Originally Posted by TallFlyer

PSA, like most airlines, contracts with an outside vendor to provide performance data and runway analysis, which basically means you'll never use the ODP information on the 10-9A.

As part of our dispatch release we're given a large stack of paper that has a bunch of performance data, and potentially engine failure procedures to use for take off, but the only time we really need to use that is if there's a NOTAM for a given runway that would determine a specific code to drop into ACARS, or if we don't have ACARS (boo!) for some reason and we have to find all the stuff manually.

Most of the airports we go into will just be runway heading to 1,000 feet, clean it up, then make a plan. Other airports have what are called Special Engine Failure procedures, and all that really means is a turn is required below 1,000 feet. Those can be broken down into simple and complex special procedures, the former can be found on the performance data, the latter are usually found in our company pages for a given airport. The ACARS also spits them out for the exceptionally lazy.

None of this you need to know for your interview, but will need to know at your Oral.

Originally Posted by checklist

Are the initial, recurrent & upgrade training program AQP?

Originally Posted by Out West

These posts are inducing panic to my upcoming interview. I may need to reschedule. (I have no idea what any of the last 3 posts are even talking about.)

Jepp approaches are absolutely bizarre, I need some serious study. Are there any recommended teaching guides I can use to learn these? (I tried watching the Jepp video about their approaches but it was 15 minutes of Jeppesen’s biography and 45 minutes of why their data is the most awesomest ever.)

Originally Posted by DoNoHarm

Links to the tutorials have been posted on here a few times. Jepp approaches are pretty similar to NACO, and few people have difficulty transitioning. The airlines do not teach you Jepp charts. That is something that you need to learn on your own before you come to class.

Jeppesen has free tutorials.

Try these links.

FREE Aviation Charting Webinar Event Series - Fly Like an Insider with Chart Clinic Confidential | Jeppesen

http://ww1.jeppesen.com/documents/av...ry-legends.pdf


As far as the rest of the last few pages, just normal airline stuff. OPD's and SIDs. Anyone that has flown 91 jets or 135 typically knows this stuff already, or anyone that went to a good 141 school. If you don't know it, read up on it and you'll be fine.

Originally Posted by Out West

Many thanks. I’ve likely been sinking too much time into the wrong Jepp tutorials. I haven’t seen a terribly useful one but that’s admittedly a small sample size.

I’ll take a peek at those and keep plugging along.

ODP threw me for a loop. Studying SIDs/STARs has take a pretty big chunk of time and that one was out of nowhere. Well, that and a few other terms.

Back at it - thanks again.

Originally Posted by Out West

These posts are inducing panic to my upcoming interview. I may need to reschedule. (I have no idea what any of the last 3 posts are even talking about.)

Jepp approaches are absolutely bizarre, I need some serious study. Are there any recommended teaching guides I can use to learn these? (I tried watching the Jepp video about their approaches but it was 15 minutes of Jeppesen’s biography and 45 minutes of why their data is the most awesomest ever.)

Originally Posted by TallFlyer

Every time I've been in and out of there (and that's a lot) it's been .9 for the east side and .8 for the west.