RPCV

Oh geez.... That is not comforting. You did this all from memory? Can you email me at ins1384 at yahoo?

WAVIT Inbound

While they won't make you draw the actual schematic, they may ask you to draw the synoptic page on the RJ if you flew it. SkyWest is very against learning from actual schematics all throughout training. On the RJ we use the EICAS synoptic pages ase a reference. If the most complex system you have flown is not the RJ you still wont have to draw the actual schematic. They just want to see that you have some techinical knowledge of the aircraft you flew. A drawing with boxes that represents something would be fine. As long as you can explain how what those boxes are representing works.

ExperimentalAB

Yep...WAVIT is right...don't go all gung-ho on any schematic or they might look at you funny-like

RPCV

Do you know which Comfort Suites is best? The sheet Skywest emailed me says there is a Comfort Suites Motel on 171 N 2100 W, a Comfort Inn Airport on 200 N Admiral Byrd and a Comfort Suites Airport on 1659 W North Temple, which according to the Comfort Inn website is actually a Quality Inn Airport.

Swat

From 2007......if you are a 121/135 person from another carrier they will expect a 121 level of knowledge of your a/c. You may not have to draw out the schematic but you better be able to explain the system using boxes / lines / circles etc. You don't need to be an artist but you need to have a working knowledge of the systems on your plane. One of the ground instructors summed it up thusly...."You don't have to build of fix the Da*n thing just know what to do so it won't kill you!"
If you are a 91 guy they will expect you to be able to do the same for the most complex a/c you are teaching or flying. I was an instructor, in my tech I had to draw out how an electrical circuit worked in any airplane and then draw the fuel system of my twin trainer. I also had to explain turbine theory in more detail than suck squeeze bang blow. Don't forget about the Jepps either....Have fun and be yourself!

Rascal

What's the point? Once you have the job you won't remember most the systems anyway...

SharkAir

The one at 171 N 2100 W is the one you want.

Swat

I will agree with you to a certain extent. Not knowing the ERJ, which I think you fly, you could probably explain to me the fuel system and diagram it roughly putting the pumps and tanks in the right place, explain motive flow, how many pumps the system has, what it means when you you get a "fuel low press warning" and what to do about it, right?
This is the type of info they are looking for. A working knowledge of your A/C. If you show up and say " I dunno, I just fly it!" They will think you are from the shallow end of the gene pool and look to the candidate that spent the time preparing themselves for their potential new employer.

Interviews are a game......luck is when preparation meets opportunity!

Rascal

Well, you have a valid point there. The funny funny thing that when it comes to regs I was walking FAR/AIM as a CFI. As an airline pilot I figure that I know about 20% of what I used to. I really think that going to an interview straight from a CFI gig requires a lot less study than for someone that flew for the airlines for couple of years. Oh well, gotta go study for my interview. Good luck to you all!

RPCV

Excellent. That's what I needed to know. Appreciate it.