On reserve days, you can't pick up anything, you're at schedulings mercy.

You can call scheduling and ask to be first out. They might actually do it.

Ok thankyou

Hey guys, I'm knee deep getting ready for my interview and I'm trying to research a question that was posted in the newest gouge (2 separate people posted this) and it's the one about RAIM.

RAIM- what is the range, degrees and how many times does it interrogate the receiver?

I understand that RAIM is needed in order to accurately fly the GPS approach and that it needs all the 5 satellites to be accurate - but I can't find any info on range, degrees and interrogation.

Anyone know this? Thanks.

Im wondering the same thing. I have looked through the AIM, the ATP questions test bank, and even combed through GPS.gov, and I havent been able to find anything other than the receiver is interrogated "continuously"

This is a question on our new written?

Way to hit the big "need to know" items. :rolleyes:

How far is too far for CLT
 

Read thru the PSA thread and maybe I missed discussion on trips & how far is too far to commute to CLT, but...

I am a military (100% ME turbine) pilot looking to the regionals to build up additional time and Part 121 experience - I currently am 2 hours from CLT by car. No other domiciles are close by except RDU for GoJets (about 1 hr drive), but it sounds like I should stay away from them.

I have a friend in CLT I can use his futon for Reserve, but the 2 hour drive only works if I can do trips.

For guys based in CLT holding a line is there a wide variety of schedules (O+B, 2-day, 3-day, 4-day)?

Thanks.

I don't know exactly what the question asks, but here is what I found that might help. I got this info from the ground school and systems manuals. Are they asking about RAIM or RNP?

RNP
4.0NM - Oceanic
2.0NM - Enroute
1.0NM - Terminal (initial, intermediate, and missed segments)
0.3NM - Approach (final segment)

and you must be within this 95% of the time.

That is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen on a written test. If they give you grief for not knowing that you should walk out of the interview. It has zero applicability to being a pilot.

Agreed. The last 3 airplanes that I flew professionally before I came to 121 didn't even have a GPS in them. We navigated via good old fashioned VOR receivers, and even shot NDB approaches. I quickly learned the RNAV stuff in class, but not knowing it before hand did not hurt me at all.