Airline hiring has shifted and a lot of pilots haven’t caught up.
In this episode, I sit down with resume expert and aviation recruiter Carolynn from pilotresumes.com to talk about what’s really happening behind the scenes in today’s hiring market.
We break down the difference between being qualified on paper and being hireable in practice, and why those are not the same thing.
We talk about:
- Why we’re in a company hiring market, not a candidate market
- How airlines actually evaluate checkride failures
- What recruiters are screening for beyond flight time
- The psychology of interviews (and the answers recruiters hear over and over)
- Whether flight school reputation really matters
- The truth about 141 vs 61 programs
- Why some “qualified” pilots never get a call back
- What companies are really trying to avoid in training
If you’re a student pilot, CFI, regional FO, or aiming for a legacy, this conversation is invaluable to your career journey.
