Offered An Interview With Ticket Provided?

[Shaman]

If you were going for a job interview and the airline concerned was providing free tickets on its route network, would you expect those tickets to be on a standby/subload basis, or would you expect to have a confirmed seat?

[DutchStar]

Hi! A friend of mine flew for Qatar and attended the interview in DOH. This was quite a while ago when they were still a small airline, but then she was given a confirmed seat on the QR flight LHR-DOH...

[simufly]

it is usually confirmed y with upgrade to club if space available.

[potkettleblack]

Most of the reputable outfits will have an admin person that you can contact to sort out the details of getting over for your interview. If you ask politely then they can check out loads and give you an indication of which flights you are better off trying for in order to get a big seat/bed.

[Shaman]

Thanks for the replies.

A chum of mine was offered a ticket to attend an interview with Air Baltic but only a space available ticket was on offer.

[Metro man]

I would expect a firm ticket at least, space available upgrade is nice but don't count on it. If they want you there for an interview then they need you, effectively duty travel.

With a subload ticket, try and get there early so if you don't get on the first flight you still have one or two more in hand.

[Shaman]

Anyone else been offered a confirmed ticket from an airline or is Qatar Airways the only one!

[SMT Member]

Was once invited for an interview with a rather large Scandinavian carrier for a management position, and was told (by email) to sort my own travel out. Gave the hiring manager a call and asked politely if they could issue a service ticket. Was told no, sort it out yourself. Said thanks, but not coming.

[Metro man]

Cathay Pacific expect pilots to get themselves to the city in which the initial interview is being held but they hold these in a variety of countries when they are on a recruitment drive. ie If in Australia you get to Sydney at your own expense.

This is quite reasonable as costs would spiral if they had to fly every applicant into Sydney on other airlines. If they are interested in taking things further they will fly the applicant to Hong Kong from the closest port they service. Fair to both sides.

Subload isn't really much use as the interview and simulator are at scheduled times. If they want to keep to the schedule...........

[VS-LHRCSA]

I made the trek LHR-DOH-LHR for an interview for a training position with QR and was on confirmed ticket. There were a number of candidates on the flight for different positions. We were all in economy class except for one flight crew candidate, who was seated in business class.

[GlueBall]

costs would spiral if they had to fly every applicant

Not when travelling on standby. It's rare not to have at least 1 or 2 VACANT seats on supposedly "fully booked" flights. These vacancies usually are generated by no-shows. Sustained 100% load factor is utopia. :ooh:

[Piltdown Man]

When an airline says "We'll provide you with a ticket" it means just that. No ifs or buts and certainly not on an ISA basis. If they are serious, you'll be travelling with higher priority than a fare paying passenger.

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[Metro man]

Why should Cathay pay for ten pilots to fly Townsville - Sydney return on QF/DJ ? They may only be interested in going to the next stage with four or five of them. Quite reasonable to expect applicants to get to Sydney at their own cost for the initial interview, and then to the nearest port served by CX if invited to HKG. Should CX give them a new suit as well ?

Standby tickets are no good for interviews. The panel run to a schedule and it may not be easy to get the chief pilot/training manager and human resources all together at once. Simulator time at $100s per hour needs to be allocated and hotels booked. If both parties are interested in a long term commitment to each other then it's worth a confirmed ticket.