kfahmi

The interview was thorough, but not easy. Fortunately there's plenty of gouge out there. A current Part 121 turbine guy could probably get through the interview with very little prep, but speaking as a piston driver with minimal turbine experience and zero 121 experience, I definitely found I had to hit the books. Which is a good thing.

You are 110% correct that the OO folks running the interview were super-friendly and did their best to put everyone at ease. It was a great environment and made me think, "Yeah, I really want to work here." No question about it. It was by far the most relaxed test-type situation I've ever been in. But that doesn't mean to say I could've showed up without doing any prep, I think that would have been a very poor idea. The OO guys want you to succeed but they also want to ensure you know your stuff.

As for the turbine engine drawing, they did ask us to draw a turbine engine. I drew a specific engine (Honeywell AS907, which is used by the jet I'm SIC-typed in)... I drew the following.

N1 fan
4 centrifugal-flow N2 compressors with stator vanes
1 axial-flow N2 compressor w/ diffuser
P2, P3 bleed-air pickups
Bypass air route
Combustion chamber with 2 igniters & 16 fuel nozzles
2 N2 turbine discs
3 N1 turbine discs
N1 and N2 shafts
ITT and EGT probes
Thrust reversers
Accessories incl. starter, fuel pump, oil pump, generator, hydraulic pump

So I don't know if you'd call that super-detailed, but it was straight out of FlightSafety's book on the CL30...and the interviewer seemed impressed.

I didn't look at any other guys' drawings, naturally, but somehow I'm guessing they want you to draw more than a single-spool 1947-era turbojet with 1 compressor and 1 turbine disc...but what do I know?

wrxpilot

I used to design turbine engines for a living, and I gave them less detail than you did. They really are just looking for the basics on that question.

kfahmi

That's very cool

kfahmi

Just got the good news from OO. Looks like I will be joining you guys for a September class (other commitments prevent me from attending earlier.)

Lookin' forward to it

wrxpilot

It was ok, but the whole 8-5 thing wasn't for me. I've been flying for a living longer than I worked as an engineer, and have zero regrets about the career change. Congrats on class!

Jet87

Congrats and Welcome to SkyWest

elmetal

Nice! exciting times

kfahmi

Thank you sir (or ma'am, as the case may be)

lowtimepilot

What kind of times did you have and what is your background?

SongMan

Wow! 2.5 month for a call? Is this current norm?