Call emerald coast consulting for the best answers. Most will tell you yes.

 

[QUOTE=Pancake;1157830]DC-10/MD-10 sim time...

1. Is it a worthwhile investment if called for an interview (in the absence of heavy time)?

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FWIW

I was current and qualified and instructing in the DC-10 when I got called for the FDX interview. I still practiced with Emeralld Coast. Was it worth it? Absolutely.

It would have sucked to have blown the sim interview and to ask myself: did I do everything I possibly could to get the job?

Been here at FDX for 6 short years. I'm pretty happy.

 

Pancake,
I can't help with question 2/3 - I'll second the advice to call E. Coast.

I was current on and actively flying the MD-11 when I got the call for the interview. I also had flown 4 other types of airliners. I still got the sim prep and practiced the profile.

The profile isn't something you can practice in the actual jet if you're flying at another airline. I tried it in the "sim" at my fighter unit but that's not the same either. It's a cross-check exercise, so anything you can do to improve that is good - but get the sim prep.

Bottom line: It's absolutely worth the investment to give yourself the best shot at success. If I tubed the sim, I would have spent the rest of my days wondering if the outcome would have been different if I dropped the cash and got the sim time.

 

It's a no brainer. I did it twice with Emerald Coast who was using AJ at the time, that was over 6 years ago. I had done it in another heavy simulator but it wasn't even close to doing it in similar airplane. It's worth the money. Call Emerald Coast if you get the call.

 

Congrats. When are you headed down for testing? Is it still a two-step process?

Cheers,

Timmy

 

Go with Emerald Coast!

 

If you have Flight SimX with a DC10 analog gauges a/c at home , this helps alot and saves you money. As soon as I recieved the the profile ,I practiced the profile for several weeks. I went to Emerald Coast 1 time and aced my sim session at FDX. I know guys that did EC 2 or 3x, didnt
pass the interview and were on the hook for for 3 sims sessions.

 

Just a short take on interview sim prep and 4 small steps for thought/consideration.

Background – This information was provided by a long time retired AA pilot who spent many years administering interview sims for AA.

First – if you want the sim interviewer to know you had a practice sim in a similar type sim, hop in the seat and adjust it to the proper vertical and horizontal location for you without help. If you don’t want the sim interviewer to know you had practice in a similar type sim, fumble around or ask him how to adjust the seat. Most a/c seats have different adjustment procedures to adjust the seat.

Second– turn all the lights full up. Usually, you are not going to land or perform procedures requiring night vision so more light the better, in my opinion.

Third – adjust the arm rests to a position where you fly the a/c with your elbows resting on the arm rest and just use your wrist to perform the maneuvers. Provides a very stable platform with the elbows locked down on the arm rests.

Fourth A – applies to sims with more than 2 engines. When the sim interviewer hands you the a/c, it’s usually stable, in level flight, @ 250 kts. Your throttles are set for this, so to make climb and descents don’t use all the throttles for power changes, leave at least 1 (for 3eng a/c) or 2 (for 4eng a/c) as a level flight/250 kts marker (maintain symmetrical power for easier heading control). Or you note fuel flow for level flight/250 kts and refer to the FF gages.

Fourth B - For 2 engine a/c…use the fuel flow method.

An in the words of that famous BB player from Philly (I think!)..."Practice...practice...practice".

 

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Ahhh....the AA and FedEx sim profiles and evaluation process are not similar. I went through both, passed both and got hired at both companies but I prepped a LOT more for the FedEx sim than the AA one.

At the time of my FedEx interview I was lucky enough to be on furlough from AA and working as a sim instructor. I had another buddy on furlough there and when I (and later he) got the call from FedEx we spent every day after work in a different sim flying the FedEx profile. I would say that I put in about 15 hours in actual Level D simulators flying the profile before I hopped in the FedEx DC-10 sim. Overkill? Not in my book.