Interview responses for an Eagle Express Air cabin crew position

Interview question for a Cabin Crew position at Eagle Express Air.

What famous person would you most want to interview and why?

Because my interest in 20th century history and in the aviation field, I might most want to talk to retired U.S. Air Force General Chuck Yeager who is best known for being the first pilot to break the sound barrier in 1947. He was also the premier fighter ace of all American pilots in World War II. Besides his accomplishments in combat and aeronautical research, I would also want to ask General Yeager about how his social views have changed and what his retrospective opinion is about his public statements opposing the integration of African-Americans into the U.S. armed forces after the war. That is something that disturbed me to learn about someone who is, deservedly remembered as an American war hero and I would hope to hear him express regret and a more benevolent and enlightened attitude today about his position at the time.

What is your favorite holiday? Why?

My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving for several reasons. First, it is a nondenominational holiday that can be celebrated and shared by all Americans, irrespective of religious orientation or heritage of origin. Second, Thanksgiving involves the healthiest foods that we can all enjoy without worrying as much about our diets as we have to during other major holidays that emphasize less healthy foods and over a much longer run-up period than one weekend.

If you could live in some other historical period, which would you choose, and why?

I suppose, if I had to choose another era, it would be the immediate post-World War II era in the United States because of the optimism and the pace of improvement in the lives of ordinary people. In retrospect, that might have been one of the most positive times because of the many ways that the technologies originally developed for war, including, of course, in the aviation field, began to trickle down into civilian life.

Frankly, fantasizing about living in another time period is something that I stopped doing after I realized how fortunate I am to live in modern times. Life in prior eras was much more difficult and dangerous. Today, we take many things for granted, especially in this part of the world, but modern medicine (just for one example) is less than a century old. I would not want to imagine having to be hospitalized or even just going to the dentist without the benefits of antibiotics, antiseptic protocols, and modern anesthesia.