B-744:
Who do ya fly 744s for? (If ya do?)
I know Cargolux borrows SAS's shrinks for their own interviews, never heard much talk about the other European carriers having similar tests.
I interviewed with American Airlines last fall and had to take a bunch of tests on a computer that sounds similar to what SAS give their candidates: Move 2 pins (One for left and one for rignt hand) forward and back while ya concentrate on something else, such as adding numbers and solving other problems.
Also bunch of other situations presented, spatial orientation, IQ mumbo jumbo, etc.
For each problem ya have 3 minuttes.
Not very pleasant, but I must have passed.
In addition there was a 200 question written test about your personality. Each question had 5 choices.
Rumor from other guys was to never answer 1 or 5. (Yes, I did love my mother. No, I don't want to live on a deserted island with no people around.)
(Actually I would love to: Just fish, sail, dive and make love to my harem...
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A sim check in an old B-707.
Enough medical testing and blood samples for an astrounaut selection.
(All of the above should be un-neccesary if a guy has a bunch of time, say lots of international heavy time. Lots of PIC time.
Never had a problem, accident, incident, violation. Clean man, clean...Thats me.)
Other US companies I have worked for had different tests. It all depends how bad they need ya.
United Airlines for instance, quit giving applicants a sim ride.
Just a talk, a medical and a heavy back ground check.
(UA turned me down, did not talk well enough that day and a couple of the questions caught me off-balance: Come back in a year.)
Yes, whoever said: Ya win some, ya lose some was indeed right.
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Men, this is no drill...