Rosstafari
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I would roll in to the interview armed.
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Thanks. The advice came too late for this one, but I will take it for any future interviews.
I figured it's best to not bring it up as I'm still not sure what to make out of it, but I didn't hide anything either. Was just honest about my time there, provided the Op Specs page where the FAA authorized SIC hours, and thought "geez you guys ask a lot of questions about turbine engines and jet aerodynamics for a crowd who've mostly been in the pattern in a Skyhawk for the past 1200 hours."
In any case, I think I stumbled through well enough, as we were talking class dates by the end. For my next trick, watch me make a few hundred hours appear out of thin air!
Yes, but some interprets are that the autopilot must remain off during that leg for the time to count. So if they have the exemption, but they’re not deferring autopilots, an FAA inspector could get a crazy notion…
Ha, joke's on you, the AP was broken half the time anyway.
That concept would come up from time to time, that because the SIC was in lieu of the AP, it needed to be shut off. The prevailing company response seemed to be "yeah, don't think about it too hard". I agree with the thread: it's time the FAA clarifies exactly what they're looking for here.
to be faiiiirrrr
To be fairrrrrr
Thanks everyone for chiming in btw. It's actually reassuring to hear from other people "hey, this is nuts".