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Old 12-16-2007, 06:32 PM
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I have a NJA interview soon and cannot find some answers to a few interview questions...I am a 121 guy so we dont do much math!

How do you convert Ft/per NM to a climb gradient in percent. An example would be nice.

How about runway slope?

I am really excited about this opportunity and don't want to botch it up! Any more thoughts, gouge...ect....send it this way!
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Old 12-16-2007, 06:45 PM
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Have you checked out aviationinterviews.com - I think they have most of these questions with answers. I am curious - I have a good friend high on the food chain at NJ and have been waiting a while for an interview, how long was your timeline?? I am currently in the Navy and don't get out for a few months which I feel is holding things up - just curious. Are switching from a major to NJ?? I'm not stalking you just comparing my research to against others.
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I am currently a 121 regional guy. I guess from application to interview date will be about 3.5 months. This will be hopefully be my last job!

I have been to that site and there is some great gouge but no clear formula for the conversion.
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Old 12-17-2007, 04:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Junglejett View Post
I have a NJA interview soon and cannot find some answers to a few interview questions...I am a 121 guy so we dont do much math!

How do you convert Ft/per NM to a climb gradient in percent. An example would be nice.

How about runway slope?

I am really excited about this opportunity and don't want to botch it up! Any more thoughts, gouge...ect....send it this way!

Come on dude, seriously??? Runway slope is simply rise over run (then multiply by 100 for the percentage), and the conversion of Ft/NM to percent is simply the required gradient divided by the number of feet in a NM. I was a 121 regional guy too and that kind of math was still very widely used.....

Anyhow, to help you out with your upcoming interview, I would suggest studying the FAR/AIM as a primary reference. Most of the technical questions will come straight out of there. Then be yourself when it comes to HR and always think about 1) Safety / compliance and 2) Customer service when it comes to all the scenario questions and you will do fine.
As for the sim, well, just fly as best you can. It's an easy airplane to fly and the maneuvers are simply steep turns, holds, and vectors to an ILS. This is an abbreviated gouge of what to expect from when I interviewed (about 1.5 yrs ago) so hopefully it should still be the same. Good luck!
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Easy there Blue. Wrong answer to give on a interview. The guys behind the desk want the only right answer. ONLY way to figure runway slope is from a AFD. Rise over Run does not and will not cut it.
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It is also listed on the back of a -9 page if I recall...it has been awhile since I have flown. Been on mil leave awhile.
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Old 12-17-2007, 10:36 AM
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Example:

a standard climb gradient of 200ft/nm
divide 200 by 6000---3.3% gradient

another cool way is to just look at the climb speeds on the DP, find 100 kts and just below will be the climb per nm and that number is a good estimate for the required gradient. Here is a good article to study up on http://terps.com/ifrr/feb97.pdf

good luck with the interview.
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Your jepps should have the climb gadient tables at the beginning of the terminal section. As my examiner told me on my CFI ride...Don't try to remember all those formulas, its usually written down somewhere!! Though it would be nice to be able to calculate it for the interviewer I think an honest explanation of why you don't know and where you can find the answer works just as well.
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As far as the sim ride, let them see you're a CRM type of guy. Give your sim-buddy a good pre-takeoff brief. Don't fly fast, keep it slow, give yourself enough time to acomplish everything and see what's going on, if they're short on time, that's their problem, not yours. On final, you must be stabilized, extremely important. If you are chasing needles below 1000ft, go around. You show them good judgment, and your ability to fly a published missed approach.

Technical questions, I don't remember any, sorry....

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Well..I am a CRM facilitator in the USAF..hope that helps my cause!

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