Buck92

I totally agree. I did my prep in a P-3 sim (cause it cost me nothing ) and got the 767 fixed base sim at interview. The profile is easy to find on line and not at all complicated. The stress obviously comes from not having time in whatever sim you get (unless you're lucky enough to guess right in your sim prep or you've already flown that type) and the fact that it's a UPS interview. I definitely got the impression that Buzz understood this was my first time in a 76 and was giving a lot of "hints" to see if I was incorporating them and improving. I also got the impression that he was seeing if he could push buttons and get you to lose your cool ("you're supposed to be at 250 kts, why are you at 248?" "Is that how you fly the Gulfstream?" etc) Now it may just be my gut feeling, but I would think that if you get a sim that you're already typed in, the margin of error that they allow you would be significantly less. Overall, I thought it was very cordial.

47Driver

Can anyone help? What web site do I go to to get the UPS simulator scenario? Any other info. on the UPS interview would be helpful! Thanks!

Tigerpilot1995

www.aviationinterviews.com

CBeer

47 Driver: My interview was a great experience. From the moment you arrive at the training center they do everything they can to put you at ease. The sim session is very straightforward. Everything that is written in previous posts is dead on. I was unable to do a sim prep because I had less than a week between the time they called me and my interview date. I did my sim in the 727. Buzz thoroughly briefed everything and sets you up for success. The hard part for me was flying the 72 sim, the cliche about monkeys and footballs best describes my effort to fly the 727. Again, they just want to see that your knowledge matches your resume. The whole sim session takes about 45 minutes, and that includes brief time.

The afternoon interview took another 45 minutes and it was pretty much straightforward HR questions. The most pressure I felt was put on by me. They just really want to get to know you, so just be yourself. Good luck

E_Cereal

I also used FS2004 to get a feel for where the instruments would be for the 727, 767, MD-11 and to work on my crosscheck. Get the Jepps for SDF, and the Jepp legend. I can provide them if you need them.

Good luck.

SabreDriver

Yup, just tell him you have given yourself a deviation, so you can practice your correction technique. Then tell him to "shut up and color" I dare ya....

kouk

The monkey and the football seem to describe my experience too. I had not flown a heavy in 12 yrs, and a bud of mine told me he did a sim prep but it was not worth the money. I had a bit of time in a 737-200, even flew it sim single-engine, manual reversion on the controls, SAS off, to the stick shaker, so I thought no big deal.

The numbers at the 30 minute prep were easy enough to memorize. I was confident...right up to gear up. At that point the monkey and football took over. By the time the ILS came about, I calmed down. Buzz said "Don't fly like a T-38 does it?"..."No sir"

The HSI on the 72 and -8 are BEHIND the yoke and not visible in a normal sitting position. What ^%&^%& engieer thought of this. No wonder the military never bought these jets in any number, they would never pass flight test with that configuration. You can easily miss the radial intercept (as I did) when you are not used to this. I just asked Buzz to advise center we overshot and get a heading back to the radial, and it went ok after that.

I won't divulge the sim profile here, since Buzz had asked us not to, but suffice it to say that if you know how to turn, climb/descend, intercept a radial, sometimes all at the same time, you'll do fine.

Best of luck. You already know how to fly, otherwise, you wouldn't even get a call to interview.

Freightpuppy

Did you get the job?

Freightpuppy

Did you get the job?

Buck92

Affirm. Start July 31.