First Interview!

JamesD said:
From what I hear is they had around 8,000 applications. Not sure if thats totally true, but I don't know. It might be a few more months at this rate.

James
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its not that high...its alot but not that much... I heard around 2500 that all surpass the mins.
 
CFIT99 said:
its not that high...its alot but not that much... I heard around 2500 that all surpass the mins.
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Well I was able to edit my profile on Air Wisc and added my updated resume. I also had AirlineApps send them my new resume as well. Hopefully this will help me get an interview.

One question though. Is it normal for the application date to stay the same despite adding a new resume? It still shows one application 11/13/2010.

Thanks!
 
Well I just landed in Denver. Im really nervous. I've been studying but there is so much possible stuff they could ask I know I can't answer everything perfectly.
 
JamesD said:
Well I just landed in Denver. Im really nervous. I've been studying but there is so much possible stuff they could ask I know I can't answer everything perfectly.
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Good luck man. Don't stress about it, you know what you know and they'll always be able to ask you something you don't know. Worst that can happen is they say know, and you'll live. Let go of all the stress and give it your best performance.
 
be yourself and relax. Don't study right before your interview, if you don't know what your supposed to know by now, then it's too late.
good luck man
 
Well... I think it went okay. Its hard to tell. They would point stuff out on the enroute chart and ask what it was. Most of them were what type of VOR is this and what class airspace is that etc. I felt good about that but she asked some tricky stuff about the ILS app plate. It sucks because you have no clue if you answered it correctly. They just say okay and ask something else.

They give you a test of 20 questions and you have to get an 80% minimum. They don't tell you what you got on it. The first 10 questions were crazy like what is the service volume for a compass bearing north NDB. Wtf!? Who remembers that? Also I was so nervous I was dumb. I answered what is class e airspace cloud reqs above 10000? I put 1000blw 2000abv n 1 to the side but its wrong. Its 1000abv. Hopefully they show some leeway. Im nervous I missed one more than I could have to stay 80 percent or higher.
 
Do they still have the "How wide, in feet, is the localizer at the runway threshold?" question?

When I got to that one it was officially a stoopid test of impractical aviation knowledge.

Best of luck.
 
Douglas said:
Do they still have the "How wide, in feet, is the localizer at the runway threshold?" question?

When I got to that one it was officially a stoopid test of impractical aviation knowledge.
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750 feet, right?

I wouldn't say that's completely impractical. It gives you an idea of where to look for the runway when breaking out at minimums. If you have a half scale deflection, that means you're 190 feet off centerline...quite a sidestep at 200 AGL. It also explains why ILSs to longer runways are more sensitive than those for shorter runways. They're all tuned to the same width at the same location.

Of course, I would never say a pilot is dangerous for not knowing this. But it *is* practical and I don't blame them for asking it during an interview.
 
jrh said:
750 feet, right?

I wouldn't say that's completely impractical. It gives you an idea of where to look for the runway when breaking out at minimums. If you have a half scale deflection, that means you're 190 feet off centerline...quite a sidestep at 200 AGL. It also explains why ILSs to longer runways are more sensitive than those for shorter runways. They're all tuned to the same width at the same location.

Of course, I would never say a pilot is dangerous for not knowing this. But it *is* practical and I don't blame them for asking it during an interview.
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I reeeeally disagree on the practical application of that knowledge.

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I don't remember the actual answer, I looked it up when I get home. I think it was 700, it may have been 750.
 
Douglas said:
Do they still have the "How wide, in feet, is the localizer at the runway threshold?" question?

When I got to that one it was officially a stoopid test of impractical aviation knowledge.

Best of luck.
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Yup! Had no clue. I'm really not expecting a call, but I am definitely alright with that. This was not Eagle or Air Whisky or SkyWest or any of my top choices. If I screw up this one I know what to fix and study harder on next time when I would be pissed if I bombed it.

Now with that said it would be nice to get a call for a class just to know that I didn't do as bad as I thought.
 
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