Many of the interview process sites I’ve found have said that part of the interview process for majors/legacies include “records review”. Can someone who has gone through one of these explain what sort of records they are reviewing?

 

AA: I handed in passport, copy of my driver license, medical, FCC license, ATP, college transcripts, DD214, military flight history summary and flight log from previous 121 airline plus my cheesy Cessna logbook with about 80 hours. They gave them all back the next day with no discussion whatsoever. They just want to make sure that info on your application can be verified.

 

Awesome exactly what I was looking for thank you. Anyone else have an experience that differed by chance?

 

What exactly do you mean by "flight log from previous 121 airline"? Is that like a letter from your previous airline stating how many hours you've flown with them? I've never flown 121, all my airline time is abroad so I'm trying to figure out what the foreign equivalent would be. Thanks in advance.

 

I was able to print out a flight log using the company's web application since I was still employed there at the time. If you don't have a company-produced digital or paper record of your foreign airline flights, then you would have to just use your personal logbook. I think the consensus is that if you meet the competitive minimums, they just want to verify your hours are legit somehow. If you weren't qualified for the job, you wouldn't be at the interview.

 

Make sure the times add up correctly and info is accurate, logbook that is.

The rest of it just requires you are who you are, no major skeletons in the closet.

 

Recommendation... when working as an expat, I have my logbooks verified and stamped every 4 months.

 

My current airline will give pilots letters stating how long you've worked for them, with all of your company flight time listed on there and signed by the chief pilot. I'm hoping that will be sufficient.

 

The records reviews vary by airline and can be significant, find a quality career company to do your reviews, they are invaluable. I used Raven Careers https://ravencareers.com for my move to the corporate world after 121. Research the various companies available and interview the ones one the phone that you might think work for you.

 

The correct answer is to bring whatever they tell you to bring.

But there are some longer-lead items which many or most will ask for which you can acquire in advance...

Updated logbooks, of some sort. They are quite flexible on format these days, but they must be accurate and as consistent as possible. Worst case, if you have any errors which you cannot account for at least identify those up front so they they'll know you're not oblivious.
TT = ME + SE
SIC + PIC + Student Dual + non-PIC Instructor = TT (you may have to account for student dual which was logged as PIC)

*NDR Record
College transcripts (sealed envelope from the registrar).
Academic honors
Civic Awards
Resumes (resume flight times should match logbook times exactly, it's understood of course that a resume previously submitted with the application will not have the latest times... hand them the latest version)
Passport
DL
Radio License
LOR's / past employment documentation
*List of personal references
Military DD-214, awards, FITREPs/OERs
FAA certs
*Past FAA Medical Applications
*Full copy of FAA record (FOIA version)
*Electronic records of everything you have and a tablet/laptop.


* bring it for your own reference to help you provide informed answers if needed, but don't show it unless necessary.

I'm sure there's other stuff that I'm forgetting. Most important is to bring what they tell you to bring, in some cases they'll make copies of stuff or they may tell you to bring photocopies too.