Pilots who cannot make a scheduled interview will many times find that the door, once open for them, will now remain tightly shut, on further attempts at knocking.
Don't exactly know why this is, but have noticed this time and again from guys that were very disappointed.
OTOH, being invited to the interview, and then finding the slots already filled, will sometimes be advantageous, for the next hiring cycle....unless of course the company policy changes in the meantime.
Personally was invited to an interview many years ago for a middle east carrier, but finding the slots already gone, asked to be put on the waiting list.
Sure enough, six months later, here came the telex, offering a position.
Ignored same for another two years, yet they were still interested.
Finally accepted shortly thereafter.
This was at a time of a rather severe experienced heavy jet Commander shortage in the very early eighties....which is not likely to be repeated now, or in the near future.
Also, some airlines HR departments have the opinion that pilots are a dime a dozen...which they are, on the average.
But, if airlines keep up with this attitude, oftentimes they will find that many, seeing the bloom clearly off the rose, will not apply, and these same airlines will now have to pay dearly for experience, later on.
Some airlines, it seems, are clearly their own worst enemy.
Will these same airlines ever wake up to the fact that once the bad news about 'em gets around, they certainly will not get the cream of the crop?
Don't hold you breath.
