All the gouges are right on. There shouldn't be any surprises. Went to job fair in Chicago, did tech and HR interviews there. DUI in last 5 years were told not to bother applying, about 25 came in morning for presentation (+ cool free t-shirts!). 9 came back in afternoon to do interviews. 7 were offered trips to Dallas. All other gouges are correct but I will add the sim profile.
Those who did the HR and Tech at a job fair could show up at 1130, those who hadnt been to job fairs had to show at 7. 2 of us went together, we were glad to sleep in. We found out that they will bring you to Dallas without the required flight time, then send you home for not having it. Several people from this group were asked to get their things and shown the bus stop. No explanations, but also weren't told they have to wait 6 months to reapply. HAVE YOUR PAPERWORK IN PERFECT ORDER AND BE CONSERVATIVE. They want screwy things on the app like all your times broken down by type and PIC time not to include Dual Given. Logbook Pro is about the best way to do it. Your after the mechanics were done with their written, we had some nice conversations in the holding room. One of the flight attendants was hot so I talked to her. Would you believe that their interview process is easier than ours?
Unless you can get an hour in a full motion sim before you go, just do as many ILS 24R's at LAX as possible. We had the Fokker, depends what's available that day I guess. He does everything, you just fly and touch thrust levers in the right direction, but if you MAKE YOUR CALLOUTS, he will fine tune it. Vr rotate pitch real high, like 15 or 18 degrees.
"Pos rate gear up."
"1,000' set climb thrust, flaps up, climb check."
"3,000' set thrust 200kts, cruise check."
He will say Eagle 1 Advise ready to copy. Then you ask him to take the controls while you write. It will be direct Seal beach VOR, then vectors for an ILS to a go around, all with the flight director on. If you havent used one, use one before you go, it's easy if you've ever even seen one before. Then he backs you up for a "raw data" ILS to an ungraded landing. I was last guy and we were out of time, so I got the raw data one first and that was it. One guy washed on the sim, but I'm sure he'll be back soon since he made it that far. He'd never seen a full motion sim and it's kind of a mind job being in that thing. The 2 121 guys offered to go first so the rest of us could memorize the profile and callouts. The wait was long and scary. We could not determine a connection between how much the sim was moving and how well the guy in it was doing.
The rest of the profile, btw:
2200' 180kts: "set thrust 180, flaps 8, descent check."
150 kts: "set thrust 150, flaps 25, approach check."
GS alive, pitch -2.5: "gear down"
GS 1 dot above: "set 140 thrust, flaps 42, before landing check."
Go around full thrust, pitch 15 deg: "set max thrust, flaps 15, pos rate, gear up"
For personal reasons upgrade time is not my highest priority and I live in Chicago so Eagle is #1 choice. I have friends that cover the whole range from didn't get hired to just finished training. The guy who didn't get hired took the interviewing experience and is going to Skywest, so he is happy. The guy who finished training said it went smoothly, not too hard, took base guarantee (it's true, you just tell them where you want), and by default (he was youngest in class), got his choice of equipment, so obviously, he is happy. You really can't lose trying this out. Good luck to all, I'm off to Dallas for 6 1/2 weeks!
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