SAA interviews
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From: Jeffreys Bay, EC, South Africa.
He must truly be lonely at Sponsor Another Airbus with such a humble attitude...
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In short, I am not special or exceptional
You guys are really doff. Do you REALLY think ALL SAA pilots are God/Family/Connected?
I was also a pilot at SAA and like NLU I too was not special.
Quote:
In short, I am not special or exceptional
You guys are really doff. Do you REALLY think ALL SAA pilots are God/Family/Connected?
I was also a pilot at SAA and like NLU I too was not special.
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: Front right seat
You gotta love the fact that only one person actually answered the question.
Read up on the following:
Jepp ATC, PBN (RNAV/RNP), current fleet details, transonic aero-d, Handling the big jets etc. Know your current type technical well. Know the difference between Part 121, 91 and 135. Go over ETOPS (have a look at 'beyond 180min' ETOPS) and Ultra Long Haul Ops. Perhaps a brush over of some aero med. I remember been asked what Tinnitus was. Know the definition of Vmca. Smile and say you don't know when you don't know. Call everyone Sir or Capt. Wear a tie. If you get through all of this you should be ready for direct entry command.
Read up on the following:
Jepp ATC, PBN (RNAV/RNP), current fleet details, transonic aero-d, Handling the big jets etc. Know your current type technical well. Know the difference between Part 121, 91 and 135. Go over ETOPS (have a look at 'beyond 180min' ETOPS) and Ultra Long Haul Ops. Perhaps a brush over of some aero med. I remember been asked what Tinnitus was. Know the definition of Vmca. Smile and say you don't know when you don't know. Call everyone Sir or Capt. Wear a tie. If you get through all of this you should be ready for direct entry command.
Last edited by divinehover; 1st July 2012 at 18:46.
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Joined: Feb 2006
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From: Johannesburg
I actually stopped checking this thread for replies, people were more interested in complaining then actually replying to the initial question. I was,however, pleasantly surprised this morning to see another post relevant to the thread. (DH)
Thanks again NLU & DH, your assistance will go a long way in helping me prep for the interview. At the time of my 1st post I never had an interview date and was purely posting out of complete optimism that I would get a call. (I heard via the rumour mill that they will be interviewing throughout the year)
I guess it worked
Guys stay positive out there! The wheel does turn albeit . . .at a snails pace
Thanks again NLU & DH, your assistance will go a long way in helping me prep for the interview. At the time of my 1st post I never had an interview date and was purely posting out of complete optimism that I would get a call. (I heard via the rumour mill that they will be interviewing throughout the year)
I guess it worked
Guys stay positive out there! The wheel does turn albeit . . .at a snails pace
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From: Moving around
Lucky you - so when is your interview then and just out of interest what sort of time/experience do you have?
No i am not going to flame you you can PM me to stay out of the firing line i am just interested to see what they are looking at in terms of experience etc...
Please note before anyone slags me off my CV has been there for years since i had 600hrs i update it every now and then, so these interviews always interest me....
No i am not going to flame you you can PM me to stay out of the firing line i am just interested to see what they are looking at in terms of experience etc...
Please note before anyone slags me off my CV has been there for years since i had 600hrs i update it every now and then, so these interviews always interest me....
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From: RSA
I heard 21 spots available and interviewing around 90 people. Don't know how accurate this is though. I believe all the cadets that didn't make the grade first time around will be reinterviewed so depending on that outcome the 21 spots might reduce.
Está servira para distraerle.
Joined: Jan 2002
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From: In a perambulator.
If SAA is going to interview the cadets that didn't make it the first time around couldn't that be construed as drawing recruits from the reject pile? In a kinder way of looking at the suggestion though, perhaps the original interviewing board was so inefficient that it let true talent fall, unnoticed, by the wayside? Or was there a communication problem and does one side of the interviewing table now speak better Swahili, Edo or Efik than before and is the CAA busy validating feringhee licences? Does this portend that the old crème de la crème of South African aviation manhood that used to fill the cockpits of the world renowned South African Airways has gone for a ball of woolly mammoth spittle? It's all very spatially disorientating!
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From: Jo'burg
I've also heard 90 interviews, 34 slots. As far as I know there are only 3 cadets in the system with relevant experience. 1 has been interviewed 3 times, another had a medical problem but is flying again and the last has apparently had a falling out with SAA. There are approx. 10 other cadets who got their license years ago but havn't flown since and are back at 43 for more training. Other than that there are no other cadets in the system so it will take some time before new ones start coming through.
