What's the strangest/hardest question you've been asked on an oral?
07-26-2006 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by usmc-sgt
I am guessing that is the strangest question he has ever been asked on an oral, not a personal attack towards you
Ok, carry on...
07-26-2006 | 02:50 PM
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From: Executive Transport Driver
Originally Posted by mike734
A similar question often asked (in the old days) was: Say you need to dump 12000 pounds of fuel. Your aircraft can dump 100 gals a min. How long would it take? Now you could go to your E6-b and figure the density of the fuel for the tank temperature and figure the weight of a gallon. Then you could divide the 12000 pounds by your weight calculation and come up with an answer. I would rather just figure about 6 pounds per gal times 100 gals per hour divided in to 12000 = about 20 mins. Who would you rather hire?
BTW a really experienced 727 Capt. would just say, "I'd get the flight engr. to figure that out!"
BTW a really experienced 727 Capt. would just say, "I'd get the flight engr. to figure that out!"
convert pounds to gallons:
12000 pounds;
drop last digit (divide by 10) = 1200
add half (1200+600) = 1800 gallons (roughly)
(12000 / 6.7 = 1791.04 gallons)
07-28-2006 | 08:58 PM
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From: MD88/90 FO
Originally Posted by Nightsky
Strangest one I got was during an interview on the HR phase:
"After you've died, what would you hope your children would say about you at the funeral?"
"After you've died, what would you hope your children would say about you at the funeral?"
07-28-2006 | 11:58 PM
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From: DA-40
Originally Posted by YoYoMa16
Was perplexed by on of the posts about the weight of the earth and I just had to find out -
5.972 sextillion metric tons, or
5,972,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
5.972 sextillion metric tons, or
5,972,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
However, the figure you quote above is the calculated "mass" of the earth.
The strangest question(s) I was ever asked in an interview: 1. If you were a color, what color would you be? 2. What was the last thing you cleaned?
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07-29-2006 | 07:43 AM
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From: I am the Captain now...
Originally Posted by 400Driver
My CFI Oral: What is the velocity of an unlaiden swallow?
Only one suitable answer: "African or European" - Passed.
Only one suitable answer: "African or European" - Passed.
07-29-2006 | 01:02 PM
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From: Job Hunting
Originally Posted by CL65driver
I've heard that one somewhere before.... some joke we had floating around the CFI ground school at American Flyers
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