.

I also don't mind pointing out that the simple fact that you came here to whine about it is further evidence that you're not very good at dealing with setbacks.

I do thank you, however, for sharing your experience...I hope to work for Lynx once I'm financially prepared to do so and you've given me some insight into what not to do.