Ryanair Interview and Sim Assessment (merged)
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Hello everybody!!!
someone remember what types of questions they ask during the personal and technical interview???
..some sample to have an idea...
Thanks mates!
someone remember what types of questions they ask during the personal and technical interview???
..some sample to have an idea...
Thanks mates!
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Can someone please clarify if Ryanair are still taking on guys who are prepared to self fund the 737 rating?
Also at what stage would someone go from a Cadet entry to a direct entry FO if there is such a thing.
I have 2000 hours,800 of those heavy turboprop with a command in the near future, was only offered a cadet position late last year which financially wasn't doable.
Also at what stage would someone go from a Cadet entry to a direct entry FO if there is such a thing.
I have 2000 hours,800 of those heavy turboprop with a command in the near future, was only offered a cadet position late last year which financially wasn't doable.
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the personal questions are the typical HR q's any airline asks e.g. why Ryanair? tell us about urself,what do you know about Ryanair?
tech q's are mostly from a book called "ace the tech pilot interview" they will ask about ur previous a/c and about jets, e.g. high speed operations, why swept back wings? what is Mcrit? what is Vmcg or Vmca? you can be asked to describe a jet engine and how it works, maybe even draw one, also they can show you a sig weather chart and ask you to explain things on there.
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Yes RYR are still taking on cadets who self fund TR at approx €29,000+expenses
unless you are 737-NG type rated you will be a cadet no matter how many hours on TP you have! direct entry is only for type rated pilots.
the personal questions are the typical HR q's any airline asks e.g. why Ryanair? tell us about urself,what do you know about Ryanair?
tech q's are mostly from a book called "ace the tech pilot interview" they will ask about ur previous a/c and about jets, e.g. high speed operations, why swept back wings? what is Mcrit? what is Vmcg or Vmca? you can be asked to describe a jet engine and how it works, maybe even draw one, also they can show you a sig weather chart and ask you to explain things on there.
Flying Farmer
Yes RYR are still taking on cadets who self fund TR at approx €29,000+expenses
unless you are 737-NG type rated you will be a cadet no matter how many hours on TP you have! direct entry is only for type rated pilots.
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Thanks for that Captain N, my thoughts were that as you were not employed until you have successfully completed the type rating, you would be type rated when employed by the company!
The company were at one time taking "non rated direct entry First Officers". Is that not the case now?
The company were at one time taking "non rated direct entry First Officers". Is that not the case now?
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Anyone been there recently? what SID to expect, what kind of emergeancy's are they doing nowaday's?
Yes I read the Thread front to back, only want to know what they recently did.
All info appreciated, als PM
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Yes I read the Thread front to back, only want to know what they recently did.
All info appreciated, als PM
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Hei I'll go there the 12 of march.
The sim will be a boeing 737-800 full flight but whit efis map (not pfd/nd).Similar to the 737-3/4/5
But no worries because after your payment you'll receive the assessment brief whit all the info about it!
Also call outs for mcc,settings,speeds etc...
For the sid I don't know what procedure we'll fly because they choose on the day.But expect to fly jeppessen charts.
You will have the sim ready for departure on rwy.Don't worry for start up and taxy.
All the best guys!
See you there!
The sim will be a boeing 737-800 full flight but whit efis map (not pfd/nd).Similar to the 737-3/4/5
But no worries because after your payment you'll receive the assessment brief whit all the info about it!
Also call outs for mcc,settings,speeds etc...
For the sid I don't know what procedure we'll fly because they choose on the day.But expect to fly jeppessen charts.
You will have the sim ready for departure on rwy.Don't worry for start up and taxy.
All the best guys!
See you there!
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Payment or not
Hi, i have the assesment the next month, but... in the email they tell me that i must not pay. 
Is somebody in the same situation? Thanks.
I´m afraid that when i will be there they will tell me that without pay i can´t do the tests.
Could somebody give some info about it?
Thanks
Is somebody in the same situation? Thanks.I´m afraid that when i will be there they will tell me that without pay i can´t do the tests.
Could somebody give some info about it?
Thanks
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I went there at the end of Jan, the Sim check shouldn't be too much to worry about. They told me they are looking for people who are trainable. Also they give you the SID and non-precision approach at the start of the day, so you get plenty of time to look over it before/after your interview. I think I got East Mids, but have heard of people getting Liverpool and Luton too. During the sim you will get an emergency (we got an engine fire and and engine failure) but they're not looking for anything too great with how you deal with it. We didn't even get into trouble shooting it as our instructor wanted to have us speed up to VMO and then down to Vs on one engine.
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hi Dit, good to hear about your experience.
But how did you manage the engine fire? did you manage to engage the fire extinguisher ... did you proceed with the some engine securing procedure or ask the pnf for the emergency booklet or what else?
Thank you , I'm very interested.
I've got a call from CAE today and they told me somebody from RYR will call me again for some more questions and then give me a date for the assessment.
But how did you manage the engine fire? did you manage to engage the fire extinguisher ... did you proceed with the some engine securing procedure or ask the pnf for the emergency booklet or what else?
Thank you , I'm very interested.
I've got a call from CAE today and they told me somebody from RYR will call me again for some more questions and then give me a date for the assessment.
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Hi,
When I did my assessment we where told to deal with the fire drill as we had done in our previous aircraft be it a Seneca or a B737 or L10-11 that you did you MCC in.
Just have good MCC during the failure and confirm everything with the PF before moving the switches.
I was lucky I knew what to do since I did my MCC/JOC on a B737-400 so called to my partner what switches to pull after we both agreed they were correct.
But if you are really stuck sure the assessor will help you out with the engine failure. I think at the point they are looking for good CRM.
All the best
When I did my assessment we where told to deal with the fire drill as we had done in our previous aircraft be it a Seneca or a B737 or L10-11 that you did you MCC in.
Just have good MCC during the failure and confirm everything with the PF before moving the switches.
I was lucky I knew what to do since I did my MCC/JOC on a B737-400 so called to my partner what switches to pull after we both agreed they were correct.
But if you are really stuck sure the assessor will help you out with the engine failure. I think at the point they are looking for good CRM.
All the best
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alberto,
For the engine fire we just called and did the 737 engine fire memory items, confirming each item before the switch/control/whatever was moved. We never even got into the QRH after this...
Nicole at CAE (who you probably spoke to) is very helpful, I got my call from RYR a day or 2 after she called me. They don't ask you much, justb a little about yourself, why you want to work for them, what hours you have etc...
For the engine fire we just called and did the 737 engine fire memory items, confirming each item before the switch/control/whatever was moved. We never even got into the QRH after this...
Nicole at CAE (who you probably spoke to) is very helpful, I got my call from RYR a day or 2 after she called me. They don't ask you much, justb a little about yourself, why you want to work for them, what hours you have etc...
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I think I waited about 2 weeks from my phone call to my assessment. As for revision, they seem to like principles of flight questions, especially stuff about the effect CG position has on range, stall and spin characteristics etc, centre of pressure and wing sweep. Apparently they also ask some basic questions on the 738, like wingspan, range, engines and they're power, MTOM, no of pax etc though I didn't get asked any of these. I also got asked about the atmosphere, how an ASI worked and what would happen to it if the pitot probe was blocked in a climb/descent.