Ep18: American Airlines Director of Pilot Recruitment - Cory Glenn: Compassion and Service Part 2 of 2

Ready 4 Pushback

Nik Fialka

Business, Careers, Leisure, Aviation

4.8 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Cory Glenn is back for the second installment of this series to walk us through the American Airlines' interview process and what it takes for a pilot to represent their brand and culture. Opportunity only knocks once. Listen carefully, Cory leaves no stone unturned when he discusses how to successfully become an American Airlines pilot.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE

Practical ways to polish your application
Why American Airlines wants to know who you authentically are
How to put your best foot forward
American Airlines’ solution to address the pilot shortage
The qualities American looks for in a candidate

RESOURCES/LINKS MENTIONED

ABOUT CORY GLENN

Cory Glenn is the Director of Pilot Recruiting and Development at American Airlines. He is an Expert Aviation consultant of industry Pilot Supply and Demand. An experienced Pilot Instructor with a demonstrated history of safety in commercial and military aviation. Also skilled in Enterprise Risk Management, Operations Management, Readiness, Operational Planning, and leading Youth Programs. He is a strong operations professional with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) focused in Communications from Portland State University.

CONNECT WITH CORY

Website: American Airlines
LinkedIn: Cory Glenn

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Transcript

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0:00.0	That allows this to flourish as a long-term career, especially at a time that we're really acutely aware of a pilot production shortage.
0:08.0	That's how you fix the pilot production shortage, is you give the opportunities and you provide the visibility that those opportunities exist to the people that you support every day.
0:18.0	Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation.
0:24.1	They're making career decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums,
0:29.7	meaning they are taking huge risks with their livelihood without having all the details.
0:35.0	This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry
0:39.3	so you can find your dream job. Let's get ready for pushback. Here's your host and my dad,
0:46.8	Nick Fialca. Pilot, you made it. Woof, you made it. I know it's been a long week. You have been waiting for this next interview episode
0:58.7	part two of two to drop with Corey Glenn from American Airlines director of pilot recruitment.
1:07.4	Man, if you listen to episode one, you know that this is an in-depth
1:15.2	interview. And we cover so many different things. If you have not listened to episode one,
1:21.8	put it on pause, slide on back to episode one, and listen to the first part of our conversation because we like
1:33.3	I mean like as I was having this conversation I mean we just flowed we just flowed for an
1:38.5	hour and 20 minutes and I needed to find a natural breaking point, and it was so hard to find one.
1:46.2	So, um, you know, we kind of ended it right there.
1:51.6	And this next part, this is where all the meat of the entire interview is.
1:57.6	I mean, we just keep going deeper.
1:59.5	And it's such a great conversation. And if you can't
2:02.6	tell, I'm a big fan of Corey. He does so much good work. They need to make him like vice president.
2:09.1	They need to make that guy CEO. Like that's how much Corey is awesome and helps the pilot community
2:14.3	at large. He's a man among men. That is for sure.
2:18.9	He casts a big shadow.
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