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Who comes up with this stupid crap?
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I would think that with enough flight hour qualified applicants, hr depts that add unnecessary levels of testing and paperwork are just adding to the cost of running a company. But maybe that's the dinosaur way of thinking in this shiny new pc rj world.
The VA online test doesn't really have a bank you can memorize and then get a 100% on. It's not ATP type questions. If you have your spouse, that's cheating, but I suppose an applicant could do that. I will say though that after I took the test, one of the messages afterwards stated something to the effect that they could give a re-test at a later time and expect a similar score to ensure accuracy. Basically they're trying to catch those cheater applicants.so if you study a question bank and memorize the test type questions or as I have heard some people do, have their spouse take the test with them-that makes them a better, more qualified candidate for a highly competitive position.
Pilots out of the hiring process? Who do you think set the bar so high as 5000TT and 1000TPIC? It certainly wasn't HR. Honestly, I feel that is too high a minimum requirement. The pilots are part of the hiring process. If you get the interview, you'll meet with the CP, a checkairman, and Director of Training. As for quotas, I suppose nothing stops them from calling an applicant simply because the name sounds like a woman's or sounds like a minority name. Connections certainly help, too. But at VA as of right now, an applicant has to pass the pre-visor to move forward, regardless of how many internal recs they have.Yeah, I am bitter I have not been called-when clearly they are looking for something that I am not. Most of that test is touchy feely questions that only hold water if you believe the rest of the crap that HR's have been telling us on what makes a good pilot. Take the pilots out of the hiring process and what do you get? Stupid test banks, quotas or the "right" people, less experienced pilots getting the opportunities (my sister was a recruiter and told me all about the off the record type requirements they would have but would not put in writing). Then again, if you have connections and are persistent, maybe one would have a chance. But I guess when I applied at my current job-I had no connections, was persistent, and met the requirements and got an interview. I think getting to the interview is where you make it or break it-at that point it is up to you.
I haven't seen anything but the pilot minimums published on Fedex's website at pilot.fedex.com What are you implying as for the "preferred requirements" ?????I will just have to respectfully disagree with you about the quality of those tests. Have you seen the requirements FedEx is posting as their "ideal" candidate? It pretty much eliminates the guy that has been at the regionals as a captain since 9/11 as they are too experienced. That is what happens when the HR hires a touchy feel psych firm to determine what your ideal pilot candidate would be.