Fo's doing interviews?

[Tarzan]

Anyone deal with that? That was the only person I dealt with besides the sim fellow. he was a 19 year vet with the company. The FO was the only person that I did HR, FAR, and ops questions with. Passed the sim but not the interview. Feel shorted a bit but theres other jobs out there.

 

[SkyBoy1981]

FO's do it at lots of companies. Being an FO (especially now) doesn't necessarily mean they are brand new there. My technical interview at my present company was done by an FO, however he had been here for over 3 years.

 

[Biatch5]

Anyone deal with that? That was the only person I dealt with besides the sim fellow. he was a 19 year vet with the company. The FO was the only person that I did HR, FAR, and ops questions with. Passed the sim but not the interview. Feel shorted a bit but theres other jobs out there.

haha..Quit your bitching

 

[acaTerry]

If he's a 19 year vet of the company, I'm sure he was right for the job of interviewer. If he was a newer guy though....power trip!

 

[AlabamaMan!!]

Where the he11 did you interview? Mainline USAir?

Looking at your total time..............I'm guessing some cargo or regional outfit.

 

[Tarzan]

Sorry, the guy who did our sim eval was a 19 year guy. I got past that part.

The HR was done by an FO.

 

[bafanguy]

My technical interview at my present company was done by an FO, however he had been here for over 3 years.

Three ENTIRE years...and then some ??!! Wow...

 

[FurloughedAgain]

I think that a first officer doing interviews is an excellent idea -- especially at the regional level. Who knows better what is required to get through initial, IOE, and probation?

It could also be a tactic designed to see how you react. Obviously you are prepared to be interviewed by senior captains, management, etc... how do you act if you're interviewed by someone who might potentially have less experience than you do?

I've been interviewed by Captains, FOs, HR, Chief pilots, Phone interviews, panel interviews, and sneaky interviews (where an interviewer happens to be the van driver...)

They're all designed to perform the same function -- determine whether you're someone they want to spend time with in the cockpit!

You'll do better next time. Good luck

 

[belchfire]

Ahhh, another person not from MTSU
gets the rejection from Regions Air!

Aztrucks, Barons and 210's...are you
hauling checks or spare body parts?

Hehehe!

 

[iflyabeech]

Where the he11 did you interview? Mainline USAir?

Looking at your total time..............I'm guessing some cargo or regional outfit.

It is in the "regionals" forum!

 

[Lear70]

If it's PCL, I know who you're talking about. It's odd that he was the ONLY one in the room with you; usually he's tandem with a Captain.

I don't know why he hasn't upgraded yet either, I think he's due to upgrade soon. Either way, it's nothing new, my interview was with an HR rep, a Capt, and an F/O all asking me questions. Like "Furloughed" said, it's actually a fairly good way for a regional to screen high-time candidates and weed out any "high-time attitudes" that might show up.

Sorry to hear of your luck, I've had my own disappointments along the way too. Just keep putting the apps out there and, not that you did anything wrong this time, make sure you relax and have a pleasantly good time while being professional during the interview. They really ARE just looking for competent and ability to get along.

Belch, didn't know there was an "MTSU connection"? Must have missed something, having graduated from there myself. Most of my AHP brethren from '92 - '96 (2 years before and after I graduated) are either flying charter somewhere or for CorpEx.

 

[probablecause]

As a FO, I did interviews at Corpex. It was a nice rounded mix though with the CP, a line captain, a HR rep, and myself all asking various questions one on one. Then we met at the end of the day to swap notes.

PC

 

[AlabamaMan!!]

It is in the "regionals" forum!

Yeah.....It was a joke buddy.

 

[iflyabeech]

Yeah.....It was a joke buddy.

Please don't quit flying for a career in stand-up!

 

[SkyBoy1981]

Three ENTIRE years...and then some ??!! Wow...

Don't be a smartass...my point was that he was just as capable of conducting the interview as a Captain that had been here for maybe a year or two longer.

 

[belchfire]

Don't be a smartass...my point was that he was just as capable of conducting the interview as a Captain that had been here for maybe a year or two longer.

Okay, I'm senior, I'll be the smartass...
WTF is someone doing on their day
off interviewing people? The guy
needs to get out more! I know I
wouldn't get paid enough for that
crap!


Ha...hahahaha!

 

[SkyBoy1981]

Okay, I'm senior, I'll be the smartass...
WTF is someone doing on their day off interviewing people?

See, that is a good constructive question.

 

[belchfire]

See, that is a good constructive question.

He probably got junior manned!
hehehe

 

[bafanguy]

Don't be a smartass...my point was that he was just as capable of conducting the interview as a Captain that had been here for maybe a year or two longer.

...I see...

 

[Dave Benjamin]

Anyone deal with that? That was the only person I dealt with besides the sim fellow. he was a 19 year vet with the company. The FO was the only person that I did HR, FAR, and ops questions with. Passed the sim but not the interview. Feel shorted a bit but theres other jobs out there.

Would getting rejected by a captain somehow make you feel better?