wow, im sure lucky i had to turn down the aug 26th interview...

Not all. Some are scheduled for mid-September.

Good point. But think of the guys that get the thumbs up and swim for months while others get class right away.

And yep, reading the thread, its a competitive pool with higher score taking precedence over interview date.

But along the lines of what you said, think of the possible loss in seniority?

So I'm done with the test and would like to go over a few questions with everyone on here (more test questions!) The test was a lot like what has been previously posted. A few ?'s I had that weren't previously discussed included the effects of various CGs on a swept wing, how a wet V1 can change balance field length, and the following in which I'm not sure I got correct:

How wide is a north atlantic track?

What altitude would you fly if you have to deviate off of your track and you are able to maintain altitude? (Assume you're at FL 350) From what I've found in the North Atlantic MNPS Airspace guide : After deviating 10 NM from its original cleared track centerline and therefore clear of any potentially conflicting traffic above or below the following track, should:
1. Climb or descend 1000ft if above FL410
2. Climb or descend 500ft when below FL410
3. Climb 1000ft or descend 500ft if at FL410

I wish I could remember the choices presented, but I can't. All I know is that the choices didn't match anything here so I said none of the above. Do you still follow the general procedure for deviating off of a track by offsetting from the assigned route by 15NM or do you stop at 10NM?

Thanks for the help everyone. I wish I would have written down more but my head was numb when I finished!!

Something you guys may want to invest in are the charts from Jeppesen. Or if your company has them, pull out the North Atlantic and/or the North Pacific #1;2. On the inside panel of the charts are track procedures.

I don't go back to work until the second week of September so I'll look again then.

The grill has been reincarnated and is in service as a brand new grill. Enjoy. Now back to studying. Flows, flows, flows.

I heard from a reliable source if you are in the pool that almost all but a few pilots have ground school dates assigned for the rest of the year but may not have been notified of those dates yet. If you are in the pool my advice is to call HR and let them know you are still interested and if they have any updates for you. If you can't get a hold of HR then leave a message as they will get back to you.

For those of you who are still applying I heard that you should update your resume with Atlas every 2-3 months as that is how long it takes HR to go through the stack of resumes that they have. If you update more frequently then they may get annoyed and not contact you. Hope this helps and good luck to all!

PRAISE ALLAH!!!!!!!! Now I can cook those ribs!

cheers,

cargo

I'm curious to find these answers also, especially to the question about how wide the NAT tracks are. I've looked all over (MNPS guide, Jepp charts, other forums) and can't find it anywhere. From what I've read it sounds like the tracks don't have a defined width like an airway does but I could be wrong. I haven't taken the test yet so I'm not sure what choices it gives you for the answer.

When I took the test, the question was not "how wide are the tracks?", but "what is the separation of the tracks?"

Late last year the NAT separation changed from 60NM to 30NM and the associated question that was asked reflected the subsequent change in the emergency offset distance from 30 NM to 15 NM.

Hope this helps.

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