Not so great American Eagle interview...lack there of actually

Boris Badenov said:
Dunno. At some of the other regionals, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the people making the calls didn't even know the people making the hiring decisions, but I'd think that Eagle would have its poop together a bit more than that.
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This, I don't think the separate departments communicate with the other. Why am I filling out the exact same paperwork that I just did on airlineapps? Why are the same questions asked again that I have already answered?
 
Boris Badenov said:
I mean, who knows. Maybe he farted in in the waiting room or he looks like someone's ex-husband or was mistaken for someone who cut someone off in traffic on the way to work (or, yeah, maybe someone heard him say "bottomfeeder"). Whatever the case, it's one interview. Get back on that horse.
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bunk22 said:
My point to most of this was to share the experience, I really don't care about not getting hired by American Eagle. I certainly would have liked to have known the reason for being booted just to find out what I did wrong...paperwork, my breath, my good looks!!, etc so that I could improve for the next. Like I've said, if this were FedEx, yeah, I'd be upset, but not for a regional.
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Q.E.D.
 
There are a couple guys with 10,000+ hours in class here who flew for the regionals while on furlough from ABX or North American. It's possible Eagle saw you as overqualified, but I'd be sure not to give off a bad vibe. That you consider Eagle a bottomfeeder may have shown at some point during the process.
 
dasleben said:
There are a couple guys with 10,000+ hours in class here who flew for the regionals while on furlough from ABX or North American. It's possible Eagle saw you as overqualified, but I'd be sure not to give off a bad vibe. That you consider Eagle a bottomfeeder may have shown at some point during the process.
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I was in class with multi-thousand-hour Boeing 727 jocks, and an epic retired USAF KC-135 guy.
 
The "I was overqualified!" thing makes us all feel better, but as many have said:

1)Why would they have wasted their time bringing you in?

2)There are lots of overly experienced people getting hired at regionals right now. It sucks, but such are the signs of a crappy economy. Aviation in particular has struggled terribly the past few years.

Losing out on an interview sucks big time. I had what I think was my best interview in my life a few months ago for a large cabin corporate gig. I absolutely nailed it, had multiple references pulling for me, and the people that interviewed me appeared very satisfied with my background and qualifications. Basically I knew the job was mine. Guess what? A few weeks later I got a text message saying they went with someone else. It was very surprising, and like you I had no idea what influenced their decision. It sucks, but it is what it is. Learn from it however you can and move on.
 
Consider yourself lucky. It's going to be the ole AE cycle. Hire hundreds then let them go as proven over and over again.

JetBlue has opened the hiring window. Go some where reputable and TRUSTABLE.
 
ocdflyboy said:
Consider yourself lucky. It's going to be the ole AE cycle. Hire hundreds then let them go as proven over and over again.

JetBlue has opened the hiring window. Go some where reputable and TRUSTABLE.
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I've applied there, just got the text my application is live. Talk about competition, us retired military pilots may stand out at a regional, for better or worse, but at JetBlue, FedEx, etc, very tough.
 
dasleben said:
There are a couple guys with 10,000+ hours in class here who flew for the regionals while on furlough from ABX or North American. It's possible Eagle saw you as overqualified, but I'd be sure not to give off a bad vibe. That you consider Eagle a bottomfeeder may have shown at some point during the process.
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Maybe but I don't bring an attitude with me, so I don't know. My buddy is going to an interview with them next week, he has 1000 hours more than me. I don't think it's an overqualified thing either. He is only going as he thought he should check it out after my experience. He already is in a pool for Skywest.
 
Now Bunk, how confident are you that you didn't accidently dutch oven the interviewers during the sim portion? Thats all I can come up with...
 
ClarkGriswold said:
Now Bunk, how confident are you that you didn't accidently dutch oven the interviewers during the sim portion? Thats all I can come up with...
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Anything is possible...I didn't crush the sim by any means, it was challenging....the lingo was the hardest part but I also didn't down it. Who knows, maybe it wasn't good enough for their standards but that would surprise me.
 
bunk22 you think they thought you might trade in the fixed wing and join your lady flying rotor? :)

As others have said this is a blessing in disguise. Keep your head up I'm sure someone else will call in short order.
 
Had the same thing at Compass a few years ago, the best part they forgot I was coming. It was an FA interview day lol, they had to scramble to get my stuff together and still denied me.
 
Came into the room handed me my logbooks and paperwork with a cab voucher haha, it was freezing and the person to tell me no was someone I hadn't seen all day. Just good luck, and held the door open while I was still packing my stuff. No reason either... Makes you wonder if people freak out on them when they deny applicants.
 
The good news is that you got a 'practice interview' and a 'practice sim' to help prep for your future 121 interviews.

Have you paid for any interview prep bunk22?

I had a little professional prep several years ago when I was considering separating from the AF, and I was quite surprised at the mindset and attitude that it was recommended that I project at an airline interview. It differed quite a bit from how I thought I should behave and what I should talk about. The way I'd learned to present myself as a military aviator, officer, and leader for over a decade was strangely not exactly what the airlines were interested in seeing -- they wanted to see a bit less Type-A, clear-cut decisionmaking when in the sim/LOI (which is a cornerstone to success in the fighter world), and a little more slow, methodical, calculating, team-oriented, facilitator-of-crew behavior. They wanted to

I have never been able to test that advice out, because I never ended up leaving the AF, but it was an eye-opener. It was well worth the $ I paid at least for my own SA on the differences, and I've ended up using some of that knowledge as I've flown with civilian warbird guys who don't have any military experience.

So, recommend you pony up the couple hundred $ to do some interview prep if you haven't all ready. I'm sure you're familiar with Albie Hagan -- he's who I'd recommend for military guys, although I understand there are others who also have valuable prep.
 
I have a quick question about the Eagle process - are you supposed to have your employer fill out the Present/Previous Employer Inquiry to fill out, or do you just give it to Eagle and they send it to your employer?

This may not be the best place for this question, I was trying to figure out which thread to ask in.
 
Hacker15e said:
The good news is that you got a 'practice interview' and a 'practice sim' to help prep for your future 121 interviews.

Have you paid for any interview prep bunk22?

I had a little professional prep several years ago when I was considering separating from the AF, and I was quite surprised at the mindset and attitude that it was recommended that I project at an airline interview. It differed quite a bit from how I thought I should behave and what I should talk about. The way I'd learned to present myself as a military aviator, officer, and leader for over a decade was strangely not exactly what the airlines were interested in seeing -- they wanted to see a bit less Type-A, clear-cut decisionmaking when in the sim/LOI (which is a cornerstone to success in the fighter world), and a little more slow, methodical, calculating, team-oriented, facilitator-of-crew behavior. They wanted to

I have never been able to test that advice out, because I never ended up leaving the AF, but it was an eye-opener. It was well worth the $ I paid at least for my own SA on the differences, and I've ended up using some of that knowledge as I've flown with civilian warbird guys who don't have any military experience.

So, recommend you pony up the couple hundred $ to do some interview prep if you haven't all ready. I'm sure you're familiar with Albie Hagan -- he's who I'd recommend for military guys, although I understand there are others who also have valuable prep.
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I have thought about the interview prep given by the Emerald Coast....I think that's the name. He is a FedEx pilot and does the interview prep for pilots. I've heard it's a great experience, learn a lot.

BTW, Republic called today but I was flying so hopefully will schedule an interview tomorrow. Perhaps I'll get to interview this time :) BTW, I have one interview and two sims now!!
 
Yes, Albie is Emerald Coast Interview Consulting. He is a former F-15C FTU IP and reservist. He is good people and has great advice/prep.
 
Derg said:
Do NOT take it personal.

Trust me, some regionals would have done me exactly the same way.

"Wow, good experience...Good logboos...Sharp candidate... Whoah, you're just going to up and cruise the second when FDX/UPS/DAL/UAL/ETC calls"

Don't take it personal, Bunk.

It's more to do with "He's a top candidate, he's not going to stick around this joint" than it does anything else, trust me.
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+1 I agree. Good advice, Doug.
 
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