Pilot Shortage
#131
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2018
Posts: 832
The pilots that care about the PAX in the back are better for the brand. Remember - and this might shock some - the product airlines sell is not safe travel from point A to point B. It’s tickets. If they could sell them without airplanes they would. Flight crews are partially marketing tools.
There is no correlation between volunteer work and being a good pilot, I'm sorry.
#132
Disinterested Third Party
Joined APC: Jun 2012
Posts: 5,925
I hate this "requirement" or question from recruiters. I'm a damn pilot, not a social worker or politician. Their only concern should be if you're a safe, competent pilot and a likeable person that others would enjoy working with.
How about this answer to the recruiter. "I have 11 days off a month at home. I take care of my family and my home in those precious few days. I don't have the damn time to be Mother Teresa, okay."
How about this answer to the recruiter. "I have 11 days off a month at home. I take care of my family and my home in those precious few days. I don't have the damn time to be Mother Teresa, okay."
The fact that the employer asks makes it important to you.
If what the employer asks for isn't important to you, then you're probably the wrong person for the job.
#135
Banned
Joined APC: Jan 2015
Posts: 516
That's right, the propaganda machine is running again and dumb kids are signing up for 120k training programs. Old ratty 172s and Cherokee 140s are fetching over 40k. New schools are paying the help over 50k for what has historically been a minimum wage job. You want a sure thing, start a scumbag flight school!
#136
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2018
Posts: 832
Speaking of volunteer work, how do you document all of this volunteer work that you do?
#137
In the pool
Joined APC: Feb 2018
Position: 737 FO
Posts: 88
There’s no requirement to document. Just don’t lie and be able to talk about it if asked. I do have a letter documenting 1500 hours of volunteer time I did restoring aircraft at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, but that’s more the exception than the rule.
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#138
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Posts: 832
There’s no requirement to document. Just don’t lie and be able to talk about it if asked. I do have a letter documenting 1500 hours of volunteer time I did restoring aircraft at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, but that’s more the exception than the rule.
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Last edited by Flyboy68; 03-27-2019 at 08:56 AM.
#139
Disinterested Third Party
Joined APC: Jun 2012
Posts: 5,925
I generally don't cite it at all.
Every application has a place for it. This does not mean that you need to fill that blank, not are you obligated to fill every blank.
I also don't cite all my work experience. I cite what's relevant for that employer and provide whatever information they require. Beyond that, I don't volunteer information that's not requested, and I don't feel obligated to check every box. I am prepared to answer whatever's asked.
#140
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2018
Posts: 832
I certainly don't know that.
The same way anything else is documented. Cite it by assignment and dates, same as any job.
I generally don't cite it at all.
Every application has a place for it. This does not mean that you need to fill that blank, not are you obligated to fill every blank.
I also don't cite all my work experience. I cite what's relevant for that employer and provide whatever information they require. Beyond that, I don't volunteer information that's not requested, and I don't feel obligated to check every box. I am prepared to answer whatever's asked.
The same way anything else is documented. Cite it by assignment and dates, same as any job.
I generally don't cite it at all.
Every application has a place for it. This does not mean that you need to fill that blank, not are you obligated to fill every blank.
I also don't cite all my work experience. I cite what's relevant for that employer and provide whatever information they require. Beyond that, I don't volunteer information that's not requested, and I don't feel obligated to check every box. I am prepared to answer whatever's asked.
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