123 fly direct DCA (Washington VOR) and then cleared for the LDA approach." Asked what I'd do. While you can track to the VOR with no problem there isn't any means to transition to the approach (no procedure turn, outbound course, etc) - so you cannot accept the clearance. Also asked what's different about an LDA app vs. a normal ILS. Why does the approach have straight in minimums even though it's offset? Remember for an LDA the degrees from centerline determine whether the approach is published with straight in mins or circling mins. Very relaxed. If you have reviewed your Jepp Airway manual or appropriate resource then you should be just fine. (06/18/11)
Not sure if it matters but we had no time limit for the exam. Am not sure if that's because of the size of our group or not. Also the interview portion took about 30-45 minutes and was a combination of HR and Tech. Nothing too bad. Mostly TMAAT questions. Recommend if you are prior CRJ and have flown 700/900 to know differences if possible. They asked what I had the most time in and based it from that for what it's worth. (06/18/11)
What a great day! Gouge is incredible accurate. All written questions we had were on here between the two versions. One that I missed though for some reason... "What is the max airspeed for CAT C?" Choices were 121, 135, 141, 150. Well, its from 121-140, so clearly the answer is 135. But in a hurry and not focused, I put 121. It was just the first number I recognized and didn't think twice about it. O well.
HR portion was quite fun. Be yourself, be honest, and have fun. Its yours to loose. 75% of questions were asked by HR rep, the other questions were split between the two other guys. 6 of us there today, two I know didnt make it to the SIM, not sure about everyone else. SIM procedures and questions were super easy, but it flies like a #$%&. I fly planes, not video games. Just talk a lot and let him know you have a clue at what youre looking at. Call that loc is alive, glide slope coming in, just basic things like that so he knows you have a pulse. He turned it off at 1,000'. Real nice guy. It really is a computer monitor with a yolk sticking out of it.
Good luck and have fun! (8/4/11)
Showed up to the training center at 9, interview was at 9:30. People there are really nice, building is pretty sweet to its got a bunch of great pictures of old usair, piedmont and psa a/c...And by the way, dont wonder off too far on your own its a big building! Interview in July, the written test is right here on this page, just study all of them (old and new). HR/technical was very easy. They gave me the LDA into DC and asked me 2 or 3 easy questions about the chart (basic basic instrument questions), they asked me a couple of questions about my current A/C (nothing crazy, very basic). Then the rest of the questions were basic HR questions, why PSA, TMAAT type questions then it was over, they ask you to step outside. If you pass, next step is the sim. The sim is the same old desktop sim, I actually had a good time flying it, its pretty fun..you do the standard t/o to 6000, steep turns, brief the hold and shoot the ils to mins. If you play flight sim you will have NO problem flying this thing...Since everyone on here wrote how sensitive it is, I just went to flight sim and turn the sensitivity up real high, practices a couple times, then when it came to the real thing, it was a piece of cake....Anyways, got the job and am in training now...good luck.... (09/08/11)
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