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Tell us about yourself My name is Alexa Ciccone and I go by Lexi. I was
born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA but decided to
go to Arizona State University because I really
liked the area and the school. It is also where I
found my love for flying. I have had fantastic
training with ATP Flight School and ASU in the 141
program. With ASU I completed many classes
that I feel have helped to prepare me for the Part
121 world including a year of flying a king air
simulator and 65 hours in a CRJ-200 simulator.
While instructing with ATP I was hired as a multi
engine instructor and a check instructor. I pride
myself on always being on time and prepared for
every lesson with my students.
-I am also very active and enjoy workout and go
on exercise walks. I really enjoy cooking as well
especially for other people and whenever I have
the time I love traveling back to the east coast to
visit family.
,Why do you want to work at PSA -I chose to apply for PSA because it is a stable
and growing company with a great track record.
Any articles I read or any people who I talk to
always speak highly of the company. The
company is safety focused, driven, and cares
about those who they interact with everyday. The
company is also wholly owned by american
airlines group which is one of the stronger
airlines and who I eventually want to work for.
Have you failed any checkrides? -Yes two checkrides, my first and last. I failed the
private pilot checkride in the flight and my CFII in
the flight as well.
-I failed my private pilot checkride during a
diversion scenario. I was extremely nervous for
my first checkride and I was so heads down in the
airplane that I didn't see the airport right next to
me. Since then I have had more practice with
evaluations and checkrides. I have learned
techniques to calm myself down and focus on
what I was trained to do.
-For my CFI instrument add on I was
unsatisfactory on the unpublished hold. I second
guessed myself during the checkride changing
my original plan. Since then I have learned to
always go back to the basics of what I know and
follow what I know from the training I have
received. After I made sure to master holding
procedures and I have now been told by my past
instrument students I helped them become
better with holding procedures.
, Tell us about a conflict -When I was first flight instructing last february, I
was training a student who did not have much
respect for others or authority figures. I started to
see hints of this with comments she would make
in the airplane and comments about my boss. I
would normally deflect the conversation to
something else or back to training since she was
generally respectful with me. When this student
completed an instrument eval with my lead
instructor at the time, she was extremely rude
and back talked him in the airplane. Once I heard
what happened, I decided it was time to have a
hard conversation with her. Initially I was afraid of
her defensive personality and that she might
complain about me as I was new to instructing at
this time. I explained to her that her actions can
reflect back on her for the rest of her career and
it is unprofessional to treat anyone that way. At
first she was defensive but the more I explained
to her the importance of professionalism in this
career field she took my advise, apologize and
moved on. The next evaluation she had with my
lead instructor was much smoother than the first
time around. To this day she often reaches out to
me for advise on instructing at ATP.
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Tell us about yourself My name is Alexa Ciccone and I go by Lexi. I was
born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA but decided to
go to Arizona State University because I really
liked the area and the school. It is also where I
found my love for flying. I have had fantastic
training with ATP Flight School and ASU in the 141
program. With ASU I completed many classes
that I feel have helped to prepare me for the Part
121 world including a year of flying a king air
simulator and 65 hours in a CRJ-200 simulator.
While instructing with ATP I was hired as a multi
engine instructor and a check instructor. I pride
myself on always being on time and prepared for
every lesson with my students.
-I am also very active and enjoy workout and go
on exercise walks. I really enjoy cooking as well
especially for other people and whenever I have
the time I love traveling back to the east coast to
visit family.
,Why do you want to work at PSA -I chose to apply for PSA because it is a stable
and growing company with a great track record.
Any articles I read or any people who I talk to
always speak highly of the company. The
company is safety focused, driven, and cares
about those who they interact with everyday. The
company is also wholly owned by american
airlines group which is one of the stronger
airlines and who I eventually want to work for.
Have you failed any checkrides? -Yes two checkrides, my first and last. I failed the
private pilot checkride in the flight and my CFII in
the flight as well.
-I failed my private pilot checkride during a
diversion scenario. I was extremely nervous for
my first checkride and I was so heads down in the
airplane that I didn't see the airport right next to
me. Since then I have had more practice with
evaluations and checkrides. I have learned
techniques to calm myself down and focus on
what I was trained to do.
-For my CFI instrument add on I was
unsatisfactory on the unpublished hold. I second
guessed myself during the checkride changing
my original plan. Since then I have learned to
always go back to the basics of what I know and
follow what I know from the training I have
received. After I made sure to master holding
procedures and I have now been told by my past
instrument students I helped them become
better with holding procedures.
, Tell us about a conflict -When I was first flight instructing last february, I
was training a student who did not have much
respect for others or authority figures. I started to
see hints of this with comments she would make
in the airplane and comments about my boss. I
would normally deflect the conversation to
something else or back to training since she was
generally respectful with me. When this student
completed an instrument eval with my lead
instructor at the time, she was extremely rude
and back talked him in the airplane. Once I heard
what happened, I decided it was time to have a
hard conversation with her. Initially I was afraid of
her defensive personality and that she might
complain about me as I was new to instructing at
this time. I explained to her that her actions can
reflect back on her for the rest of her career and
it is unprofessional to treat anyone that way. At
first she was defensive but the more I explained
to her the importance of professionalism in this
career field she took my advise, apologize and
moved on. The next evaluation she had with my
lead instructor was much smoother than the first
time around. To this day she often reaches out to
me for advise on instructing at ATP.
