strange question at interview?

[acat]

Hi,
I had a job interview a while back and was asked a question that I had no answer for and didn't make since to me. It was "what is your level of involvement with your local FAA?" This was for a part 91 job and I thought maybe I just drew a blank during the interview but I still don't know what they were looking for. Any ideas?

 

[avbug]

How about just answering the question?

If you have nothing to do with the FAA, then say so.

If you're an avaition avaition safety counselor (the old accident prevention counselor), then say so.

If you attend pilot proficiency or aviation safety seminars, then say so.

If you visit the FSDO every two years to renew your flight instructor certificate, then say so.

If you have good relations with the local FAA, then say so.

You get the idea.

 

[acat]

I pretty much told them that I don't have any involvement with the local Faa. Exactly who is the local faa if you don't have a fisdal located at or anywhere near your home base? I think that I must have interpreted the question correctly but just find it to be kind of an odd ball question.

 

[avbug]

Geographically you fall within the jurisdiction of a FSDO. If you have no problems with that FSDO, then you can say you have no problems with the FAA, can you not? Can you say, therefore, that you have a good working relationship?

Problem solved.

I wouldn't want to hire a pilot who has problems with the FAA or who has attracted the attention of the FAA.

I flew with an individual who did just that, I quit flyin with him. A year or two later he earned not only nearly 40 violations, but was taken at gunpoint by the DEA during a late night charter. You might say he doesn't have a good working relationship with the FAA.

Do you?

 

[Seadogrun]

The previous employee must have had a problem theat caused a problem and this question to be asked.

 

[landlover]

I flew with an individual who did just that, I quit flyin with him. A year or two later he earned not only nearly 40 violations, but was taken at gunpoint by the DEA during a late night charter.

care to tell the whole story?

 

[avbug]

No. It's not relevant here.

 

[landlover]

No. It's not relevant here.

after 40 violations all can learn something from each of the 40. but if you dont really want to share i understand.

 

[Floyd94]

care to tell the whole story?

I'd bet thats a hell of a story! Do tell!