Yet another thread about interview techniques.

PhilosopherPilot said:
That's coming, but it's a big project. It can't be turned on next week. We are doing some risk assessments on some other procedural changes that might help with the ops pressure in the near term. But you're right, CLP is the best way to get reduce the pressure permanently.
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Completely understandable. The new stickers make my life a lot easier as well. The hyroglyphics test was getting annoying.
 
So far as an FO... I've seen all kinds of captains. Some of them make the stand up PA. Some of them are really good about keeping the customers informed in a relaxed, honest, professional manner. Some of them curse like a filthy sailor in clear view of the customers in the gate area, make a rushed PA, don't keep customers in the loop, etc.
I know what kind of CA I'm going to strive to be even when everything's going wrong for us and I'm having a bad day. It goes back to the "we know you have a choice of carriers, so thanks for choosing us" type messaging... Sure the flight deck may be mostly invisible most of the time but you are one important link in the chain. You have a brand and as a legacy/major you want to protect that brand. If the applicant doesn't know what your brand is (the best soft product, the most on time arrivals, etc), is that really something that will be instilled in training? Probably not. If I ever get the call for an interview at a major, I'm going to do my absolute best to make sure I understand the culture there before I show up for the interview.
 
Look if you can teach a dog to fly... .. that means either a) we're replaceable and the pilot shortage is fixed, dogs are going to replace us! or b) this job has a lot more to do with your decision making, both inside and outside the cockpit
 
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Inverted said:
Your level of knowledge on the matter is representative of the company you work for, and that's fine. Like I said, at AMF it's same crap different toilet right? It's all boxes! I'm telling you for the last time that you're way off, way way off.
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I interviewed over 40 applicants while working at AMF. Right after "tell me about yourself" is "why AMF?" Is given in every interview. There is also a question alluding to "tell me about a time when you went above and beyond...." I took the answer to those questions very seriously. I wasn't looking for someone who could just fill a seat, but I look for people that were good for the company. I took this part of my duties at AMF very seriously.
 
KLB said:
I interviewed over 40 applicants while working at AMF. Right after "tell me about yourself" is "why AMF?" Is given in every interview. There is also a question alluding to "tell me about a time when you went above and beyond...." I took the answer to those questions very seriously. I wasn't looking for someone who could just fill a seat, but I look for people that were good for the company. I took this part of my duties at AMF very seriously.
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That's good! I took the questions very seriously when I interviewed at AMF and I meant my answers. I could tell that Sherry felt that I was genuine. Anyone can go in and give half ass answers, but if the company is asking you the question, they probably want a legit answer.
 
PhilosopherPilot said:
I know. But it is the expectation. People aren't complying out of spite at the moment, and there's a big difference in fleets. More E190 guys do it than A320 guys.

(Before you guys get upset about the word "spite" it's just an observation, not a value judgement. I don't really care either way for the stand up PAs. The less people talk to me on an airplane, the better, as far as I'm concerned.)
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The longer I'm a captain, the less I say in my welcome aboard PA unless something is wrong and I need to explain what's going on. People want to know that they're on the right plane, how long the flight will be, and that we're alive up front. Much more than that is just captains grand standing and assuming that the world wants to hear them talk. I do our customers a disservice to assume that they truly want to hear what the current wind speed is in knots, and I misunderstand my audience when I do so.

I've had enough training in public speaking and public performance to know that in this venue, nobody cares about what I have to say. I'm not giving a lecture on Kant's universal maxim, and I'm not performing a big band show. In fact, the welcome aboard PA is not about me.
 
Derg said:
Dammit man, you've got me stumped with "Kant's Universal Maxim".

"Ooh, I'm smart! I know words and stuff"

Damned solicitors.
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Philosophers, actually. I dropped that one for @PhilosopherPilot's benefit. If I wanted to sound like a lawyer I would have said that my getting up in front of the passengers, keying the PA button and then dropping the interphone is an excellent example of res ipsa loquitur.
 
I'm neither sporting a JD, a comp-sci, nor a math degree on my "I love me" wall. Why do I suck at life? Thanks, JC!
 
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