Ep176: Gearing Up for Your Airline Interview: Essential Tips for Aspiring Pilots with Isaac

Ready 4 Pushback

Nik Fialka

Aviation, Business, Careers, Leisure

5.0 • 797 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Get ready to dive deep into the mindset of a pilot on the cusp of a career breakthrough. In this episode, we'll chat with Isaac and discuss the secrets to acing airline interviews, the unexpected challenges of the cockpit, and the power of mentorship in aviation. Tune in and get the edge you need to soar in your aviation journey!

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE

Isaac's approach to tackling tough interview questions with confidence and clarity
How to handle deviations from Standard Operating Procedures in high-pressure moments
The lasting impact of mentorship in shaping your aviation careers
How pilots make critical decisions when faced with incomplete information
Final and last-minute tips on staying calm and focused before your big interview

RESOURCES/LINKS MENTIONED

ABOUT ISAAC

Isaac is from Los Angeles, CA, and has been a member of OBAP 2009. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University in 2008. Currently, Isaac Is a First Officer flying for Mesa Airlines on the ERJ-175.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	We all have the love of aviation and would not trade it for anything in the world because somebody has taken the time out given to me.
0:09.0	I feel it's my responsibility to reach back and pull someone up from the next generation.
0:14.4	Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation.
0:20.9	They're making career decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums,
0:26.6	meaning they are taking huge risks with their livelihood without having all the details.
0:31.8	This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry so you can find your dream job. Let's get ready for
0:40.0	pushback. Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca. All right. So hey, so we're here. So this is
0:47.1	a gentleman in one of the Spitfire Precision Interview coaches working here with Isaac Square here at Obap
0:52.9	on Thursday as he gets ready for his interview tomorrow.
0:57.5	So we were going to meet in a ready room, but I figured, hey, let's just come out here.
1:00.4	We have the headset.
1:01.3	We can kind of talk a little bit more quietly a little bit and be able to hear each other clear.
1:05.1	I've been talking all weekends, so I don't have to raise my voice and be trying to speak over other folks coming in and out.
1:09.7	But, man, your interviews tomorrow. So I guess really the big thing from what we saw, what you talked about yesterday,
1:14.9	was just wanting to get a few more reps, a little bit more practice in, building new confidence
1:18.7	a little bit and just being able to walk into the interview tomorrow and leaving it all
1:22.7	there without feeling like, ah, dang, that I messed something up? Was I not ready? So we'll do a couple actual, like,
1:29.3	tell me by the time.
1:30.0	So we'll do a couple of HR questions.
1:32.0	I'll ask you a few tech stuff and see
1:34.3	if you feeling comfortable with that as well.
1:35.8	Okay.
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