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sealandair 02-19-2016 01:14 PM
What simulators are used @ 121 interviews?
 
I'm new to gouges, and unfortunately mypilotcareer doesn't have gouges on a lot of regionals, or the gouges they have haven't been updated in quite awhile. Anyway, I've seen that some airlines use old Frasca 142s, and others use table tops (even scarier IMO). In the later case, are table tops even configurable as a twin? I've never flown them, only Frascas or AATDS. One reason I ask is because I haven't been current in twins for years, and so if I'm going to go sink some money into a sim to bone up on ME procedures (along with instrument work), I'd kind of like it to be in something representative of what airlines use.

Xdashdriver 02-19-2016 01:51 PM
Are any regionals doing sim evals at the interviews any more? I don't think a sim eval is what should concern you. Not being somewhat instrument proficient before going into sim training at the airline is a much bigger issue. The biggest thing I see is a lack of basic instrument flying skills. Go get instrument proficient (not just current, but proficient) and that will help you the most.

sealandair 02-19-2016 02:31 PM
Originally Posted by Xdashdriver (Post 2071773)
Are any regionals doing sim evals at the interviews any more? I don't think a sim eval is what should concern you. Not being somewhat instrument proficient before going into sim training at the airline is a much bigger issue. The biggest thing I see is a lack of basic instrument flying skills. Go get instrument proficient (not just current, but proficient) and that will help you the most.
Sorry, I used the term "interview" loosely to include the entire evaluation process I guess. Certainly there WILL be a sim eval, right? I am about to go work on instrument proficiency, and there are quite a few options available... Frascas, AATDs, and of course the antiquated table tops. I just thought it would make sense to do it in the same type of FTD/AATD, or whatever the heck regionals are using now for evals. (I know for actual TRAINING it's likely going to be in a FFS or a higher level FTD).

yimke 02-19-2016 04:00 PM
Uhhhh... they simulate you picking up the telephone and answering about three questions for the regionals.

While the major airline interviews are a more rigorous process, I think they all have deleted that requirement.

PotatoChip 02-19-2016 04:22 PM
Sealandair, there will likely NOT be a sim eval.
Head over to aviationinterviews.com or willflyforfood.com for more gouge.
Don't waste your time on simulator practice. Get current in a real airplane.

sealandair 02-19-2016 04:29 PM
Originally Posted by PotatoChip (Post 2071878)
Sealandair, there will likely NOT be a sim eval.
Head over to aviationinterviews.com or willflyforfood.com for more gouge.
Don't waste your time on simulator practice. Get current in a real airplane.
Thanks for the links! I knew about willflyforfood as a jobs board, but not as a gouge.

As for currency, well, I'm plenty current on SEL. But seeing how desperate regionals are right now (far more so than I realized), I don't think I'm going to drop $300 an hour on a CFII in a real twin. Wish I could.

sealandair 02-19-2016 04:31 PM
Originally Posted by yimke (Post 2071860)
Uhhhh... they simulate you picking up the telephone and answering about three questions for the regionals.

While the major airline interviews are a more rigorous process, I think they all have deleted that requirement.
Good lord, the regionals are more desperate than a fat kid at the end of a lunch line.


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