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Originally Posted by Nolesfan
Starting to wonder if checking yes to any of the "Have you...?" questions automatically puts you at the bottom with the computer scoring. I answered yes (thinking honesty is the best policy) to have you ever been grounded. Only once for 24 hours pending an airdrop review board for a malfunction out of the aircrews control. Easy explanation in an interview, but do you already get eliminated by the computer? Maybe I shouldn't have included it as there is no record anywhere that I know of, but it was an honest answer to the question. I'm guessing changing it now wouldn't be a good idea either. Advice?
Maybe just paranoid, but hope I didn't screw myself on something minor.
Quals are
5000 TT
3300 PIC (all ME turbine)
IP/EP USAF (retired)
3 internal recs
I took the questions very literally on the application. I listed all the traffic tickets I've ever had, 10 of them, even though none were showing up on any driving registry I could find. I haven't had one since 1988, which is good, but it was the first question on the panel..."what about all these tickets?" I told them it was too much horsepower and not enough maturity. They laughed and dropped it right then.
I marked "yes" to have you ever failed a checkride because I busted two pilot training checkrides. United said not to list those. Delta said that I should. Never asked me a question about them. Same thing with have you ever failed any part of flight training; I told them how many rides I busted in pilot training. Not one question about them either.
I was worried about the exact same thing as you...did the computer eliminate me because I checked "yes" to these negative items?? Apparently not because I start Indoc on Monday. I decided I didn't want to have a career at Delta, or anywhere else for that matter, always looking over my shoulder hoping they didn't find out about something and walk in and fire me. And if a few busted rides in pilot training and some tickets when I was very young were going to eliminate me, then I'd probably rather not work there anyway.
Now, I haven't had any tickets in a long time and I've never busted a ride since pilot training, which helps. I've had a great career in the AF, IP/EP, DO and retired as a CC, so that helps too, but I guess the point is I had a few items checked "yes" and made it through the computer screening and you probably will too.
I sure as heck would not change an answer now, either. You mentioned you figured honesty was the best policy. It is for sure, and Delta agrees. You've probably read it here numerous times already; they take honesty very seriously, don't give them a reason to think you're not honest.
For comparison:
FAIP then heavies
5,700 TT
3,700 PIC
1,100 IP
All multiengine turboprop and turbojet about evenly split.
IP/EP/DO/CC
2 internal recs