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Bill's list of Things not to say in an Airline Interview collected
from his own personal experience in Airline Interviews (1988-1995) ... with,
unfortunately, just a little embellishment ...
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- "Do you think you are qualified to fly for Northwest?" You probably know better than
I.
- "Why do you want to fly for UPS?" Well, since you don't fly passengers and you fly at
night, I don't have to worry about how my uniform looks.
- Don't say this in the follow-up thank you letter "...I hope the check airmen have
recovered from the simulator ride."
- "What's your worst quality that will affect your career with an International Airline such as ours?"
I can't sit still for more than an hour.
- Female interviewer asks, "What would you do if you fly with a woman captain?" You have
woman in the cockpit!?!
- "You show up for a flight and your captain is intoxicated, what do you do?" Blackmail him.
Excuse me, I mean, Blackmail him or her.
- "You're at minimums and the captain wants to 'take a peek' and go lower, what do you do?"
Take the crash axe, right, hit him in the head, right here (standing now, holding flashlight), then,
I get on the PA and say "I'm in command now". I ram the throttles forward, laughing, "ah ha ha",
and divert to the airport of my choice. I'm in command now.
- "You know that working here you'll be a part of a union. Do you have a problem with that?"
No, unions are the only thing that protect me from an abusive company like you.
- "What is the holding speed above 14,500 feet for a turbojet?" I usually ask ATC or the
first officer.
- "How do you deal with conflict?" None of your business, understand, pal?!