Another UPS Interview Experience
07-05-2014 | 02:22 AM
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Unless you've been flying analog instruments for 30 years. In cases like that, a glass cockpit is a big change, even unmanageable for some. It's all a matter of perspective. To me, going back to round dials would feel a bit painful...
07-05-2014 | 08:13 AM
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Best of Luck,
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07-05-2014 | 06:33 PM
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Bottom line is...I got hired at Delta (in 2000), and at UPS (in 2007) with a majority of my PIC time in a C-130. Nobody had a problem with it then, and I'm sure that nobody at UPS has a problem with it now.
All of my "pure" jet time (B727, 757/767, MD88/90, 747-400) in the Part 121 world has been as a FO. I didn't have any problems transitioning to these aircraft, and I'm sure the same would hold true for most any Herk driver out there.
07-05-2014 | 08:17 PM
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It depends on who you get. When I did my initial checkride, the FQS asked about my previous airframe. I told him it was a TP and he about went through the roof. He said we couldn't do the checkride because I didn't have he proper high altitude training. I tried to educate him a little but he would hear none of it. He started to make a call and I told him it was okay because I also had 1000+ in a jet. Didn't matter, he still made a couple calls until he was assured everything was okay. Found out later he was a ground instructor with a PPL who made his way into flight ops.
07-05-2014 | 09:20 PM
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It depends on who you get. When I did my initial checkride, the FQS asked about my previous airframe. I told him it was a TP and he about went through the roof. He said we couldn't do the checkride because I didn't have he proper high altitude training. I tried to educate him a little but he would hear none of it. He started to make a call and I told him it was okay because I also had 1000+ in a jet. Didn't matter, he still made a couple calls until he was assured everything was okay. Found out later he was a ground instructor with a PPL who made his way into flight ops.
07-06-2014 | 01:43 PM
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I'd venture to say that this clown was the exception, and not the rule...even at the Brown Stain.
07-06-2014 | 01:53 PM
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especially when it's an AH-1W bombing around at 2,000 AGL in IMC with gusts and shear. it's manageable but quite the handful. I agree wholeheartedly that glass is easier and can facilitate a more proficient scan.
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