Passports for interviews
 

I have been looking for my passport for a week now with no luck. I didn't lose it it's just missplaced. By that I mean it hasn't been stolen by anyone or tossed in the trash. I've received an invite for an interview and while I'm in Houston will be attending another one there. They say to bring a 1st class med, drivers license, and passport. I'm flying into Houston on the 28th. I can't get a passport that fast. Is there anything else they'd consider? I still have my previous passport but I think when you get issued a new one the numbers might change. If it's for the TSA requirments I know they'll take a birth certificate to prove citizenship. Anything I can do?

Suggest you go here http://passportdocs.com/passport-lostorstolen.htm right now. You can get a replacement in time. Good luck on the interviews.

There are a few passport issuing sites in the country that can provide them very rapidly (one is in LA IIRC), but you would have to travel to get one.

The passport is not required as a proof of citiznship or right-to-work, they just want you to have one so they know you can do international trips. If you have a reciept showing that you have applied for a new passport, that should suffice for an interview.

Dude my passport got stolen along with my license 3 days before my interview at XJT, just apply for one and bring the receipt thats all you need

Hmmm. Wow I don't know if I can afford to blow $300 for a passport. I'm tring to save up money. I'll have to keep looking for mine. I guess. There was a place in houston I went to get my original one in person. I think a government office. I'll give them a call. SAAB where did you go how much was it?

Local US post office that processes passport application can do the job.

You may need to bring along a few passport size photos (in case they don't take the photos there).

-LAFF

Since I'll be in the Houston area does anyone have XJT's HR number to call? I figured I'd give them a call and see if they would let me interview while there. Should I call the staffing number or corp. office? I don't really see one just called HR anywhere.

Did you look in your backpack?

Don't have one. DBG dude.

I thought you had one. sorry, my fault. Just trying to help. You talked it up about what a great backpack it was and how it's been all over the world with you.

You shouldn't think. It's dangerous. You've already proven you can't catch sarcasm. I don't blame you though. 7yrs without upgrade is a harsh thing.

OK, sorry. If you do stop into the training center in IAH hoping to score and interview (highly unlikely), I would highly reccomend not wearing the backpack if you do have one.

Where are you going with this and why again?

ZING!!!:D

filler filler

On second thought, you might want to reconsider thinking as well. Stepping into a plane you know very little about, not knowing how to operate or manage the nav equipment properly, not knowing how to interpet a clearance, and flying with somebody who is dangerous and exercises bad judgement doesn't scream somebody that thinks too much

Maybe I'll have the honor to fly with an expert on airmanship and luggage choice like you if you get hired at XJET.

The man I flew with you know nothing of and did nothing dangerous and monitored me as I was learning. As far as thinking goes I'm 24 and have made more money within 1 year of graduation than you have in any of your 7 years at a reagional... ZING!

Yet you still long to be in the same position dojetdriver already is....hmmmm

Sorry, didn't know 24 year olds had the world figured out already. Much less know how to be airline pilots. Now I REALLY can't wait to fly with you. That is, IF you get hired at XJET. Because lord knows, XJET is short on pilots in their early to mid 20's that know everything.

And I seriously doubt that you know how much I've made in 7 years of professional flying. Especially being on CA payrate for two years.

Didn't say there was anything wrong with the position. Just that if someone wants to toss stones I'd say thus far I've made pretty sound decisions.

Ok so what's the most you've pulled from flying for a year cheif?

so... how about them puppies?? :D


ok time for my real question, does expressjet have some sort of preferrential hiring with CAL? I noticed on another thread there's always a number of pilots from expressjet going to CAL. Sorry to hijack this thread but I didn't want to start a new thread for this little question.

I'm curious where you got your facts and figures from, first of all.:rolleyes: And if you're sitting on such a big pile of money, why are you worried about $300 for a passport. And if you're so worried about money, why you are going on a ski trip. Did Colorado pay you to come or something?

Before you turn this into an "I've got a bigger pecker" contest, there is nothing you can say that make anyone believe you. Even if you made more than dojet (which is possible), you won't be able to prove it here. Neither will he. Even a scanned W2 won't be legit because they can be Photoshopped. So slowly put the measuring stick and we'll all agree that your weiners are equal.

no kidding. Talk about flame baiters lol. Sticken nose where it doesn't belong for no reason as usual.

Make sure you decide to get a backpack that will look good with your uniform. And if you are criticizing my decisions, you have ALOT to learn about the industry which you are getting into. I wish you the best.

Top dog ragional today could be gone tommorow.

I'm not worried about money I'm just worried about wasting money. A ski trip is fun and worth it. I like to enjoy life. Shelling out $300 for a passport isn't enjoying life when I could purchase a roundtrip ticket from home to the mountains and back, or 4 good hard nights of partying with women, or 2 prostitutes, or 5 steaks at the best steakhouse in Texas, or part of a car payment, or 2 days of a chartered fishing trip, 1/4 of a deer lease, a digital camera, PS3, ipod, truck payment, 20 website porn subscriptions, you couldn't even imagine what it'd fetch in Acuna, ect. That piece of paper seems like one hell of a waste to blow $300 on when I can get it for much cheaper if I waited a tad longer.

dojet you didn't say what you made though? You came in here and started flinging mud for absolutely no darn reason at all. Inaccurate as always. So what do you make there? How does an FO get paid as a CA?

PS ALOT is two words. A LOT. But I'm 24 so i don't know. How old are you?

I like puppies!:D

Seriously though, there is no longer a preferential hiring practice between CAL and XJT but a lot of our guys are going over there, something like 30/month. My thinking on this is just that there is a lot of networking that has gone on over the years since CAL and XJT used to be the same company and there was a flow through agreement for several years. The only things you need to get hired by CAL are a pulse and an "in".

Then suck it! Go spend your $300 on hookers or beer or whatever and quit whining about needing your passport ASAP so you can interview!

PS
Are you SURE you checked your backpack?

How much I made is really between me and the IRS. But the years I was on CA pay rate, didn't work much. Didn't need to. ACA had the highest pay, most soft time, and best workrules in the industry. Never flew more than 750 hrs in year, but usually credited 12-1300. If you are as smart as you think and do some digging, you might be able to put the math together and come up with a figure, "chief".

You are 24 and know everything. Maybe you can tell me how I got CA pay rate. Maybe if you get hired at an airline, you can learn about CBAs's. Especially witholding, involuntary seat lock, pay protection, and invlountary displacement

I didn't say I knew everything. I was asking if they'd accept something besides a passport. I didn't know if they were doing it for TSA requirements when can use a passport or birth cert. You're just off on some retarded tangent.

And yes. 2 hookers is a wiser investment for $300 than a passport when if I waited I could get one for $100

Seriously you are disgrace to the industy and make me want to puke at the fact that you somehow have any opportunity to fly at all. Guess we cant screen all you crack heads out. I think mesa may be more to your liking.

Hey I didn't take it there the master baiters did. I asked about a passport. Don't need their input and don't need yours. I was looking over your lasts posts. I bet you don't have many friends. Just a ****ed off family at home or something. Also why do you reference kool-aid evertime you talk smack to someone? I find that retarded. Also your opinions how we are all doomed to a regional life forever and how your son would call you gay if you admitted it... 5 stars bro. I'm writing everyword of yours down. Keep em coming.

Wow, time for a new word there TD. And you're the one coming off like the A** Hole, is that one word or two? I'm sure you'll tell me. Sorry it's 0315 and I'm bored at work.:rolleyes:

I like that little gem. Every time you come on here looking for advice you dismiss it if its something you don't want to hear. And you have "gay" and "retarded" in the same thought. Are you in 6th grade or something? Classic. Best of luck to you.:D

passport
 

http://iafdb.travel.state.gov/

Enter in your zipcode and it will find the closest passport acceptance facilities near you.

A passport is an internationally recognized travel document that verifies the identity and nationality of the bearer.


-LAFF

Well then, maybe you shouldn't have lost your old one!

TD, I'm not trying to pick on you with this - I'm really not. But I noticed in another thread that you warned against making an offensive post regarding someone with HIV. That's a valid point. On the same note, I'd go easy on the "redtarded" comments. Short story long... in high school, "your momma" comebacks were common for me until I got to college when I made a similar comment to one of my dormmates. Little did I know, his mom had died from cancer. I realized that we were getting older and the possibility of someone's mother being dead was much greater. You'll find that if/when you get to an airline, not everyone is going to be your age without a wife or kids. There will be people of all ages. That means there's a good chance that several of the people you meet will have Special Needs children. How would you feel if you said something like, "I think that TSA rule is retarded?" The Captain leans over and says, "My 4-year-old has Down's Syndrome." I'm sure you'd feel like an a$$.

Just a thought.

We've covered this passport issue pretty well. What's next?