Alright the interview, written and sim are pretty straight forward. To help study i would recommend the ATP Gliem (all chapters except the ones specific to a type of aircraft, 727 b1900;etc.)the intro section of the jepp approach plates. STUDY FAR 121.651. and the Electrical and landing gear systems on your twin or complex aircraft.
Day 1:
Starts at 1pm at the ASA building, of course don't show up at 1 get there early. Starts off with a welcome to ASA power point going over company info. There are 5 people that interview so based on how many people are there dictates what you do next, either a 30 question written or the 1on 1 interview. I was the first one to go do the interview and test and i was done by 230p so expect about that long.
Written:
30question multiple choice, pretty easy, what does a flashing read light gun in the air mean, your cleared to cruise at 4000ft what does that mean, question about advection fog, couple 121 regs, couple CG questions on how does a forward or aft cg effect stall speed how does it effect stability, Vmc question or 2, if you have ever picked up a book about flying you should do fine,remember we deal with this stuff everyday. Just relax! 80% is the min passing score
Interview:
If you get Lou S. that sucks he's the new interviewer and he always feels rushed for time and therefor can tend to rush you a bit just think before you speak and you'll be fine (other guys have a routine down which makes it a bit easier). Starts off with reviewing your paperwork and simple stuff like why ASA. Whats 3 things your mom would say are bad traits in you (then he states that you cant say that you were messy everyone says that and its been played out) What twin did you fly?
Explain the electrical system on the twin
Know amps and volts and if the alt. are belt driven or how the gen. work
How many elec. Buses are on your twin(look at the schematics ch. 7 in POH.
How does the landing Gear work, again Ch 7 poh there should be about a paragraph on each of these systems just memorize that and spit it back to him word for word if you want.
Then out comes the low alt en route jepp chart. Shows you your take off airport and your landing airport (albany ga.) and shows the victor airway connecting them(if its the same victor airway i got be careful it goes over a lake so choose your cruising alt carefully):
What alt would you file for
Tell me about this VOR
Tell me how far this point is from the VOR
why does this fix have 6,000MRA by it what does that mean
how can you identify this fix
you lose your radio hear what are the rules what would you do(remember to ask VMC or IMC)
Your coming into albany your cruising 15,000ft you lose your radios in IMC, at what point would you descend. (Fly to FAF and descend in holding pattern).
Can you file a flight plan for 18,000ft? (this was a bullshit trick question, the answer was no because that doesn't exist there is only FL180 or some bullshit like that,you could however file for FL180)
your at FL350 and want to descend and cruise FL180 can you? think altimeter settings...
Then out came the approach plate and a 10-9A chart, i was given an ATIS with vis and ceilings asked if we could take off, do we need a talk off alt? could we land back at that airport with that weather, remember RVR is controlling not visibility on an approach plate. then some 121.651 questions inside FAF vis drops can you continue the approach, outside FAF etc.(RVR IS CONTROLLING FACTOR)
That was all the big stuff i can remember some smaller filler questions here and there like oxygen requirements and airspeeds think about it don't blurt out the first nervous thing that rolls off your tongue like 2,500kts when we all know its 250kts below 10.0 (thats one nice thing if you are wrong in most situations they will throw out the right answer and ask if that sounds about right).
If you can make it through that they will invite you to do a sim ride the next day.
SIM and Day 2
Show up at flight safety at 7am starts off with a hi how are ya chitchat and a briefing on the CRJ 700 sim and cockpit layout they give you just about everything you need to know if you have a question ask they are really nice and really want to make sure you have everything you need. You get a sim partner and they can do anything for you except fly the airplane for you(well they can while you are writing or figuring out a hold but they will just freeze the sim)
They tell you the profile its no secret but here it is if you're dying to know. Takeoff and climb runway heading to 5,000 ft initial climb pitch is 15*, passing 1,000ft reduce to climb power and 7* pitch, flaps up gear up. maintain 250kts. level off at 5,000ft lead your level off by at least 400ft or you will bust for sure. Left turn to a heading at 30* bank(all turns are 30* bank) turn back to initial heading and upon reaching that heading climb to 8,000ft using climb power(have your sim buddy set all power settings for you and have them select heading speed and alt. bugs for you) at 8,000ft level off 250kts and about 62% N1 have sim bud set that for you. Do a 180* turn at 30* of bank at 180 direct turn back to initial heading, no level out. bank to bank. once back on initial heading expect direct to the vor and a hold, then about 15nm out they give you a hold, me and the second guy got teardrops and the 3rd guy was on the line for either a teardrop or a parallel. You can have your sim partner fly while you draw out or whatever you do to figure out the hold(they just freeze the sim so don't worry about screwing it up for the other guy)(they will state that no EFC time is necessary so don't worry about asking but remember to slow to your holding speeds if necessary. if you get the hold entry and heading right they will let you do the initial turn, time 1min and then execute your inbound turn, if everything adds up you get a vector for the ILS ( now i got my initial heading wrong for the hold i messed up and did a 20* turn instead of a 30* turn for the teardrop, i noticed i was wrong on my turn inbound said how i was going to fix it and that i was 10* off and i still passed the hold so if you mess up don't give up). My ILS was nothing pretty by any means but it was within limits. Once you break out continue to fly the needles i was the only one in the group that did and i was the only one that stayed on the runway both other guys drifted off course a bit trying to fly visually. When you hear the 50ft call out count 1one thousand 2 one thousand and gently pull back and slam the runway like we all did. No one crashed but we all would have qualified for a carrier landing in the navy
Your graded on how well you hold ALT heading bank angle and airspeed, the farther off you are the less points you get. 100pts possible with 80%min passing.
If you pass the sim you head back over to the ASA main building for a Drug test and fingerprinting. (heard a rumor that if you get to the drug and fingerprints you get the job ITS NOT TRUE. 2 other guys in the sim with me did the drugs and fingerprints and were not offered a job) If they still like you after that you get an HR interview there are 5 different banks of questions, just be nice and truthful there are no wrong answerers. If that girl likes you after the questioning she will recommend you to Capt Robertson who will decide if you get the job or not. I was hired on and giving my choice of 3 class dates(seniority is everything take the first available one!)This was my first interview and out of all the people who i interviewed with i had the lowest time, everyone else had anywhere from 1,000-4,000TT and most were type rated in something. However i was the only one offered the job, 2 guys had type ratings and they were the cocky ones, both were asked to leave the sim evaluation before it was over due to poor performance. Half the interview and sim evaluation is to see if anyone could stand to be with you in the cockpit on a 4 day trip, its ok to be confident but don't get cocky, they don't have to hire you "because I have a type rating" to quote on guy who didn't get the job.
JUST REMEMBER TO RELAX AND TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW!!! Good luck and safe flying.
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