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Old 05-16-2013, 10:07 AM
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Looking to get as prepared as possible to hire on with a Major National Airline, and then adapt as necessary. I've heard good things about of Emerald Coast and plan on using them as I get closer to retirement form the Marine Corps. Until then, anyone know of any other decent firms, perhaps web based, so I can study/prep on my own time.
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Old 05-16-2013, 06:15 PM
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It's tough to sit in a retirement class and try to make a post at the same time... Meant does anyone have any recommendations...
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Old 05-16-2013, 06:33 PM
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Congrats on your upcoming retirement! And thank you for your service.

You've already started! APC forums are a great plac to start. Before I went to Emerald Coast (I went to the seminar), I scoured this website, airlineinterviews_dot_com and JetCareers. Also, check out willflyforfood.
Don't discount wikipedia and the airline's own websites either. I wiki'd every airline I applied to, read their wiki page, googled them, read all the news articles I could and then typed in the airline name in YouTube. A lot of fluff came up, but check out all their CEO videos that are sometimes posted. On each airlines website check out their investor documents and read them. They have a lot of good info in there as well.
I'm not sure if you did recaps after each flight in the USMC, but in the AF, we did recaps after all our deployed flights so our DO could see how the flights went. I made copies of all of them, they were immense in remembering details for TMAAT stories.
Good luck and it's never too early to get your apps in and start looking for buddies who may be at those airlines.
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Old 05-17-2013, 09:57 AM
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Lobaeux, thanks for the reply. Definitely will be following all he forums on this site. Also, thanks for the advice on researching the companies, that will certainly help out. It sounds like you cannot do enough preparation, research and studying. We didn't do anything like a recap other than the extensive debriefs in the Marine Corps. I'll have to just rely on my memory for the TMAAT questions. Or make something up... Kidding of course.
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Old 05-31-2013, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by TunaUSMC View Post
Lobaeux, thanks for the reply. Definitely will be following all he forums on this site. Also, thanks for the advice on researching the companies, that will certainly help out. It sounds like you cannot do enough preparation, research and studying. We didn't do anything like a recap other than the extensive debriefs in the Marine Corps. I'll have to just rely on my memory for the TMAAT questions. Or make something up... Kidding of course.
Tuna...I recommend getting into a seminar with ECC sooner rather than later. I spent a lot of time working on TMAAT questions and preparing for interviews. I can't imagine having done an interview prep seminar just prior to doing interviews. The sooner the better.

Also, if you aren't on LinkedIn, I would recommend that at well. You can make lots of connections on there. Search for the airline(s) you're interested in and it will show you LinkedIn members that are employed there and are in your circles (or out). It's another great way to find old colleagues for internal recs or make connections through others you may have known in your past.

LOR's from previous bosses, if you don't already have them, should be started now. Make the contacts and ask for the favor. But do it soon. They're busy people too and it may surprise you how long it takes to get some of them back.

Best of luck. It's an exciting (and at times frustrating) process.

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Old 06-03-2013, 08:24 AM
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Tuna.... Emerald Coast as great. Helped me get in. Lots of good stuff with it. Work on the TMAAT stuff- many of those type questions on the web- I worked about 200 of those WRT my career experiences- paid off big during the interviews. You cant start early enough... Best of luck to ya!
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Old 06-14-2013, 03:25 PM
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There are a couple of good prep books out there. They help with resume construction and offer interview tips. There are even dress for success tips like wearing long enough socks so that your hairy legs aren't revealed during the interview.

As has already been pointed out, it is who you know. That'll get you part of the way in the door. The rest is up to you and your attitude as revealed through your words and actions. For instance, in addition to the application and recommendation letters, at our airline in makes a difference if you also travel to hiring fairs and meet with the HR and recruiting personnel. That will help get you to the interview. It shows that you really want to be at airline xyz, especially if you travel across the country.

Once you get to the actual interview, they want to know that you really want to be at their airline. So, know the history. Find out what they're going to ask and be prepared to put a positive spin on every answer. Be prepared for good cop bad cop. Be prepared to convince that check airman on the board you'd be a good guy to sit next to on a 3-day trip.
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It's all about telling them what they want to hear. It's also about why you as opposed to someone else. Keep in mind that it is also about NOT showing them something they do NOT want to see or hear. So, if you're an 82nd airborne guy like the one in our interview, don't tell them you have to kill something every day. If you're an USAIR guy east guy, you have to convince them that you're not the militant cobra, strike at anything type.
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