Ok, at Mesa the sim ride consists of a small mirror being placed 1 to 1.5 inches below the applicant's nostrils. If the mirror fogs up in at least 5 minutes*, the applicant is hired.

*Per company policy, the interviewer is allowed to prompt the applicant to breathe only one time.

(I crack myself up... we lost another 79 pilots in Oct and 25 or so by Nov 5. My seniority went up 13 points between Nov 5 and Nov 11. Yiiikesss)

 

psst.... i know of somemore leaving in the next few weeks....LOL

 

Good on ya! Who is the lucky carrier?

 

LOL.... define lucky...

 

They won't have to bust out the mirror!

LOL!!!

 

Love the avatar!!! All you need is a bell and a horn>

 

Why are you afraid of a sim check? If you are a rusty pilot, get some instruction. No shame in that. Prepare properly and get back in the game.

 

yeh, sim eval is nothing to be afraid of. If you haven't flown one in a while, normally they're pretty cheap to rent out for an hour, and instructors are happy to collect a couple of bucks to sit around and run the stupid thing, failing instruments, and engines is always fun.

Only thing i could see someone worrying about is that they don't fly like airplanes, but...you can get over that if you just fly the thing is good as possible, keeping a good scan, there should be no problem, i used to love flying the old frasca 142...gets you a heck of a good instrument scan when you can't feel anything, it wants to turn in every direction, and every approach is shot right down to minimums and has to end with a missed (no visual)...and an autopilot. what's that?

Another note, when i was going through my recurrent at TSA, i noticed a new slew of computers sitting in the old "interview" room, all having a joystick connected to them....besides surfing the internet, these things all have MS flight simulator installed....and the ERJ model loaded....anyone know if they're ACTUALLY doing evaluations based on MSFS? If so....that's a new ultimate low in cheapness, tackiness, and lack of professionalism.

 

Maybe they'll set up one of those nickel kiddie-rides from the supermarket and call it "full motion"!

 

i dont see the need in taking a sim portion of an interview full motion. The sims rarely fly just like the airplane. The candidate has probably never flown this airplane or anything like it prior to this interview unless he has shelled out some cash. This gives the advantage to well to do individuals or people who need the extra help. I wish it was a level playing field based on who you are, what you have flown, and not who you know or how much you paid for your sim prep.