H Flashcards

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What qualities make a good leader, give an example.

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To be effective as a leader, you need to be:

Calm under pressure
Effective decisions
Determination and accountability
Integrity
Passionate about the work
Lead by example

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Do you have any failed checkrides?

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What do you like to do outside of work?

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I live and breathe aviation outside of work. I am a gear head and an experimental aircraft owner, I like science and engineering behind flying. I spend a lot of time turning wrenches, restoring my plane and upgrading avionics. I volunteer with local EAA Young Eagles program to introduce kids to aviation.
Outside of aviation, I enjoy outdoors activities. I like spontaneous weekend trips to new places. We also have a puppy and …

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What does ‘low fares done right’ mean to you?

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Sky is for everyone

Keeping tickets at a low price so everyone can have an affordable safe travel to where they want to go. Connecting people and families.

“Done Right” portion is that they get the same experience and safety as they would paying a lot of money for.

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How can you Improve the flight deck environment?

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Pleasant and professional environment.

Follow procedures

Help CA as much as possible

Humble

Nice

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Tell me about yourself

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What do you know about Frontier?

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  • Headquartered in Denver, Colorado
  • 100+ A320s, largest A320neo fleet in the Americas, 140 on order
  • 43% fuel savings - due to seating configuration and weight-saving initiatives
  • 120 destination - US, Carribean, Mexico, Central America
  • Bases: DEN, TPA, MIA, LAS, MCO, PHL, ATL
  • CEO and President - Barry Biffle
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Why Frontier? (while not saying Airplanes or Bases)

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In short, I am looking for new challenges in life and pursue my lifelong dream of being an airline pilot.

You can probably see from my resume that I am not a job hopper. I am at a point in my life where I am looking for a so called “forever job” and stability.

Frontier has been around for quite some time, and I think the Ultra Low-Cost Carrier model should allow the airline to do well even during difficult economic conditions.

Quality of life is also important to me. I would like to live-in base and I like where crew bases are located.

Longer routes and day trips

Last but not least, Frontier has been my airline of choice as a passenger for spontaneous trips, where I can get great last minute deals on tickets. It has always been a pleasant experience with upbeat flight crews who seemed to love their job.

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Why should we hire you?

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I am a safe pilot, not a risk taker, with many years of accident and incident free flying experience.

I fully understand that with the role of a pilot, comes a lot of responsibility, and the experiences I have gained in life so far, along with my strong work ethics and professionalism, make me a great candidate for this position.

Career Destination

Completed my ATP CTP

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What do you see as your greatest accomplishment?

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Obtaining my flight instructor ratings despite running into difficulties. My MEI checkride was the most enjoyable.

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How can you help to improve the organization?

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Operating equipment at its most fuel efficient settings like using cost index, single engine taxi

Being punctual which should help with on time performance
Provide customer service

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What do you think makes a successful pilot?

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a. Strong technical knowledge
b. Flying ability
c. Never give up attitude
d. Strong under pressure
e. Good team player
f. Safe

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How can you help the captain?

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Follow SOPs

Listen and learn from captain

Team player

He must also question any action, in a respectful manner, that appears to go contrary to company procedures.

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What are the most important traits a pilot should have?

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Safety
Confidence
Humble
Curious

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Tell me about the hardest time you had in your aviation Career

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Tell me about a difficult transition you had to make

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Changing Jobs

17
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Tell me about a time your decision was questioned

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18
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What can you do to improve the passenger experience as a pilot?

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  • Keep them in the loop
  • If it is bumpy ask atc if there is a smoother ride higher or lower
  • Keep temperature in the cabin (cold vs hot)
19
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Who is the Current CEO?

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Barry Biffle - President and CEO

20
Q

What is your favorite animal?

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CROCKETT THE RACCOON
Raccoons are extremely smart and curious animals and are adept at climbing and swimming

CUBBY THE BEAR

21
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Difference between a good pilot and a great pilot

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Safe - committed to safety first

Confident - must have the confidence to make the best decision possible based on the information at hand

Humble - Pilot who thinks he or she knows everything is ultimately a dangerous one. Open to accommodating changing conditions, ATC commands, and passenger requests. Listens to other crewmembers.

Curious - Great pilots are always learning.

22
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Tell me about a time that you went above and beyond to promote a culture at flight training or work.

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Gliding, Skydivers, Daily briefings, between tow pilots, ground crew chiefs, instructors.. Tow pilots and Skydivers pilots.

23
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What is your biggest skill that you’d bring to Frontier?

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Strong technical and analytical and troubleshooting skills. Hungry for knowledge. Systems, etc…

24
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What role is most important in an airline?

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Captain

25
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Frontier Bases

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ATL, DEN, DFW, LAS, MCO, MIA, TPA, PHL, PHX,

26
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Fleet Size

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145

27
Q

GTF Engine

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The gearbox between the fan and the low-pressure spool allows each to spin at its optimal speed, allowing a higher bypass ratio for a better propulsive efficiency. Pratt & Whitney claims the engine is 16% more fuel efficient than the previous generation, and up to 75% quieter.