What systems questions were you asked
03-06-2007 | 04:54 PM
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Che Guevara
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What systems questions were you asked
I was wondering if you guys could hit me with a few systems questions you were asked for your interviews. I never know if I'm missing out on something till it's too late.
03-06-2007 | 05:02 PM
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"Describe the landing gear system of the Seneca. Tell me all the ways you can verify that your landing gear is down and locked."
"You take off in your Seneca at MTOW and at 50 feet your critical engine fails. You promptly clean the airplane up and put the airspeed right on the blue line and you are still slowly descending. What do you do then?"
To be honest, FAR questions tripped me up more than any systems question on my interviews...in particular I got grilled on an ASA interview with IFR operations questions pertaining to 121 and I choked. The TMAAT (tell me about a time) or hypothetical/situational questions are mostly easy but they want to see your thought process and how you come to a decision.
Good luck!
"You take off in your Seneca at MTOW and at 50 feet your critical engine fails. You promptly clean the airplane up and put the airspeed right on the blue line and you are still slowly descending. What do you do then?"
To be honest, FAR questions tripped me up more than any systems question on my interviews...in particular I got grilled on an ASA interview with IFR operations questions pertaining to 121 and I choked. The TMAAT (tell me about a time) or hypothetical/situational questions are mostly easy but they want to see your thought process and how you come to a decision.
Good luck!
03-06-2007 | 05:38 PM
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Know the airplane you currently fly, or whatever airplane you have the most time in. Gear and fuel systems are probably the big ones. Know the engine specs...nothing too crazy. I wouldn't worry about 121 FAR's unless you have past 121 experience (pretty sure that you don't), but general part 91 IFR procedures are of course very common to get asked about.
03-06-2007 | 06:10 PM
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What interviews do you have coming up? On my ASA interview the guy never really asked me any direct system questions. He put me in different situations then asked some indirect questions from there. Also the written was not that bad as long as u study up a bit. All in all we spent most of the interview time talking about random things.
03-06-2007 | 06:36 PM
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Of course not. Just now when I say SkyW I won't get any messages from the haters lol. And don't call me shirley
I had applied with them and EXJ. Then using airlineapps.com I managed to get interviews with comair and eagle. However I've always been a big fan of SKW and XJT. I wanted XJT for the domicile but I like the workings of skyw everbit as much. I'm hoping I can study enough in the next 10 days to answer any questions.
I had applied with them and EXJ. Then using airlineapps.com I managed to get interviews with comair and eagle. However I've always been a big fan of SKW and XJT. I wanted XJT for the domicile but I like the workings of skyw everbit as much. I'm hoping I can study enough in the next 10 days to answer any questions.
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