Colgan's Upgrade Interview

[ShyFlyGuy]

What is the deal with the interview with The Bobs at Colgan for an upgrade? Begging for the job you were hired for just seems to rub me the wrong way. Anyone have a confrontational meeting yet? Anyone been fired after dancing the carpet? Perhaps I don't understand what is happening, but if there is plastic on the carpet, I'm not gonna stay for the "meeting".

Shy

 

[piav8r]

Interviews for an upgrade? Thought that's what a checkride and additional training was for...

 

[suupah]

What is the deal with the interview with The Bobs at Colgan for an upgrade? Begging for the job you were hired for just seems to rub me the wrong way. Anyone have a confrontational meeting yet? Anyone been fired after dancing the carpet? Perhaps I don't understand what is happening, but if there is plastic on the carpet, I'm not gonna stay for the "meeting".

Shy

mine was pretty confrontational. I taped it

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LKMhkcS0wOI

 

[flatspin7]

I was the guy in the funny hat!

 

[used & abused]

I was the guy in the funny hat!

I believe it was a girl....haha

 

[PCL_128]

Interviews for an upgrade? Thought that's what a checkride and additional training was for...

Not when you vote NO to a union. Upgrade interviews. Ridiculous. I'm still baffled that anybody wouldn't vote YES to a union at that hellhole.

 

[suupah]

I was the guy in the funny hat!

That was jeb. it was going pretty good till he joined in. the chick was kathy angelo.

 

[rhino3040]

Just wear a tropical shirt like your an islander or something and you will be walking out with a fourth stripe in no time.

 

[Grey Ghost]

just tell them your future goals are being a country western singer

 

[Grey Ghost]

or tell them that you want TB's job one day. Just smile at kathy thats all it takes

 

[McNasty]

If you gave TB a carton, beam and a tin of Copenhagen you will be the CEO

 

[30West]

It also helps keep the failure rate for upgrades down.

There are two kinds of F/Os at any airline.
1. The one's who have been using the time in the right seat productively to prepare for eventually moving to the left.
2. The one's who are basically along for the ride, to collect the measley paycheck and do the bare minimum.

The interview process basically helps protect #2 from himself from an almost guaranteed training failure.

Guy #1 shouldn't have any problem with the interview.


I'm not part of the interview process, but I'm the one that has to fill out the pink and clean up the mess afterward.

When ALPA eventually comes on the property, the interview will go away, but for now it seems to work OK.

 

[PCL_128]

When ALPA eventually comes on the property, the interview will go away, but for now it seems to work OK.

When I was working the ALPA drive, I talked to a couple of your pilots that were denied on the first interview and had to try again. One was told that he "smiled too much." When you allow objectivity into the process, then you allow people with vendettas and ulterior motives to affect your career. Some suit in Virginia shouldn't be deciding whether you get a shot at upgrade or not. Your number on the seniority list should.

 

[30West]

One was told that he "smiled too much." When you allow objectivity into the process, then you allow people with vendettas and ulterior motives to affect your career.

Agreed.

 

[TNHillbilly]

I'm not a fan of the interview process either, i think that is what the checkride is for, but I do believe that in recent cases, those that were denied an upgrade in the first interview probably didn't need to be captains anyway. Just a thought. Although we have had some go through the interview process and then proceed to fail the checkride..so I guess it doesnt really matter anyway.

 

[Mr Wu]

Then there was the guy that was told no because he didn't know about a read and sign that his lead captain didn't bother his arse to print and post.

 

[MusicMan]

When you allow objectivity into the process, then you allow people with vendettas and ulterior motives to affect your career. Some suit in Virginia shouldn't be deciding whether you get a shot at upgrade or not. Your number on the seniority list should.

I believe you mean subjectivity, not objectivity.

 

[PCL_128]

I believe you mean subjectivity, not objectivity.

Yep. Thanks for the correction.