badflaps

I know what you mean. I received a "go away letter from DAL in "64." Timbo is your father? No!

tigerd

No. But I bet he knows him.

Hillbilly

Glad it worked out for you in the end. Did they tell you that question was the singular reason you were not selected or is that a guess? I haven't heard of them ever telling someone specifically why they weren't hired.

HeadInTheTops

Sadly moot, now, but US Airways's interview was a class act. No blatant games were played, and applicants were treated like valued potential assets. I'm no bigger fan of interviews than the next pilot, but it was honestly a pleasure.

sailingfun

Delta used to do like most airlines and simply let you know a week or so after the interview if you were hired or not. There was no explanation why you were not hired if you did not make the cut. They added a review process and provide more detail and yet most seem to view it as a negative or games. Looks like they should just go back to the old method. Drop the second chance review and mail out the rejection letters.

tigerd

Definitely a guess. They won't tell you, but it's pretty easy to figure it out during the meeting with the shrink.

Jet2

Any idea when the next board will meet? It seems like a lot of folks are being flagged recently; 5 of 10 in one group, and 3 of 9 in another that I know of.

SHFP

I have discussed this with many of my retired and current DAL pilots. Obviously the current HR is much different than when I and others were hired (circa 78-79). Personally to meet, greet, and experience my fellow interviewees was a wonderful experience. None of us knew who had "correctly jumped" through the Delta hoops until we met again at our second phase. Presently, if you get through the first day (i.e. passed) you get to have Captain Kraby call you and the other Conditional Job Offers (CJO) by name to enter his office, all while the other pilot interviewees know they are out. Then the CJOs get their letter and photo in front of the Widget. However, (until recently) they do not realize that they may be sent to the Pilot Review Board (PRB) for the spin/holding/hoping pending the MMPI and Shrink. This is HR issue and not coming from the pilot side I believe. Although, now retired, I think the DAL pilots and ALPA need to address this HR issue.

Just my sense.

SluggoC17

I had heard a rumor, just a rumor, that Spirit Airlines at one point administered the MMPI to their entire training department. When at least half their own employees failed it, they decided to do away with it altogether.

gloopy

I don't think you can "fail" the MMPI. It tests for trends and supposedly really tests for consistency in general. Whatever conclusion is deducted from its many results, its just (supposedly) a psychological barometer of many different traits. Its not a "crazy: yes/no" test.