ABOUT
Cage Consulting is one of the most recognized and well respected pilot consulting companies in the aviation industry. We are also home to the original pilot interview book, “Checklist for Success; A Pilots Guide to a Successful Airline Interview” by Cheryl Cage. Our unique, personalized, and pro-active, approach to pilot interview preparation, resume development, career and special concerns consulting and technical reviews has won us praise from pilot interviewers, chief pilots, commanding officers, pilot mentors and directors of pilot hiring. And, most importantly our clients are our main source of advertising by recommending our services to friends, family and other pilot applicants. We believe that memorization of your answers is not the way to prepare for your interview. By reviewing, dissecting and organizing your personal experiences (concerning leadership, communication, handling conflicts) you will be prepared to discuss any area an interviewer may wish to review. By giving only examples of situations that have happened to you, no one will be able to accuse you of being anything other than yourself.
Founder: Cheryl Cage
That distress proved legitimate. Even with the wealth of experience these professional pilots had to offer, without exception this group was unsuccessful in their initial attempts at landing new cockpit positions.
What these pilots had failed to understand was that the selection process had changed over the years. Flight departments were no longer just searching for people with technical proficiency in flying. Airlines were interested in hiring individuals with highly developed management, communication, and team-player skills in addition to technical skills.
To discuss one's abilities in these introspective areas requires a different kind of preparation than these pilots had ever experienced. Having watched these professionals stumble-and not wanting to see it happen to others-Cheryl was motivated to develop her Pilot Interview Preparation Program.
The initial program in 1988 was based on Cheryl's work with business professionals, discussions with pilot interviewers at the major airlines, and her own airline background. Since 1989 the program has been continually reviewed, updated, and expanded. Cheryl has discussed the interviewing process with flight officer interviewers, chief pilots, and aviation medical experts. Cheryl spent many, many hours debriefing clients after their interviews.
In addition to our work with individual clients, from 1990 to 2001 Cage Consulting served as an Independent Consultant to ALPA (Airline Pilots Association). Cage presented pilot interview preparation seminars to over 5,000 displaced ALPA pilots from PanAm, Midway, USAirways, TWA, Air Wisconsin, West Air, and Aspen Airways to name a few. In 2001 Cage Consulting was retained by the Allied Pilots Association (the pilot union for American Airlines) and the United Airlines ALPA to present job search workshops for their furloughed pilot members.
Today, Cage Consulting is still the leader in pilot interview preparation services and job search workshops for furloughed pilots. Over 100,000 pilots have used our services in preparing for pilot interviews and over 115,000 copies of Cage Consulting aviation and business career books have been sold. Cage continues to assist with various unions by offering workshops to fuloughees and interview preparation services.
We continue to research, develop, debrief, interview, and update our approach and information in order to help each pilot reach their career goals.
Cheryl Cage was born into a military family. Her father was a 30-year veteran of the Army Infantry. After graduating college, with a degree in psychology, Cheryl worked for Braniff International. During her time there she was a member of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA).
Cage Consulting began as a general job search service. Cheryl's clients were professionals from all fields. Her introduction to working with pilots came when she offered her resume services to a small group of pilots living in the Denver area. These pilots had recently lost their jobs, as did she, due to the bankruptcy of Braniff.
While working with these individuals she sensed a pervasive belief that technical background and experience were all that was needed to secure a new airline job. This was outdated thinking and it disturbed her.
President/Owner: Angie Marshall
Since 1994, Angie has been a large part of the Cage Marshall Consulting team. Her titles have ranged from Senior Consultant to Director of Operations and most recently that of President and Owner of the company. For over twenty years she has worked with pilots offering her expertise with career and furlough guidance, background research, application support, resume and cover letter development, interview prep, and special concerns consulting.
Her background includes conducting pilot background checks for a legacy and regional airline, developing and establishing interview and hiring protocol for corporate businesses, training interviewers, managing and overseeing HR departments, and consulting. Angie has worked with military pilots transitioning to civilian flying, flight instructors, corporate, regional, legacy, cargo and international applicants as well as DoD, NASA and Air Force One pilots.
She is responsible for all the day-to-day business activities along with all company decisions regarding long-term strategic planning in the areas of pilot interview preparation, marketing and business development. She also conducts our Pilot Workshops, Special Concerns and Career Consults and Interview Preps.
She has two degrees; one in Animal Health Sciences and one in Business Management with a concentration in Human Resources from Colorado State University