Originally Posted by
imbroke
How about making the sim portion of the interview not so freakin easy!! I interviewed at 2 airlines (got an offer at both) and both had the easiest sim evals ever. I mean what does having a instrument rated commercial pilot fly an ILS to minimums then describe what type of hold entry should be done during the missed tell you about that pilot? Absolutely nothing other than they can read a gouge and practice the standard sequence a few times before the interview. Switch it up so you can't just read the gouge and know exactly what you are going to do for the interview. You should have to do a few approaches, maybe via procedure turn on one, throw some single engine and partial panel in there as well. I know that's not what you will be doing 99.99% of the time at the airlines but at least you know for that .01% you'll have the right pilot for the job, and that's when it really counts. And if you think that is unfair or too hard for an interview then I certainly don't want to ride in the back of any plane your flying.
"Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude."
And many times what will a single sim tell you about a pilot?
How about a sim or a flight in an airplane that I've never been in before?
Will that be a fair assesment of my piloting skills?
How about if I told you that I would give you your DREAM job if you could pass a basic instrument qualification in MY simulator? I'm sure that I could make it more than you can handle 99% of the time.
No....training is actually a much better gauge of a pilot's skill than a one shot simulator session.
USMCFLYR