American Airlines — questions reported by pilots

How do you maintain currency and proficiency between training events?

Describe a time you prioritized safety over schedule or convenience.

Why American?

How would your previous chief pilot or CA describe you as a crew member?

How do you handle a situation where organizational pressure conflicts with your personal safety judgment?

As a new CA at American, how do you build trust with an FO you have never flown with?

Walk me through your aviation background and what specifically attracted you to American Airlines.

What does American's transition to a customer-first culture mean to you as a pilot?

During cruise at FL380 you receive a TCAS traffic advisory followed by an RA to climb. ATC has you at your filed altitude. What do you do?

What are the precision approach minimums for a CAT III B ILS and what equipment is required?

Explain airspeed unreliable procedures and what indications you would see with a blocked pitot tube.

Walk me through windshear recovery on departure.

You are flying an A321 and receive an AIR BLEED FAULT on pack 1 in the climb. What do you do?

Explain the difference between the LDA and ILS approach procedures and when you might use an LDA.

Explain the RNP-AR approach procedure and what makes it different from a standard RNAV approach.

What are the weight limitations on landing at maximum landing weight versus maximum zero-fuel weight and why do they differ?

A cabin crew member enters the cockpit without announcing themselves and asks about the estimated arrival time while you are in a sterile cockpit phase. What do you do?

Your CA is consistently executing turns without completing callouts. How do you address this?

ATC issues a revised clearance that requires an immediate descent into terrain your chart shows as potentially problematic. How do you respond?

How do you handle a captain who is not following SOP?

During a long international flight your FO reports feeling nauseous and may not be able to continue duty. What do you do?

Your FO consistently disagrees with your technique on energy management on approach. How do you resolve this?

You and your CA disagree on whether to accept a gate change that will add 15 minutes to taxi time with tight connection passengers. How do you handle this?

You notice your CA has not completed the approach briefing and you are already on the downwind. How do you address this?

Tell me about a time you made a decision that later proved incorrect and how you handled the outcome.

Tell me about a time you took initiative to solve a problem before it was assigned to you.

Tell me about a time you had to manage competing priorities under time pressure and how you decided what to do first.

Tell me about a time you used data or evidence to change someone's opinion on a safety matter.

Tell me about a time you had to rapidly learn a new system or procedure under time pressure.

Tell me about a time you went above and beyond.

Tell me about a time you identified a systemic safety risk and took steps to address it beyond the immediate flight.

Tell me about a time you had to make a decision quickly with minimal time to consult others.

You are in cruise when dispatch advises a destination diversionary wave is occurring. Forty aircraft are already holding. You have 90 minutes of holding fuel. What is your plan?

You are on short final at DFW in strong crosswinds. The CA is flying and begins to drift significantly off centerline at 100 ft AGL. What do you do?

On a morning departure from MIA you notice the ATIS has a lower visibility than the release minimum. ATC clears you for takeoff. What do you do?

You are the CA on a JFK-LAX transcon when severe turbulence injures a flight attendant at cruise. Walk me through your actions from injury to landing.

On a night IFR departure from MIA you lose all cockpit lighting immediately after rotation. Walk me through managing this emergency.

You are cleared for a visual approach to LAX when the preceding aircraft goes around. You are now number one. What do you consider?

You are on approach to PHX when the tower issues a low-level windshear alert for your runway. What do you do?

After takeoff from CLT you receive a tire pressure warning on the main gear. What do you do?

What do you know about American Airlines?