It's a little harder than that. They use a really touchy FTD and have you flying approaches at decently high speeds. They also tend to pick really busy approaches. I had the ILS 6 TTN which has a really quick feeder and turn into the hold. A lot of people blow right through it.

For CFIs or people flying piston airplanes it's pretty beneficial to get an hour or two in an FTD and set it up like a turboprop to practice flying the hold at 160-180 and the approaches at 130.

09-19-2013 | 03:27 PM

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Can someone tell if one needs the actual ATP to interview or just the written? Also, is the 135 written ok, or does it need to be the 121 written?
Thanks!

09-19-2013 | 03:28 PM

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Just the written. It doesn't matter if you took the 135 or 121 test.

09-19-2013 | 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by telejet

Just the written. It doesn't matter if you took the 135 or 121 test.

Thank you!

09-19-2013 | 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Sushi

If you are not currently flying Part 121, you will do the sim. Fly a table top yoke on flight sim and you'll be fine ..

I have 5 years prior 121 but my last gig was 135. So you saying they probably will stick me in that sim?

09-19-2013 | 08:34 PM

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I have 5 years prior 121 but my last gig was 135. So you saying they probably will stick me in that sim?

I would guess not, I was furloughed 121, hadn't touched a plane in 18 months and I didn't do the sim. I think if you have prior 121 they assume you can fly.

09-20-2013 | 06:56 AM

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[QUOTE=AZFlyn1;1487139]

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Originally Posted by turbotrash8er

I would guess not, I was furloughed 121, hadn't touched a plane in 18 months and I didn't do the sim. I think if you have prior 121 they assume you can fly.

I had prior 121 but was furloughed and they had me fly the sim. I think it all depends who is interviewing that day

09-20-2013 | 07:08 AM

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[QUOTE=Jet87;1487313]

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Originally Posted by AZFlyn1

I had prior 121 but was furloughed and they had me fly the sim. I think it all depends who is interviewing that day

It seems pretty random. We had a few CFIs who didn't have to fly the sim because there were a lot of us and they ran out of time.

09-20-2013 | 07:40 AM

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I would get some prep in the most unstable FTD you could find, like rcfd said fly it at 160kts. Have someone give you unpublished holds right on top of a fix, read and understand the PDF they send you. Pay close attention to the Nav #1 and how it operates, three guys in my group had issues with it.