![]() ![]() The Airspeed Indicator and Altimeters are commonly represented as sliding ‘tapes’ on either side of the Artificial Horizon as seen in the image. Glass cockpits replace the gyroscopic instruments with electronic Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) and Air Data Computers (ADCs). Glass cockpits present these instruments in the same configuration but usually integrate them into a single LCD. The Artificial Horizon, Turn Coordinator, and Heading Indicator use gyroscopes. The Altimeter, Vertical Speed Indicator, and Airspeed Indicator operate using the Pitot-Static system. The placement of instruments relative to each other is standardized. In traditional cockpits, each instrument is placed individually and operates independently of the other. ![]() I contacted their chief pilot after having seen a letter he posted on my current company's MEC web board.They are collectively referred to as the six-pack and are common to both traditional and glass cockpits. He expressed sympathy for our plight and offered a chance at doing some contract work for JAL. A nice letter I thought, so I E-mailed him my resume. The next day he called me and told me all about the company: pay, benefits, etc. A few days later their personnel manager called me and we had a mini-telephone interview. "Why do you want to work for us?" He then set up the interview date. There are a few paper work hurdles to jump through - background investigations, FAA record requests, company contacts and such but no big deal. OK, now to the meat.ĭay 1 is free, positive space travel from your home to DEN. It'll be an early departure to arrive in DEN by 1PM so it'll be a long day. ![]() Check-in at the company paid Renaissance Denver Hotel. You'll get a package with a schedule of events for your group and the most important thing "the profile" for the sim eval. You'll have a much easier time if you can get your hands on this thing before hand from somebody who's interviewed already. It lists all the crazy call-outs (SPEED CHECK, FLAPS TWO ZERO, SPEED BUG ONE SIX ZERO, etc, etc, etc) that they what to hear during your check. STUDY IT from the first minute! There are 6 candidates per interview class. The other candidates in my group were all fairly young corporate or commuter types with tons of hours. I was the only old fart with a major airline. ![]() I'd recommend getting the ASVAB test book to prepare. There were simple math problems (Bob bought 5 apples for a quarter), vocabulary (phlegmatic), science (who invented the steam engine, the telephone), spatial orientation (pick the object on the right that is the same as that on the left just rotated), Picture stories (arrange the pictures (3-6 of them) to tell a story), literature and the arts. All tests are timed and you probably won't finish any of them. The "cultural adaptability" test is the only written test and it's just common sense. I don't think it matters how well you do on these, it's just a hoop to jump through and to see how well rounded you are. After dinner we took the MMPI, the most ridiculous test ever conceived.Īfter the timed tests we had a break and the company bought us all dinner- nice. Just remember that you are a good person, you loved both your mother and father but your mom a little more, and that all humans have some faults - and you'll do fine. One guy had to take it twice but I think it was a cultural thing since he was French born. There is a rumor that a guy in the last group took it 3 times. ![]()
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