REX. Knocking back quailified pilots
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REX. Knocking back quailified pilots
I don't know about anyone else, just went through interview process with REX months ago, met the hours answered all their questions, everything went well. Only to find out to have been knocked back. I have thousands of hrs and they are thinking of putting 200hr pilots in the RHS. Some other people I know have been knocked back as well with heaps of experience. Why would they choose or think about putting fresh CPL holders in the SAAB with barely any cmd experience over well qualified pilots????????
They can't be that desperate for quailifed pilots anyway!
They can't be that desperate for quailifed pilots anyway!
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It takes more than "on the job" experience to land a position with most organisations. Employers take on people they consider the most suitable to the employers requirements. Unfortunatley well qualified applicants do get passed over in many vocations (not just pilots). Some people are passed over because the employer thinks they are over qualified (and will move on as soon as they get a better offer).
Answer - keep trying and you will get there.
Answer - keep trying and you will get there.
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I agree.
Rumour has it that one of the employers here takes their prospective pilots to the pub to watch rugby & socialise with other staff - ya think personality might have something to do with it?!
Rumour has it that one of the employers here takes their prospective pilots to the pub to watch rugby & socialise with other staff - ya think personality might have something to do with it?!
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Valid points - all. Nevertheless when drivers are leaving en masse, services are being cancelled due to lack of crew, and they still insist on knocking back suitably qualified applicants (and interested ones at that, otherwise they wouldn't have applied), seems to me that Rex are only cutting their nose to spite their own face.
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I think REX would rather see planes sit on the ground than employ experienced pilots with a poor attitude or who come accross as arogant. Nobody wants to work around someone like that no matter how well they can fly the plane!
Hours and command experience is just a formality.
If you don't sell yourself in a positive way in the interview you cowboys better stay out in the bush!
Hours and command experience is just a formality.
If you don't sell yourself in a positive way in the interview you cowboys better stay out in the bush!
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you cowboys better stay out in the bush!
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At least you got a call! Plenty of guys with applications in, never got called for an interview! Go figure!
I was told that this was a quote from a senior/management pilot: " Experience means nothing" .
Well Tintin, you are in the luxurious position that regional airlines now only require bare cpl, or 800hrs TT to apply, and fukcall ME or command.
It wasn't that long ago where airlines like Kendall, EAA etc required minimum 2500hrs.
Now you're sitting there labelling people as cowboys and heaping !!!!e onto guys with more than likely stacks more actual aviation experience than you have.
Give it a rest - it's just plain coarse.
It's a pity they grounded the Concorde - after all, BA or Af would have likely been calling you in for a direct command by now.
PS Don't you have trg records to fill out?
I was told that this was a quote from a senior/management pilot: " Experience means nothing" .
Hours and command experience is just a formality
It wasn't that long ago where airlines like Kendall, EAA etc required minimum 2500hrs.
Now you're sitting there labelling people as cowboys and heaping !!!!e onto guys with more than likely stacks more actual aviation experience than you have.
Give it a rest - it's just plain coarse.
It's a pity they grounded the Concorde - after all, BA or Af would have likely been calling you in for a direct command by now.
PS Don't you have trg records to fill out?
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Bentleg has got it spot on. I applied for an overseas airline and got knocked back for an ATR42 and Dash 8 position only to find out my resume was passed on to the A320 Chief Pilot because they thought I was more suitable for the position and to make me happy (so I would stay - although a 3 year bond was in place).
Being overqualified sometimes has it's drawbacks. Just keep on knocking.
If it's any consolation, my former CFI got knocked back at Rex a few months ago as well. He had 5,000+ hrs ( half of it on multi ).
Goodluck
Being overqualified sometimes has it's drawbacks. Just keep on knocking.
If it's any consolation, my former CFI got knocked back at Rex a few months ago as well. He had 5,000+ hrs ( half of it on multi ).
Goodluck
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No offence mate, but you must have pissed them off in the interview or came across as a jerk off to miss out....
They are seriously desperate for crews and will take anybody, pretty much at the moment!!
Also with your experience why do you want to work for REX??
JQ/VB/TGR/QF are recruiting flat out and it seems every man and his dog are getting interviews at the moment!!
No offence mate, but you must have pissed them off in the interview or came across as a jerk off to miss out....
They are seriously desperate for crews and will take anybody, pretty much at the moment!!
Also with your experience why do you want to work for REX??
JQ/VB/TGR/QF are recruiting flat out and it seems every man and his dog are getting interviews at the moment!!
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Well saying “cowboys” may have been a bit harsh but like it or not in my opinion some pilots who have been in the industry for awhile who have many hours think it is just about hours and experience. It may have been that way in the olden days but employers need to know what personality traits these pilots have.
Part of the reason why we see so many industries doing psychometric testing of potential candidates. They say "there is no right or wrong answer" but there really is!
*Jet A Knight* As for filling out training records. I can always palm them off to someone else
Just counting down the time until my time in GA was a distant memory!
Part of the reason why we see so many industries doing psychometric testing of potential candidates. They say "there is no right or wrong answer" but there really is!
*Jet A Knight* As for filling out training records. I can always palm them off to someone else
Just counting down the time until my time in GA was a distant memory!
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REX. Knocking back quailified pilots
Nothing too mysterious in this!
You ever seen a quail fly?
Lots of furious fluttering before a gradual descent into the scrub.
Not really what REX are looking for, IMHO!
Dr
Nothing too mysterious in this!
You ever seen a quail fly?
Lots of furious fluttering before a gradual descent into the scrub.
Not really what REX are looking for, IMHO!
Dr
knows what that is though! 
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From: Sidenee
Why give you an interview in the first place if you are over qualified? Senior mis-management pilots will hopefully get out into the coal face and fly with these cadets on a dark and stormy night. Forget Rex, they are small fry. Better opportunities on jets here and overseas. Apparently they prefer barely qualified pilots so they won't run off too soon. Experience.....who needs it.....pretty soon Rex will be getting Saab 340 C+++ models, insert $1 and press start...may even get free game...ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaa??!! I'm a fool, fishing on Tuesday?
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Rumour has it that one of the employers here takes their prospective pilots to the pub to watch rugby & socialise with other staff - ya think personality might have something to do with it?!
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