Reporting Clear?: A Pilot's Interview Guide to Background Checks & Presentation of Personal History (Professional Aviation series)

This comprehensive guide to the pilot-interview process walks applicants through the process and illustrates the best way to present their personal-history paperwork to airlines and increase their chances of landing an interview. Covering how to discuss shortcomings in a professional history and obtaining the supplemental paperwork that must be provided to an interviewer, these strategies enable pilots to avoid common mistakes and present background information confidently and concisely. Questions such as What exactly is the Pilot Records Improvement Act (PRIA) and how does the Act impact pilots? Why are the airlines interested in every area of a pilot’s background? and What is an addendum and when do pilots need one? are addressed.

Cheryl A. Cage is the author of Calm in the Face of Conflict, The Resilient Pilot, and Your Job Search Partner. She is the founder of Cage Consulting, a career consulting firm for pilots, and has served as an independent consultant for the Air Line Pilots Association. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.