Delta Air Lines — questions reported by pilots

As a CA how do you establish the cockpit culture you want from day one with a new FO?

Describe a leadership situation where you guided a team through difficulty with limited information.

Why Delta specifically and not another major carrier?

What is the most important quality in an airline captain? Give a real example of how you demonstrated it.

Why Delta?

Questions for us?

Walk me through your aviation career and what specifically drew you to apply to Delta.

Tell us about a time you went significantly above and beyond for a passenger or customer.

How do you handle stress and high-pressure situations on the flight deck?

Why Delta after Part 135 command time?

Your EGPWS issues a "Terrain Pull Up" at 1,500 AGL on a night VMC departure. What do you do?

What are the CAT I ILS weather minimums in Part 121 and what factors can adjust them?

You are cleared for an ILS to 28L at ATL. At 500 AGL you lose your primary EFIS. Walk me through your response.

Explain the difference between VNAV PATH and VNAV SPD descent modes and when each activates.

Explain ETOPS certification requirements and how they affect dispatch planning on transatlantic routes.

During a CAT II ILS you lose one autopilot. Can you continue? How do you determine this?

Explain how you evaluate convective weather on a release.

Engine fire at V1 rejected takeoff?

What is the difference between MORA and MOCA on IFR charts and when would you use each?

ATC issues a traffic alert. You see the target on TCAS. Your CA disagrees with the RA. What happens?

What would you do if you felt fatigued before report time?

Risk management philosophy?

Your CA repeatedly fails to complete readbacks of complex clearances. How do you address this?

During preflight you find an MEL deferral the CA appears unaware of. What do you do?

The CA appears visibly fatigued at the start of duty. You have a full schedule ahead. How do you handle this?

A flight attendant reports an intoxicated passenger during boarding. The CA wants to depart. What do you do?

Your FO makes a non-standard callout in the approach briefing that does not match your SOPs. How do you address it?

Late in a long duty day your FO is making more errors than earlier. How do you adapt your command approach?

Tell me about a time you had to adapt quickly to a major unexpected change in your professional environment.

Tell me about a time you had to deliver difficult news to a superior or colleague.

Tell me about the most technically challenging flight you have ever flown and what you learned.

Tell me about a time you identified a mistake in a plan and changed course despite pushback from others.

Mentoring struggling FO?

Tell me about a time you had conflict with another pilot.

Tell me about a time you made a command decision with incomplete information and significant consequences.

Tell me about a time you had to intervene when someone was violating a safety procedure.

Tell me about a time you successfully mediated a conflict between two crew members.

At cruise your CA becomes incapacitated. Describe your immediate actions and how you complete the flight.

You accepted a clearance that now requires a climb rate your aircraft cannot safely achieve in the current airspace corridor. What do you do?

During cruise your aircraft experiences a rapid decompression. Walk me through your immediate and subsequent actions.

Your FO becomes medically incapacitated during a red-eye cruise. Describe your plan through landing.

Your dispatcher releases you to a destination with forecast 400 RVR at ETA — below your approach minimums. How do you plan this?

At V1 you hear a loud bang and N1 drops on engine 2. The CA calls engine failure. What are your immediate actions?

Enroute your weather radar fails. The dispatch release shows a significant cell line ahead. How do you proceed?

You are 90 minutes into a 3-hour flight and your actual fuel burn is significantly higher than planned. Walk me through your decision process.

On departure you get an engine fire warning. What comes first?

Staying informed on Delta operations?