Originally Posted by
Mr Rumbold
Failed Hogans?? I thought it wasn't possible to pass or fail it.
Also, 2 on here have mentioned "telling one bad story." What exactly does that mean?? Telling a story that paints you in a poor light?? Rambling on needlessly about a checkride failure instead of just owning what happened and moving on??
I told a story where I made a decision as a captain. According to my company policy (and common sense) I made the right decision. The pilot interviewing me did NOT like what I decided. He questioned me about it and I stood by what I did. I knew from his facial expression he had made his decision on me. When we got into the technical, he asked some pretty ridiculous questions. He was also blatantly and 100% wrong on a question he asked me about getting vectored off a SID (I verified by reading the FAA 7110 and asking controller friends). When asked to debrief he even doubled down on the fact that I was wrong. I don’t blame him for not getting hired, because I should not have told the story I did. The second time I interviewed I told the most conservative and boring stories possible. And it worked.