If you read my initial post, I meant that the interview actually benefits the trainee. As I said, some guys (thankfully few) show up without having made too much prep and hopefully this would be picked up at the interview and remedied, at no cost to the trainee (bar a couple of afternoons during his/her day off!
) and a subtle message to pull one's socks up for what lies ahead.
I think the interview should be solely based on CRM and Decision making
Good idea to include these (and I believe they already are) but improvement on these issues will come during the ground course, the sim and the line training flights.
I thought the interview process was supposed to decide if you were Captain material or not
THIS is what previous linechecks and sims are supposed to have done, not the interview.
Having a good working knowledge of the FOM is essential. Memorizing it is stupid.
Never said memorised. But, you agree with me, a good knowledge is important.
There are many guys/girls around that can recite the FOM, chapter and verse, but have them fly the airplane without the autopilot, they go TU!
That's what the sim is for.....
I find it utterly bizarre that a DEC can wonder in EK, with zero knowledge of EK's FOM and ops specs, be given the controls of the big jet and off he goes.
So, so true. I actually think DEC's should be interviewed for their FOM knowledge before being released to the line. With all their previous experience, many don't know company requirements and have to depend on the F/Os for this - not a good state of affairs.
Of course, the way around 'command' interviews is to recruit direct entry Commanders in the first place...saves all the agro for the present First Officers...
Totally disagree - the past few years has shown a far higher success rate with upgrading experienced F/Os than employing DECs....our F/Os are employed as future captains, and bar the odd one or two, make great left seaters. Stop the DEC policy and you'll save a lot of agro for EVERYBODY.
