American Eagle hiring
#102
What I am trying to say, It doesn't mean anything. I shot hundreds of approaches to minimums last year... does that mean I can land on an aircraft carrier? No it doesn't. If there is one thing that I have learned along my career is no one cares what you have done before. Every new ground school I sit in on it starts with "we really don't care what you did before, I don't want to hear this is how we did it at my old place" Just because someone can smash a jet onto a moving canoe with a rope to stop them doesn't mean that they can land a massive regional jet on a entirely to large of a runway at night with approach lights guiding them down the runway and into the gate. I've seen 15 year 737 captains fail out of training where I currently work. While a 172 first officer passes it. Just because someone shows up with thousands of hours of PIC time in big jets or fast fighters doesn't make them a great pilot and doesn't mean they deserve to get a job by any means.
#105
LOL at some of these comments. My story was more or less to just give my experience of my American Eagle interview. It was kind of funny to me. To answer the question, I did not blow the sim..I didn't even hold as I got the holding entry correct. The sim wasn't it, at least the flying portion. Maybe I was too overbearing, maybe it was a paper work thing, don't know. Would be nice to know still.
#106
I talked to one of the Eagle recruiters about that. He said they help people correct paperwork everyday since there is a lot and they know that. But he said they tell applicants several times before the interview that if they don't tell the truth on the application, they won't be allowed to interview. He said they have absolutely no problem helping, but their hands are tied when people flat out falsify their app. An example he gave was a guy says he has never failed any rides on the application, then shows up for the interview and says "oh yea I did fail a few, but forgot about them". He said they get that a lot and it is frustrating because if they had just put it on the app, they would have been fine and probably in class by now. That seemed reasonable to me. I'm sure any company would show you the door if you don't tell the truth on the application. Part of being a professional is having integrity and being honest. Learning from failures is normal. Lieing is not accepted in any profession. Anyways he seemed really genuine and sincere. They want to hire good professional pilots and a lot of them! Hopefully lots will come because the more they get, the faster the flow to AA goes, good for everyone.
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