Preparing for Interview: Multi-engine Systems
12-03-2006, 03:30 PM
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Preparing for Interview: Multi-engine Systems
Hi everyone,
I've read multiple posts on people stating that when you go in for your interview for an airline to be knowledgeable on your systems.
My question is do you want to be knowledgeable on your latest multi engine aircraft, or the most complex multi aircraft that you have flown? The reason is because most of my multi time is in a Piper Seneca, but I have close to 30 hours in a Cessna 340.
Thanks again!
I've read multiple posts on people stating that when you go in for your interview for an airline to be knowledgeable on your systems.
My question is do you want to be knowledgeable on your latest multi engine aircraft, or the most complex multi aircraft that you have flown? The reason is because most of my multi time is in a Piper Seneca, but I have close to 30 hours in a Cessna 340.
Thanks again!
12-03-2006, 03:45 PM
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Know the basics on both. If you're more familiar with the Senneca, I'd study the 340 because that isn't exactly a simple system. Lots of fuel tanks, pressurization, turbocharged. Lots of stuff going on there.
12-03-2006, 03:53 PM
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If you have been PIC of a given plane recently (in the last year, what do you all think?) you'd probably better still have some systems knowledge from that plane to display.
12-03-2006, 04:19 PM
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I logged 40 hours PIC in a Russian-built Antonov AN-2 two years ago and I got asked about systems on that in one of my interviews. I think that it was more out of curiosity, but they still asked. The problem was that in 1951 POHs didn't really exist and the little bit that did was in Russian as were the gauges. (Quick what altitude are you at if the alti says 1800 meters?) We flew thae plane on the "whatever worked" method, which was still good enough to take 10 people out of an 1800 foot strip! I knew enough to talk my way out of it, but it was a good thing that they didn't dig any deeper....
10-10-2007, 12:54 PM
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If they don't like you, they're gonna find a reason to ask trival things about a plane you've hardly flown or are clearly not current in.
Makes it easier on their conscience when they say no and gives them an easily exploited situation or reason for not hiring you.
Makes it easier on their conscience when they say no and gives them an easily exploited situation or reason for not hiring you.
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