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Hi everybody,
I want as well to share with you my experience, it was really straightforward for me.
Application on the cae program: 22nd of april
Received the call the 25th of May
Assessment the 3rd of June at simtech
Simulator part: I started as PM with a guy who wasn't really prepared.
At the beginning was Ok but as soon as we had the emergency he wasn't really able to deal with it and the assessor (strangely because I heard the opposite) wasnt helping us too.
After a while the assessor repositoned us 12 nm out and we landed.
As a PF we worked much better and after the emergency as soon as we started the procedure we were repositioned once again 12 nm out from the localizer eventhough we had done everything well comparing to the first part.
The interview was normal.
Hr part: strengths and weaknesses?, why ryanair?, how would you deal with a difficult captain?, talk about yourself?, how did you get into aviation?, how are you going to pay your tr?, how many ryanair bases?, how many 737s? How many flights per day?.
Technical question: Ac lenticular clouds, take off climb segments, flaps and slats, how many cc per seats in an aircraft, br reported in a metar (mist), adverse yaw, engine mounted on my previous mep aircraft (da42)
After 5 days I received the email and passed the assessment
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My background is: 21 years old (finished my ratings the 9th of february), first time passes for both CPL/IR and first time passes for all the theorical subjects.
Cheers to everyone and PM me if you need more information.
I want as well to share with you my experience, it was really straightforward for me.
Application on the cae program: 22nd of april
Received the call the 25th of May
Assessment the 3rd of June at simtech
Simulator part: I started as PM with a guy who wasn't really prepared.
At the beginning was Ok but as soon as we had the emergency he wasn't really able to deal with it and the assessor (strangely because I heard the opposite) wasnt helping us too.
After a while the assessor repositoned us 12 nm out and we landed.
As a PF we worked much better and after the emergency as soon as we started the procedure we were repositioned once again 12 nm out from the localizer eventhough we had done everything well comparing to the first part.
The interview was normal.
Hr part: strengths and weaknesses?, why ryanair?, how would you deal with a difficult captain?, talk about yourself?, how did you get into aviation?, how are you going to pay your tr?, how many ryanair bases?, how many 737s? How many flights per day?.
Technical question: Ac lenticular clouds, take off climb segments, flaps and slats, how many cc per seats in an aircraft, br reported in a metar (mist), adverse yaw, engine mounted on my previous mep aircraft (da42)
After 5 days I received the email and passed the assessment
.My background is: 21 years old (finished my ratings the 9th of february), first time passes for both CPL/IR and first time passes for all the theorical subjects.
Cheers to everyone and PM me if you need more information.
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Hello guys
Thanks for your complete feedback Falcon37lc, and big congrats!
Sorry for my very specific questions - I dont want to pollute this conversation - but I dont know how to write you in PM...
- During MCC (I did it in Simtech) we've learned pretty long before take-off briefing, should we do the same during the assessment ? It's also pretty detailled so if the partner is not familiar with it it's maybe not very useful (eg, "i will advance the thrust levers to 40%, you will call stabilized, I will then set the t-o thrust and call "set thrust", you will adjust the thrust levers and guard them and call "thrust set" etc etc etc with the next items, and the emergency brief)
- for the emergency, if it's about fire/smoke (apparently these are classics :P ) what are the correct actions to do ? Need to put O2 masks first ? then recall items and emergency checklist ?
Have a great day guys and good luck for all the ones waiting desperately (including me haha)
Thanks for your complete feedback Falcon37lc, and big congrats!
Sorry for my very specific questions - I dont want to pollute this conversation - but I dont know how to write you in PM...
- During MCC (I did it in Simtech) we've learned pretty long before take-off briefing, should we do the same during the assessment ? It's also pretty detailled so if the partner is not familiar with it it's maybe not very useful (eg, "i will advance the thrust levers to 40%, you will call stabilized, I will then set the t-o thrust and call "set thrust", you will adjust the thrust levers and guard them and call "thrust set" etc etc etc with the next items, and the emergency brief)
- for the emergency, if it's about fire/smoke (apparently these are classics :P ) what are the correct actions to do ? Need to put O2 masks first ? then recall items and emergency checklist ?
Have a great day guys and good luck for all the ones waiting desperately (including me haha)
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Hi guys,
like MarvT and Lanum I did the APC/NGC at SKY4u as well. It consists of a JOC/MCC part as well as theoretical CRM training. This all comes together in LOFT sessions. It’s a quite intense program if you want to take the most out of it.
I did it because I wanted to improve myself to pass an assessment. After I finished everything at SKY4u I applied for Ryanair and passed. Compared to my previous assessments I was very satisfied this time. At that time, it wasn’t a program for Ryanair specific but after that I passed three assessments.
As I said I did it to improve myself and with hard work I finally got the job with Ryanair. The program at SKY4u was a great opportunity and helped a lot.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
like MarvT and Lanum I did the APC/NGC at SKY4u as well. It consists of a JOC/MCC part as well as theoretical CRM training. This all comes together in LOFT sessions. It’s a quite intense program if you want to take the most out of it.
I did it because I wanted to improve myself to pass an assessment. After I finished everything at SKY4u I applied for Ryanair and passed. Compared to my previous assessments I was very satisfied this time. At that time, it wasn’t a program for Ryanair specific but after that I passed three assessments.
As I said I did it to improve myself and with hard work I finally got the job with Ryanair. The program at SKY4u was a great opportunity and helped a lot.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
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I will write here the answer from the question of eeesprit because I have received different PM from people wanting the answer.
For the thrust management it's up to you guys. For my point of view the best method is the one written on the assessment briefing pack (As you said 40%, stabilized,ecc).
For the emergency I applied during the assessment this method:
1-The type of emergencies normally are: Smoke/Fire bomb on board or sick Passenger.
The CC will call you (If you are operating as a PF), The first thing to say to the CC is to stand-by and give the controls and radios to the PM.
Then you can speak with the CC, I had smoke coming from the aft cargo compartment and I recommended the CC to be ready to use the fire extinguisher,apply the appropriate procedure, monitor the situation (If any of you could recommend a better method would be really appreciated).
You have to say to the CC to stand-by because you have to discuss the situation and seek a solution with your colleague (This is very important in my opinion because it shows off good CRM)
2- Discuss with your colleague, the best decision is to land asap but first you have to talk with your PM (Never take a decision alone)
3Once you have discussed with your colleague, the Capt. should contact the ATC and use the May-day (For bomb on board and smoke/fire) or panpan (for the sick passenger), you have to request even the meteo conditions,explain situation and intentions and request if possible radar vectoring (Even though is highly probable that the radar will be not working that day).
4- Once both of you have decided that the meteo conditon are good and you are going to land, the PF should contact the CC to communicate the final decision, I recommend even to request fire fighting service on the ground or an ambulance in case of a sick passenger.
5-You normally make at this stage a short approach briefing and call for the appropriate checklist.
After that you take back the controls from the PM and you start your procedure.
As I said the assessor could help you out during the flight by freezing the sim or He couldn't, in my case the assessor didn't pause the sim not even a single time apart from the reposition at 12NM (Maybe they wanted to see us working under pressure)
As I wrote even before if any of you guys could recommend a better way on how to handle an emergency would be great, I have applied this method because i learnt it back when i was doing my MCC.
Best of luck guys
Max when did you do your assessment?
For the thrust management it's up to you guys. For my point of view the best method is the one written on the assessment briefing pack (As you said 40%, stabilized,ecc).
For the emergency I applied during the assessment this method:
1-The type of emergencies normally are: Smoke/Fire bomb on board or sick Passenger.
The CC will call you (If you are operating as a PF), The first thing to say to the CC is to stand-by and give the controls and radios to the PM.
Then you can speak with the CC, I had smoke coming from the aft cargo compartment and I recommended the CC to be ready to use the fire extinguisher,apply the appropriate procedure, monitor the situation (If any of you could recommend a better method would be really appreciated).
You have to say to the CC to stand-by because you have to discuss the situation and seek a solution with your colleague (This is very important in my opinion because it shows off good CRM)
2- Discuss with your colleague, the best decision is to land asap but first you have to talk with your PM (Never take a decision alone)
3Once you have discussed with your colleague, the Capt. should contact the ATC and use the May-day (For bomb on board and smoke/fire) or panpan (for the sick passenger), you have to request even the meteo conditions,explain situation and intentions and request if possible radar vectoring (Even though is highly probable that the radar will be not working that day).
4- Once both of you have decided that the meteo conditon are good and you are going to land, the PF should contact the CC to communicate the final decision, I recommend even to request fire fighting service on the ground or an ambulance in case of a sick passenger.
5-You normally make at this stage a short approach briefing and call for the appropriate checklist.
After that you take back the controls from the PM and you start your procedure.
As I said the assessor could help you out during the flight by freezing the sim or He couldn't, in my case the assessor didn't pause the sim not even a single time apart from the reposition at 12NM (Maybe they wanted to see us working under pressure)
As I wrote even before if any of you guys could recommend a better way on how to handle an emergency would be great, I have applied this method because i learnt it back when i was doing my MCC.
Best of luck guys
Max when did you do your assessment?
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Thank you Falcon37lc for your detailed answered, this will probably be helpful and a good refresher for many
You are asking if there is a "better" way to handle the emergency ; I think what you did is perfectly fine. And anyway, there is not a single way to cope with this, the assessor is probably mainly interested about the crew's CRM skills.
Have a good day
You are asking if there is a "better" way to handle the emergency ; I think what you did is perfectly fine. And anyway, there is not a single way to cope with this, the assessor is probably mainly interested about the crew's CRM skills.
Have a good day
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Max when did you do your assessment?
I did my assessment October 2015. Quite a while ago.
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Hi guys,
Just want to share my experience with all of you..!
Call: 27th of May
Interview: 10th of June
Technical questions:
What do you think about the DA42?
How is the DA42 feather system? Why is useful?
Has the DA42 deice/anti-ice? Which is the difference?
Which is the maximum crosswind allowed in the DA42?
Some crosswind calculations
What is BR in a METAR?
What is Mach?
What happen with Mach when climbing?
What is the absolute ceiling?
Which are the limiting factors of Vr and V2?
Which is the difference between DA and MDA?
Sim:
SID W2T for RWY27, in level flight some turns, descends, climbs, accelerations. Questions about actual QDM and actual position. Interception and enter into the hold, without freezing the sim, at the same time: emergency (smoke in the cabin). Request for radial-vectors but not available so flying and ASAP ready for the approach and landing.
Tips: ACE + briefing pack (speeds, call-outs, profiles..!!!!!! everything is so important!) + (if is possible) some sim hours
Just want to share my experience with all of you..!
Call: 27th of May
Interview: 10th of June
Technical questions:
What do you think about the DA42?
How is the DA42 feather system? Why is useful?
Has the DA42 deice/anti-ice? Which is the difference?
Which is the maximum crosswind allowed in the DA42?
Some crosswind calculations
What is BR in a METAR?
What is Mach?
What happen with Mach when climbing?
What is the absolute ceiling?
Which are the limiting factors of Vr and V2?
Which is the difference between DA and MDA?
Sim:
SID W2T for RWY27, in level flight some turns, descends, climbs, accelerations. Questions about actual QDM and actual position. Interception and enter into the hold, without freezing the sim, at the same time: emergency (smoke in the cabin). Request for radial-vectors but not available so flying and ASAP ready for the approach and landing.
Tips: ACE + briefing pack (speeds, call-outs, profiles..!!!!!! everything is so important!) + (if is possible) some sim hours