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  • I submitted my application early fall. The day I submitted my application, I received an email to complete the CUT-E test. I completed two Meet & Greets with AA.  (one the next month and one 4 months later.   I had a third Meet & Greet scheduled with AA at WAI. Three weeks prior to my M&G at WAI, I...

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    Aug 27, 2025
    Same as previous written gouges. Experience was the same. HR: Explain a GA situation at 50ft on short final, Explain what accountability means to you, Tell me about yourself. Interview was exactly the same as previous gouges, interview questions with one CA/FO: TMAY, deadheading and a passenger is filming a verbal altercation with a Flight Attendant, What are some things you might consider if your departure and destination airport have marginal winter weather, TMAT you had someone not follow...

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    Aug 27, 2025
    The previous gouges are spot on. They shuttle you to the museum. Upon checking in youâ??ll receive a badge. Put up your bags. Youâ??ll then go to a separate room, where they will check your docs and drop off your logbooks. Then they will take you to the museum. Be escorted into the theatre, watch a short film about American's culture. Youâ??ll come back out into the museum, where youâ??ll wait for your interview team to grab you. A Captain and FO will be your interview team. 2 TMAAT...

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    Aug 27, 2025
    Same as other reports. Shuttle from hotel to AA campus, check in with security, put bags in cubbies and taken back to a waiting room where we then verified docs and turned over logbooks. Then taken to CR Smith museum theater to watch 20 minute video and chat with management pilot, then out to the DC3, interviewers came and took us in to interview. Very conversational, they told me about themselves and we started. TMAY, tmaat questions, (view the study guide of this website).  lga-bos...

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    Aug 26, 2025
    Everything is spot on based off others feedback. The one thing that wasnâ??t the same was that they donâ??t want anything with you during the actual interview. (Portfolio, resumes, briefcase) nothing. I got asked: Tell me about yourself? Why AA? BUR approach showing VFR that turns into light rain, low ceiling, and low visibility. WWYD You were at a social event and you overheard peoples d mouth talking about why does AA always go around on landing. TMAAT you had to help a colleague...

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    Aug 26, 2025
    The experience was exactly as described in these reports. Everyone was professional and welcoming. The interview was relaxed and we finished the official questions early so just had a casual conversation for the last third of the time. Out of the 14 people in my group, 10 got CJOs on the spot. I think the remaining 4 just had to correct errors in their logbooks and wait for review. Overall a good experience. Good...

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    Aug 26, 2025
    Overall professional and relaxing experience, they really want you there and want you to feel relaxed. Take your interview mentality to the staff of the hotel, they know and observe, just be personable. Started with a shuttle from the hotel to AA facility. 14 of us in morning slot, once we arrived we were given badges and waited 10 minutes until a rep came and took us over to the area where the folks check your documents and turn in your logbooks. After documents were checked and logbooks...

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    Aug 20, 2025
    If you need flights and hotels, they’ll arrange that for you. Even if you live local I would suggest the hotel, so you can get rested and make it to the interview with the rest of the pack. There are several interview times each day. I ended up with the 8:30 Aries Shuttle (I felt a tip was a nice gesture. You’ll take your bags with you also) and 10:15 interview. We arrived at about 845, grabbed our bags, and walked up the ramp to a door that reads “American Airlines...

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    Aug 20, 2025
    I submitted an App about a year and a half ago but i never really updated it until about 2 months ago, found some mistakes corrected them and within a few days I had an invite to interview. Experience Fly into Dallas for to an AA paid room the day before. The day of you'll catch a shuttle with the rest of your group to the AA's facility/museum. There's a lot of time between getting there and actually starting the interview, a little over an hour to watch a video, verify docs and submit...

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    Aug 19, 2025
    My interview experience was exactly as others have described. No surprises and the interviewers were super friendly! They definitely stayed stoic so it was hard to tell how I was doing throughout. They also asked lots of follow-up questions which presumably helped me score more points. 10/14 pilots in our group got CJOs on the spot. Definitely put in the work to make your logbook clean and accurate, and make sure you sign every page with your full name! They seem to greatly value...

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    Aug 19, 2025
    The gouge on here is spot on. The interview experience went just as others have said.  Make sure your logbooks are absolutely squared away. It appears to be the number 1 reason not be offered a CJO on the...

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    Mick A Sep 02, 2025

    Hired at American Airlines
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    Micah D Aug 21, 2025

    Hired at American Airlines