Airline Chances With a Q-3

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09-01-2015, 11:38 AM

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GucciBoy

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Originally Posted by Albief15

You are marketable. You have to tell your story. It is a mistake, but one mistake doesn't define you. Subsequent successes and upgrades paint a bigger picture of who you are.

You should be fine. Call us if you need extra help.

In case you don't know who "us" is, Albie runs Emerald Coast Interview Consulting. They are very, very good at what they do.

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09-01-2015, 11:44 AM

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Rawhide16

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Originally Posted by Grumble

You guys get graded on your annual check ride? And get sh1t on if you bend metal?!!?!?

Yes, we are graded. EQ, Q-1, Q-2, or Q-3. Downgrades don't matter too much depending on the type of downgrade (SA, safety, or flight discipline hurt the worst). The SEFE can also issue commendables as well.

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USN Natops is pass fail, if I gave a downgrade to everyone in the F-18 that bent metal in the sim, 50% would fail. The whole idea behind the check ride was to give compounding and complicated emergencies, to make guys work. The kind off off the wall crap that has a 1 in a billion chance of ever happening.

So the USAF has taken the zero defect expectations to the sim. That's awesome.

Typically, as long as you don't screw up the CAPs (Critical Action Procedures) you won't fail the sim portion of the checkride. I've only heard of one person failing the IEPE and that was because he had screwed up his flameout landing pattern and instead of ejecting, he just laughed it off as the jet hit the ground.

My incident happened on a cross country. I messed up and fessed up. Because of the nature of the incident (in addition to bent metal) the CC opted to revoke my instrument qualification hence the CC directed Q-3. It wasn't a checkride but the end result is the same. I now have a Form 8 with a Q-3 for safety. I ended up going through a requal program which consisted of an instrument ride with an IP, an IEPE (instrument emergency procedures evaluation), and a checkride flight. Really just a standard instrument check with the additional instrument flight with an IP. I was due for my 18-month instrument check anyway so the requal program didn't hurt too bad.

09-01-2015, 11:47 AM

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Rawhide16

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Originally Posted by Albief15

Thanks for the words Albief15. Based on multiple recommendations from buds of mine, I decided long ago that I would be contacting you guys about a year from my terminal date. Should be next spring sometime.

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Originally Posted by GucciBoy

In case you don't know who "us" is, Albie runs Emerald Coast Interview Consulting. They are very, very good at what they do.

So I've heard. Best in the biz from all accounts that I've heard.

09-09-2015, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by aviator77

So I've heard. Best in the biz from all accounts that I've heard.

Shlt I say makes fighter pilots cringe, and the schooling I got from ECC got me through my DAL interview. I'm living proof that they can get even the lowest common denominator through an interview. I also used their techniques to not step on it during probation. Not sure how I'm going to survive now that I'm off probation and got my opinion reissued, might need to take a refresher course

. Better yet, I should become a (highly) paid ECC consultant. Kind of like Jared for Subway. Wait, never mind.