How to Ace Your Pilot Interview (Advice from a Pilot Recruiter)

In today's interview, you are going to hear from Geoff Jacobs, the Assistant Director of Operations for Silver Airways (https://www.silverairways.com); a leading regional U.S. airline operating flights between gateways in Florida, the Southeast and The Bahamas. In this interview, I asked Geoff to share answers to the following questions: 1. His career path (very unconventional) 2. What is the hiring environment looking like for FO’s these days? 3. What do you look for/avoid when hiring FOs? 4. Is a check ride failure the kiss of death? 5. What is airline training like? 6. What other advice do you have? ✅✅ Chapters ✅✅ 0:00 Intro 3:40 How Geoff got started in avation 6:30 What Geoff did when he got to 250 hours 10:00 How Geoff started his own airline with little money 12:20 Geoff's for job as a Director of Operations 13:45 Geoff's start as a pilot with Silver Airways 15:29 Geoff's thoughts on commuting 17:15 Today's hiring environment for First Officers 19:10 The top attributes Geoff looks for (and avoids) when hiring pilots 21:00 How to deal with check ride failures 23:16 Your first type rating experience 24:22 What advice would you give to other career 2.0 pilots Thanks for watching! 👉 If you'd like to join the Fly with Trent community, please become a subscriber at www.FlyWithTrent.com 👉 Visit my Amazon store to see a list of all my recommended products for pilots: https://amzn.to/3I74bWQ 👋 About Me 👋 After a successful business career where I've started and sold a number of companies, I've decided to get out from behind my computer to pursue a lifelong passion and start career 2.0 as a professional pilot. My goal is to get to 1500 hours and then either work for a large regional, a major, or possibly even cargo. You can learn more at www.FlyWithTrent.com. My Social Accounts: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fly_with_trent LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentdyrsmid/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrentDyrsmid Edited by The Tweaky Tales (www.thetweakytales.com)