Yup, at least one... Thanks.

 

Happy to help

 

A lot of people recently interviewed... what were some things you did right or wrong? What would you have done differently. Any paperwork issues you could have caught earlier?

 

Have you 12 month totals broken down for each of the previous 3 years and a 5 year total. Also your Instructor time and IFR time all calculated ahead of time. If you don’t have to touch the provided calculator the logbook review will go smoothly and you’ll have time left to BS with the interviewer.

Don’t let the clock drop from your scan during the LOI.

 

Interesting about the instrument, I haven’t really logged much of it in 7 years at regional. Anyone get else get asked about that?

 

You’ve logged a lot of IFR, maybe not IMC, but 121 is all IFR.

 

I got a template showing the logbook milestones that should be tabbed in the logbook, and summarized on a sheet listing those milestones. Pretty much everything the job requirements lists (1500 hours, so much turbine, pic, etc etc) should be identified ahead of time, tabbed in the logbook, and listed on a summary page.

At my logbook interview with SWA, the logbook guy asked me questions for almost all of those dates. I didn't have to dig thru my logbook because I had every single one on my summary sheet. We never even really opened up the logbooks, just transcribed them from my summary onto the interviewers note page because they were already all listed out. He just had to verify that I could give him the info and that my answers matched what he'd seen in my logbooks. Easy, if you show up prepared. That alone was worth the price of my interview prep, showing up with a great logbook summary sheet so we could swap war stories for half an hour instead of digging through my logbooks trying to find out when exactly I had 1500 turbine hours or whatever.

Making a personal connection with the interview team is easier if you've got your paperwork together and don't feel pressured to prove that you meet the minimum qualifications.

 

I had about 275 hours "logged" out of 10000 hours. Not one peep about it from anyone.

 

I’m guessing it’s more for low time guys from military etc to make sure they meet atp mins if they don’t have it already. I mean 7 years at a regional for me so I have any hours you want....except....inverted

 

What slimothy said above regarding milestones on a logbook coversheet. Makes the logbook review a non-event. Regarding military and IFR; for any mil guys out there reading this and wondering, you’re fine, as you’ve been an IFR certified pilot since the day you graduated pilot training. If you’ve been logging IMC properly over the years then that won’t be an issue either. Best of luck.