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Old 04-10-2009, 08:39 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Thanks dude. Good luck to you too. Got any gouges?

I had a friend send me 169 pages PDF worth of gouge before my SO interview.....how typhoons form...all sorts of crazy stuff....i got 30 pages into it before i realized that I didnt want the job that badly lol
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The interview is unlike any other aviation interview. There is o gouge you can memorize a few questions and be done, you need to buy textbooks, and seriously learn the material from high altitude aerodynamics to meteorology in the south pacific, systems details for the 747, A340, 777 and more. Its seriously intense!
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The interview is unlike any other aviation interview. There is o gouge you can memorize a few questions and be done, you need to buy textbooks, and seriously learn the material from high altitude aerodynamics to meteorology in the south pacific, systems details for the 747, A340, 777 and more. Its seriously intense!

Cool man thanks. I guess I need to start studying. Maybe I'll learn something while I'm at it.
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Interviewed in May 08 in SFO for North America DEFO posn. Mil background for 25+yrs and first foray into the civilian world. Did get the gouge/textbooks/internet search results for the interview. Walked out of there feeling I had just wasted their time and mine. I did not do any formal interview prep other than research and was a little surprised at the lack of feed back during the interview. They were very courteous and professional but their lack of facial expressions left me second guessing myself from the get go. Couple of weeks passed and I rcvd the, "Congrats when can you come to Hong Kong for the second interview?" notice. I was quite surprised and happy until I got a second one shortly there after saying they were postponing second interviews for NA DEFOs.
Being the only interview I completed, I would equate it to a military version of a syllabus upgrade oral board where you sit with senior flight examiners and you are expected to know many facets of aircraft systems/weather/IFR & Int'l rules/SOPs.
Luckily, I was able to extend in the mil while the economy has time to recover. Hope to be fortunate enough to get another call from them in year or so.
Not sure if they will change their interview, but let me know if you still want some gouge.
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Old 04-17-2009, 12:01 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Saw this in Bloomberg this morning.

Cathay Pacific Cuts Capacity, Offers Unpaid Leave (Update3) - Bloomberg.com

I'm sorry to say that SI, and QF are following suit. This happend in the '90s for a couple of years, everyone bounced back better than ever.

Hang in there, they will pick up again.
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Old 05-23-2009, 07:57 PM   #16 (permalink)
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What's Cathay's latest and greatest?
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Old 05-24-2009, 06:28 PM   #17 (permalink)
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The interview is unlike any other aviation interview. There is o gouge you can memorize a few questions and be done, you need to buy textbooks, and seriously learn the material from high altitude aerodynamics to meteorology in the south pacific, systems details for the 747, A340, 777 and more. Its seriously intense!
All that stuff is straight out of the JAR ATPL theory exam syllabus.

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Cool man thanks. I guess I need to start studying. Maybe I'll learn something while I'm at it.

If you get copies of the UK CAA ATPL textbooks like; Principles of flight, Operational procedures, and Meteorology, you will be well prepared!


The only other area you need to study is the company and their current aircraft.

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Old 05-24-2009, 06:44 PM   #19 (permalink)
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On one pilot supply site, those books are approx $98 each!
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On one pilot supply site, those books are approx $98 each!

Try Ebay UK or ask around on PPRUNE.


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