Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Just had a friend interview with Pinnacle, and he mentioned how the questions on the written test were not any ATP questions, and that they were all from ICAO/FAR/AIM/AC only.
Of the 50 questions a good 25 or so were all about LNAV/VNAV/RNAV.
Things like, what is the sensitivity for a Q route? +/- how many miles?
(Heck, does anybody know that without looking it up somewhere?)
And some other questions regarding ETOPs, sensitivity for a Type A RNAV and Type B RNAV, and many other questions along those lines.
Anyone know what's going on?
I don't think he's yanking my chain. He mentioned how of the 8 how interviewed, three or four didn't pass the exam. You need a 70% to pass it, and the highest was around a 75%, and *several* people barely passed with the minimum required of 70%.
Don't get me wrong, I know a written test is to evaluate you as part of the interview.
But given past history of Pinnacle interviews, it seems their tests used to be Private, Instrument, Commercial, and ATP type test questions.
But now, it seems they strayed from that, and are using pretty much Advisory Curriculars as their new source for questions?
Anyone have any updates for Pinnacle's recent change?
I interviewed with them on August 9th and didn't find the written test to be "overly" difficult, but it was nothing like what you have described. Most of the questions that I remember were from the instrument, commercial and ATP writtens. Lots of weather and aerodynamics. Nothing I recall about VNAV/LNAV, etc, but nothing a active CFII or commercial pilot shouldnt know.