RockyBoy

Wore a blue suit with silver stripes, a multicolored tie that was blue, silver, and red, a pair of burgundy round toe shoes, silver belt buckle, and no watch. I had a new tailored shirt that was pressed so I took the jacket off for the interview. I also sat on the couch for the psych interview and commented on how comfortable it was. I got the job so I wouldn't worry much about the color of your suit, tie, shoes, buckle, watch, or where to sit for the psych. Just get a new tailored suit, a tailored white shirt, and a new tie that isn't light colored. If you go dark blue with the suit, the style nowadays is the dark blood red colored shoes and belt. The square toed shoes are also kinda fading out so I would go with some nice looking round toes. If your not good at picking out stuff that looks good, go with the good old plain black suit, black shoes, and red tie. That never fails.

brucemcgehee

The proper sequence is brakes, spoilers, reverse, just like we've always done it in the airplane. Brakes are what stop the airplane, spoilers put maximum weight on the gear for maximum brake effectiveness, and reverse has been shown to have a minimal effect on stopping distance. Check out this study by the Flight Safety Foundation: http://www.flightsafety.org/ap/ap_sep90.pdf. See page 4 of 6. But like most of you have said, it all happens pretty much simultaneously, since the ground spoilers auto-deploy and you're gonna bring in the reverse while pulling the throttles (or thrust levers, if you fly an Airbus like me) to idle. Just my two cents.

brucemcgehee

I have some stuff. Some of it's repetitive, but there are a few minor nuances that might be helpful. Email me at [email protected] and I will send it to you.

Cheers,

Moose

brucemcgehee

While we're at it on the gouge, will somebody check my math here? If you're doing 0.85M, how far can you slow before you have to tell ATC? I say 0.81M but most of the gouge I've seen says 0.83M. Here's my reasoning: You have to report a change of 10 kts or 5%, whichever is greater; 0.85M = 510 KTAS; 5% of 510 is about 25 kts; 510 - 25 = 485 KTAS = about 0.81M. Did I do that right or am I losing it? Somebody offer me some insight please.

Thanks,

Moose

dbtownley

Ok, found the post. Good talking to you! Let me know if you need any other info for DAL.

DT

brucemcgehee

I made a mistake here -- I thought the question was about stopping an aircraft on an aborted takeoff, but apparently it's about stopping an aircraft on landing. That's a completely different discussion. I apologize if my post created any confusion.

Professor

Just FYI for all:

8/29 Interview Group: 1 of 7 hired

Male XJET Capt
Male XJET Capt
Female Xjet Capt
Male CAL 75/76 F/O
Male USNR/Customs 73NG/Citation/C-2 background
Male ASA Capt
Male USNR T45 reservist/ EA6B background

944Turbo

Who made it?

JoeyMeatballs

I dont know, but I have heard of a few CAL guys leaving there to go to SWA, UPS, now DELTA?????????

Its amazing I would give my left nut to fly for CAL, and here this guy is on the 756 for them and he wants to go to DELTA, crazy crazy industry

Professor

USNR t45 dude

Failures were half interview/half test.