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10.Mar.2008 : There’s nothing quite like realising you’re now become a Flight Risk, just as you lose your ID in amongst the clutter of things to do when you’re leaving. Today was not a good day. While at the new EGHQ, I noticed there was an Etisalat office near Costa’s. I …
Two years ago last week I left Dubai and Emirates (the airline) after 12 years, to come home and help with the launch of V Australia. During those 12 years I flew the Airbus 310-300, Airbus 300-600R and Boeing 777 200/300/300ER. I was an FO, a Captain and Training Captain. I worked in management as [...]
Airlines conduct simulator assessments of their pilot candidates for a number of reasons. Certainly, one area they check is the ability to fly an aeroplane with reference to instruments only but this is only part of the assessment. Other areas that the check captain will be paying close attention to are: Your ability to recover [...]
One of my personal favourite stereotypes about pilots is that you all have a relaxed communication style. You’re sparse with words, and are good with brief pronouncements. That style is kind of reassuring when you announce things in flight as becoming “a little bit bumpy.” I know that’s not true of everyone. In fact, some [...]
Kirsty Ferguson of Pinstripe Solutions, our newest regular contributor, has made a brilliant free offer for an “Interview Preparation Checklist” to all our readers. Kirsty is one of the most highly celebrated interview coaches in the country, and runs global interview training and preparation programs for worldwide job-seekers from her Sydney based office. She has [...]
Pilots are pretty consistent in their concerns or fears about getting through the airline recruitment and interview process. I know because I see them every day of my working life and have done for… oooooh, nearly nine years! Whether you have 1,000 hours or 10,000 hours, you’re an FO, or you’re in a command the [...]
After training a whole bunch of pilots on interview skills in the rounds of recruitment a couple of years ago, I’m not sure if I should worry more about flying or feel safer doing it. I’ve heard all sorts of entertaining, if not slightly disturbing flying stories, that have made me say “no way.” With airline recruitment ramping up, read on to find out the best way to behave in behavioural interviews and let your airline career take off.
Most people leave their psychometric test with their head in a spin and wondering if they themselves arn’t just a little crazy. Unknown people behind the scenes are crunching the numbers, plugging them into a computer which will spit out a complete profile of your personality, strengths and weaknesses and the results will ultimately determine [...]
Airline Expansion And Recruitment For 2010 With the global economic crisis seemingly a distant memory, airlines around the world are positioning themselves for dominance, both regionally and on a global level. In the Middle East, the big three, Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways, for years a source of lucrative employment for expatriate pilots, cabin crew [...]
Is your dream job visiting places around the world as a flight stewardess or pilot? Daunted and overwhelmed by airline interviews? The fact is that the airline job market has become a very competitive career battlefield nowadays. Though the airline industry has somewhat moved on from the economic crunch that toppled major carriers like Delta [...]
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