Jet Blue interview

[justgrieveit]

Got the call today for a March 8th interview. Here are my stats:

5500TT
2400 Jet PIC
EMB-145
CL-65
B-737
Civilian
No degree yet but will graduate in 4th quarter of '06
One internal letter of recommendation
Applied in January of '05

 

[Dave Siegel]

So, where do you see yourself in 10 years?

 

[okrosa]

Congratulations!!! did you go to the job fair in DFW? and good luck in the interview...

 

[Longhorn]

Got the call today for a March 8th interview. Here are my stats:

5500TT
2400 Jet PIC
EMB-145
CL-65
B-737
Civilian
No degree yet but will graduate in 4th quarter of '06
One internal letter of recommendation
Applied in January of '05

Good luck. Sounds like you are right there. I was at 6500 and about 3500 pic when I was hired. Just relax at the interview and you will do fine.

Take Care,
LH

 

[Dizel8]

So, where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Probably better off than your sorry.....

 

[Dave Siegel]

Probably better off than your sorry.....

....and accurate prediction of Jet Blue's demise in 10 years.

He'll only be sorry that he settled for a second-tier airline. Hey look son, it's nice that you have an interview with Jet Blue, and by all means wear the blue shirt and tie, and take advantage of the offer for a free airline interview.

"Tell us about your favorite episode of the Smurfs"

"Who is your favorite Smurf and why?"

"Have you ever worked as a hotel bellman?"

"Are you going to regret that you could have worked for Southwest, God's favorite airline, instead of coming to Jet Blue?"

"How do you feel about wearin Blue underwear?"


These are VERY important questions, and you better not answer wrong, or else it's no Blue for you.

Relex, son, if you really want to be there, they'll be lucky you have you. Just remember, you deserve a good job more than Jet Blue deserves you. The only question is, will you always wonder how your life would have been if you could wear the Canyon Blue?

 

[Blue Dude]

Which only demonstrates that "Dave Siegel" doesn't have the class to leave well enough alone. Get a life already.

Justgrieveit, congrats and good luck!

 

[starvingredtail]

Hey Dave,
Why so negative? Is flaming a reaction to some deeply repressed bad airline experiences? Did your mother force you to wear a blue outfit that you could not stand? Could it be that mustard, orange and purple are a more pleasing mix of colors to you than a dignified blue check pattern? Is this a fashion problem for you?
I am also concerned about your smurfophobic statements and emphasis on underwear. I am recomending a nice long back rub from Uppercrust.
Good Luck
SRT

 

[Dave Siegel]

Hey Dave,
Why so negative? Is flaming a reaction to some deeply repressed bad airline experiences? Did your mother force you to wear a blue outfit that you could not stand? Could it be that mustard, orange and purple are a more pleasing mix of colors to you than a dignified blue check pattern? Is this a fashion problem for you?
I am also concerned about your smurfophobic statements and emphasis on underwear. I am recomending a nice long back rub from Uppercrust.
Good Luck
SRT

I'll respond to each of these comments in order.

Hey Dave,---Hey SRT, how are you?
Why so negative? ---Why so paranoid?
Is flaming a reaction to some deeply repressed bad airline experiences?---Yes!
Did your mother force you to wear a blue outfit that you could not stand?---Yes! How did you know about that? Are you stalking me?
Could it be that mustard, orange and purple are a more pleasing mix of colors to you than a dignified blue check pattern? ---Absolutely! Who wouldn't feel honored to be one of the chosen ones to wear the mustard, orange, and purple? I was feeling pretty sick when Eagle Flip banned me for the crimes of someone else, so I ate as many gummi bear variety packs as I could find, dipped in dijon mustard, of course. An hour later, as I'm spewing my guts into the toilet, I look down, and see the mustard, orange and purple, swirling around the basin, and I realize that there is a God, and he loves Southwest Airlines.
Is this a fashion problem for you?---No, but evidently it is for you.
I am also concerned about your smurfophobic statements and emphasis on underwear.---I'm concerned that you wear nothing but Blue all day. Doesn't that depress you?
I am recomending a nice long back rub from Uppercrust.---Thanks, but no thanks. His hands are to frail and he's too easily distracted. Uppercrest is NOT an attractive man, although it seems like you find him somewhat appealing.

"Hi this is starving redtail, and I met my lover, Uppercrust, on e-flightinfo-harmony.com!"


Good Luck----Thanks! Good luck to the both of you. Are we going to be invited to the civil union? Is Ellen Degeneres going to be conducting the ceremony?

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

Congrats!! Just be yourself on the inteview and you should be joining us in phase 2 hopefully waiting for a class date. Ignore Dave, he either was not invited to p-2 or has some serious issues.

 

[justgrieveit]

I did not attend the job fair at DFW, and I talked to my contact last week and he had not heard of anything , so who knows.

Thanks for the good words, and by the way, who is Dave?

 

[Plug]

Congrats!

Hopefully some more of us will get that call!

 

[justgrieveit]

I certainly hope more people get the call!!

Come to think of it, Dave's question about where I see myself in ten years actually was very helpful. Now that I have had time to digest it, I think we would all be doing ourselves a favor by assuming our jobs will not be there in ten years and planning accordingly. Just think of all the other interests we have, or haven't had the time or money to discover yet. I have always wanted to go to culinary school and open a Bistro someday so maybe my long-range goals should include only ten more years in this business and then giving something else a try? Life is way too short to limit myself to one career field.

Thanks Dave!!

Good luck to all the others and I look forward to meeting everyone on the 8th.

Cheers.

 

[Sailpilot]

That is a good answer to the interview question;

Tell them that you are just trying out this flying thing for another 10 years or so... oh ya, and that you would really rather be doing something else like cooking.

Please let them know how you feel right at the start...so that they can move on to someone that really enjoys flying for a living. I think some of the other 12-13,000 applicants waiting for the call would thank you for your honesty.

To your orginal question:

Times and Type Rating are exactly what I had when I got hired. I did have a Degree, but once you get to the interview they care more about you and not your resume.

 

[Longhorn]

LMAO...Dave...well, you know. This should be fun.

 

[J32driver]

Hey... who else here would like to see a real life boxing match between Dave S. (LUV cheerleader) and Lowecure (B6 cheerleader). Could be great entertainment.

 

[starvingredtail]

Hey Dave S.,
I am proud of my long affiliation with e harmony.com. What, with its
Scientifically Proven Compatibility Matching System ,
Exhaustive research with thousands of couples found that there are 29 Key Dimensions of Compatibility necessary for success in a long term relationship. eHarmony is the only relationship site that uses a scientifically proven method to match based on these 29 crucial dimensions. I am sorry you find Uppercrusts hands too frail and that he has a problem focusing. I'm sure this is something you two should work on.
Anyhoo, Good Luck and keep thinking positive.

SRT

 

[727RedTails]

Wow!
Flightinfo is tolerable again now that Dave S. is on my ignore list.

 

[Longhorn]

Boxing Match? I love a good boxing match...Count me in. At 5'3 and 120 pounds I could really kick some A....ok, maybe not

 

[Vingus]

5'3, 120 lbs you ain't big boy.

I just put DS on my ignore list and life has gotten better already.

What a d**k.

 

[AlbieF15]

DS does have a good question--where DO you see yourself in 10 years?

If its at Jetblue--then more than likely it is a successful company adapting to the new challenges of 250+ planes and flying some international stuff to the Carribean and South America.

If it isn't (and the critics are right...) then the skills you pick up in life along the way might just come in handy. Put down the remote on the layover, and read, think, and imagine. I know there are tons of stories of failed pilot ventures, but ask Jethro about his coffee & water business, or one of my partners about his realty company/log cabin builders, or a former blue angel about a legal support group he started a few years back. Ask the FDX captain with the multi-million dollar mortgage company in Dallas how and where he got the idea, or the guys who turned CRM training into a mult-million dollar business based in Germantown with over 80 employees. The ability to think in more than 2 dimensions is valuable not only when you are learning the mastery of flying, but it can also be an incredible advantage in business and other pursuits. Another way to think of it--if EVERY pilot out there had the ability to feed and support his family without the airline gig, how much leverage could we really apply to fix the slide in "real dollar" wages since the early 90s?

Just a thought--been wrong before and will be again...

 

[Helmsmen]

Well said Albie!

Helmsmen

 

[Dave Siegel]

5'3, 120 lbs you ain't big boy.

I just put DS on my ignore list and life has gotten better already.

What a d**k.

First of all, it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog, Vingus.

You should be banned for foul language. Just because you're too dumb to figure out what to say, substituting ** makes you sound like a whiny little kid who won't share his toys. Grow up junior.

 

[Dave Siegel]

DS does have a good question--where DO you see yourself in 10 years?

If its at Jetblue--then more than likely it is a successful company adapting to the new challenges of 250+ planes and flying some international stuff to the Carribean and South America.

If it isn't (and the critics are right...) then the skills you pick up in life along the way might just come in handy. Put down the remote on the layover, and read, think, and imagine. I know there are tons of stories of failed pilot ventures, but ask Jethro about his coffee & water business, or one of my partners about his realty company/log cabin builders, or a former blue angel about a legal support group he started a few years back. Ask the FDX captain with the multi-million dollar mortgage company in Dallas how and where he got the idea, or the guys who turned CRM training into a mult-million dollar business based in Germantown with over 80 employees. The ability to think in more than 2 dimensions is valuable not only when you are learning the mastery of flying, but it can also be an incredible advantage in business and other pursuits. Another way to think of it--if EVERY pilot out there had the ability to feed and support his family without the airline gig, how much leverage could we really apply to fix the slide in "real dollar" wages since the early 90s?

Just a thought--been wrong before and will be again...

Thank you, Mr Albie. At least SOMEONE is thinking long term. Albie works for FedEx, I think, yet even he knows how volatile this industry is. Wake up, Blue Boys, and smell the coffee.

Maybe Albie is the only one who's smart enough to get what I'm saying. I guess the Blue Juice is pretty addictive.

 

[safe2solo]

Anyone else getting a call for an interview?

 

[Dizel8]

Albie,

Had it come from you, it could be thought provoking, but somehow I doubt, no, let me rephrase that, I know, that DS intention was not in that vain!