some extracts from the new personality test:
1. In terms of job security and family planning, what type of employment would you prefer?
A) Call me when you need me
B) 6-month rolling contracts thorugh a third party which can be terminated at any time
C) Proper and defined employment with the actual airline you fly for.
5. Should social benefits and employee welfare ever stand in the way of corporate profits and shareholder gains?
A) Only if I or my immediate family members are shareholders in said company
B) Suck me dry and lube me up, I just wanna fly them jets.
C) Yes, there is a social responsibility that comes with running a human organization.
7. Do moving flight operations from one airport to another airport within the same city constitute a base closure?
A) Why would you do that?
B) Yes, of course it does. 2 new years of contracts, please!
C) No.
21. Have you ever been unable to perform your job as a pilot due sickness or other physiological or psychological reason?
A) Yes, but never for more than 5 days.
B) No, I'm too scared that I will lose my job.
C) Yes, there have been days where I felt my performance on the flight deck to be degraded to a point that would comprimise the safety and well being of my collegues and passengers by going to work.
32. What is the biggest direct threat to most European Airlines?
A) Euro crisis
B) Employee wages and social costs
C) Fuel costs
36. What do the words seniority and scope clause mean to you?
A) Long time to command
B) Barriers to a profitable, flexible international organization making it's shareholders very rich.
C) Instruments used to protect employees from being constantly undercut by cheap labour.
39. Would you be willing to accept substantially lower pay and conditions to jump ahead of all you collegues for a earlier command?
A) Not while there are people behind me on the list
B) Absolutely!
C) No.
68. Do you see a connection between the social benefits provided by the government and the taxes paid by the country's workforce?
A) I see loopholes
B) Nope.
C) Yes
103. Do you have any preference as to where you spend you free time?
A) Not as long as there's a bar around
B) Not as long as I can see my jet from the window
C) Yes, I have a family, friends and children whom I like very much and would like to be in the viscinity of when not at work
143. What.... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
A)This isn't a serious test, is it?
B)Air-speed velocity?
C) What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
Score
1 point for every A,
2 points for every B and
-0- points for every C.
HR and OPS personnel have been trained to interpret these tests as follows:
1-3 points. Go away.
3-15 points. Come back later. We might get desperate.
16 points: Would you like a Direct-Entry Command