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08-28-2007, 10:56 AM
#91
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I'm thinking that they passed the test inspite of the wrong answer on the hail... You're correct Bucking Bar (thanks for all the help btw), wet hail is the highest, but rain is above basic hail or snow/ice.
08-28-2007, 11:04 AM
#92
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When Delta interviews pilots, I think they imagine what that candidate is going to look like in the Delta uniform. The image of a Delta pilot is important to Delta management. This means brass not silver, round toe not square, lace up not slip on, etc. A conservative suit and tie, most likely a red one with a white shirt. Take your jacket off if you must, but like folks getting interviewed on TV, you look better with your jacket on.
Make sure your application is accurate, reflects where you are, what you have been doing and if you have done something to excel at a past position, go ahead and brag a little. The Managers' entire situational awareness of who you are as a person and a pilot is based on what is in the AirApps system. You might be detail oriented in real life, but they will never know it if they find spelling errors, punctuation errors and items not filled out completely, or items that do not match other parts of the application. Consider the application test #1. You have to make 100% to go to the next stage. Hundreds of people have been looked at and their applications re-filed back in the stack because they have not been careful with the application.
08-28-2007, 11:05 AM
#93
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Put what you want, everyone I've talked to says hail and 3 are in training and me and the other 2 are waiting for a class date. Like you said, its just one question. Good luck and I hope you get the job.
08-28-2007, 11:11 AM
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As far as the abort/reject order...it is spoilers, brakes, then thrust reversers. The reason spoilers is first is to remove lift from the wing and put the weight of the aircraft on the wheels so that the brakes are actually effective. Brakes don't work very well when a lot of the weight of the aircraft is being supported by the wing.
In the E-6 (B707), it was wheel brakes, throttles, speedbrakes, reversers. (No autothrottle takeoff, no auto-spoilers.) Note in the NATOPS manual was that you could continue accelerating by 10 knots if you delay applying the wheel brakes immediately while closing out the throttles, etc.
Varies considerably by aircraft, and, I bet, by operator. Hopefully that question isn't popping up anymore.
08-28-2007, 12:38 PM
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I have a hard time believing that they care about the color of your watch or tie tack. (I wore silver, BTW, and there were a couple of non-black-suit-red-tie folks in the "hired" column.) I took my jacket off because one of my interviewers already had a hangar in one hand and the other was extended when I walked in the room. What it boils down to, in my opinion, is how you perform in the interview, more than what you're wearing or whether you drink the water or rock in the rocking chair.
Tie rack? I don't even own one! Was EVERYONE wearing one of those? My suit is blue and that's not going to change this late in the game!
08-28-2007, 12:40 PM
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In the FTH it is stated as Spoilers, Reversers, then Brakes.
I noticed that the last chapter of the current FTH had many of the answers from the list of questions.
Page 213 Handling the big jets.
Spoilers up, reversers, brakes.
Airbus procedure
Spoilers, Reverse, Brakes.
On the Mach change notification it states word for word in the FAR as an example 10 percent of the airspeed or if mach .02. It actually gives the example if at .86 then .84.
I noticed that the last chapter of the current FTH had many of the answers from the list of questions.
Page 213 Handling the big jets.
Spoilers up, reversers, brakes.
Airbus procedure
Spoilers, Reverse, Brakes.
On the Mach change notification it states word for word in the FAR as an example 10 percent of the airspeed or if mach .02. It actually gives the example if at .86 then .84.
Last edited by pilotss; 08-28-2007 at 12:47 PM.
08-28-2007, 12:45 PM
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08-28-2007, 01:02 PM
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I put rain, and I converted Mach to TAS and then took 5%. *shrug* Right or wrong, I'm still starting class on Monday . My favorite was the flag man on the COG!
I wore a blue suit, white shirt, red tie, silver belt buckle, black shoes with round toe, silver watch, boxers or briefs... I still say look your best and look professional. *but I did wear a blue suit, red tie, silver belt buckle, black shoes with round toe, silver watch....*
-SS
. My favorite was the flag man on the COG! I wore a blue suit, white shirt, red tie, silver belt buckle, black shoes with round toe, silver watch, boxers or briefs... I still say look your best and look professional. *but I did wear a blue suit, red tie, silver belt buckle, black shoes with round toe, silver watch....*
-SS
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08-28-2007, 01:15 PM
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odd that Airbus and Boeing would contradict each other on something!
This is the word for word QRH read from the DAL 767 I got from my friend and also word for word on the radar from the DAL manuals:
I have spent some time researching DAL ops manuals on the two issues of RTO's and WX returns. Operations have changed like I said, so I wanted to give you the verbiage from our manuals.
First WX returns, simple:
moisture reflectivity impacts displayed intensity. Snow and dry hail provide weak returns. Rain and wet precip are good reflectors. Ice crystals will not produce radar returns. Terrain of course is highly reflective. The intent of this knowledge is to realize that at high cruise levels where TB's top out, the frozen area at the tops may not produce a radar return, but can still be a hazard. So, radar tilt management knowledge and the limitations of the equipment will be handy when evaluating precip at altitude.
Strong Returns
Wet Hail
Wet Snow
Rain
Hail
Snow
Weak Returns
Now for the RTO:
According to our QRH (quick reference handbook) for 757/767. I assume the same for other aircraft. Delta does a good job of aligning the procedures and terminology for the entire fleet for continuity. It says:
I. w/o delay, simultaneously....
close the trust levers,
disengage auto throttles
apply maximum manual wheel brakes or verify operation of RTO auto brakes.
II. Apply maximum reverse thrust consistent with conditions
III. *RAISE SPEEDBRAKE LEVER
*note: the captain has the option to manually deploy the the speed brakes prior to thrust reverser actuation.
08-28-2007, 01:27 PM
#100
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Also, on this, I think it's safe to assume that at cruise alt and higher mach numbers (say .70 and greater) that 10 kts will occur before 5%, so it's usually going to be roughly .02M.. down low and slow, 5% will likely control.. I think DAL's questions focus on the higher altitude so it's usually going to be .02M below the speed you are currently at. Unless the 5% applies to IAS, in which case you have to do the conversion like SplitS did to get the best answer..
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