Hi guys and girls,
Here’s my short story about the selection.
The day looks exactly as described here in pprune:
0800 come in, 0830 computer presentation about the 5 star airline, little break, 50 multiple choice questions in an hour which is time enough if you’re prepared by questions below and Ace. Then everybody wait and will be called in for the result. If you didn’t make it, go and chill out by the pool, your day is over.
Then they give everybody a time to appear for the interview.
At 12:00 there is a lunch, which is a little buffet. Interviewers were not present and is good to talk to the other guys who want the job.
There were no technical questions asked during the interview for none off the guys. They worked through a standard list of questions which was the same for everybody. They marked on their papers a number and I don’t know where it stand for.
After the interview you can go to the pool and chill out. Later during the day there will be the letter under your door with the result and if it’s good you can continue to the sim. If it’s ok go to bed and rest, cause the sim is at night. If it’s not ok go back to the pool and order a gin tonic and look at it as a holyday.
Sim pickup 21:45. They brief you when you get there, show an airbus 330 and tell you how to fly it. The instructor was a really nice guy. He tells you who will be at what time. Make sure you’re not last, do this by sitting in the middle, since he will just number you down the line. After you’re finished you can call Marriot and request them to pick you up if you want.
Sim was relatively easy. 330 flies like it’s on auto pilot and the joystick is like control wheel stearing it temporarily declutches. It’s the basic pitch flying. Set a pitch and the A/C will keep it, same for bank. If it’s not good change it. Let the A/C fly don’t try to do this yourself, since the A/C can do it better. If it flies level and bank ok, release the stick if it doesn’t fly good release it. Try to touch it as little as possible.
Sim profile: LHR 27R ( like the briefing pack you get before this time, apparently they sometimes change it to another airport) Made up departure straight ahead. Duringclimb a turn and level off. Radar circuit back to ILS, shoot it and land (landing does not count, but is easy; flare a litte at 40 ft and retard when it tell you to). If you are not stable do a G/A always.
Then again same thing, but do it better now. Then you get a fire on the A/C, ask for memory items. Request mayday, Do the after T/O checklist, ask for rest of checklist. Let him Inform cc + packs, quickly back request short vectors and fire guys to be ready when you land. Do a briefing about evacuation etc. Be aware for GS intercept by the way, since you might approach at a lower alt for the ILS. That's it. Only about 1/2 hour.
I have bundled all the questions I found on pprune:
Qatar written test from pprune:
Altimeter settings and how weather affects it.
ICAO Holding Speeds.
Describe what is a dutch roll.
what makes a good captain, good F/O
When do you use anti-ice
what is the sqawk code for threat in the airplane.
Basic aerodynamics
3rd segment climb
Effect of forward c.g.
Lapse rate
Notams
Effect of speed brakes and ailerons simulteneous input
Missed approoach after circle to land
What happens to IAS if the pitot tube is blocked at the start of the descend
What happens to airspeed if the static vent is blocked?
Wet Rwy?
Contaminated Rwy?
Holding speeds?
How long to evacuate an aircraft with more than 44 seats?
Certification purposes, aircraft needs to be evacuated in less than 90 sec through half of the available exits
Type of cloud with virga?
Holding pattern entries?
Interprate TAF, i.e. what will the wind be when you arrive?
ISA?
Emergency descent first action?
ILS CAT 1 RVR?
Gliding distance and how is it affected by weight?
What happens to LSS or TAS if one increases or the other decreases?
Lift/Drag/dynamic pressure formulas?
Where does DER or MORA stand for?
What is the aquwk for airplane threat?
MTOM. MLM: what type of limitations are these?
Are standard holdings with left or right turns?
Mcrit?
Swept back wings, why?
if you need to turn and maintain same speed and altitude what do you have to do
increase AoA and add power
the fix distance markings on a rwy are at what distance"?
The Fixed distance markings start at 300m from the RWY threshold
what would be the ISA deviation with a given temp. at acertain FL
how to calculate true altitude of an airport
Questions I got which I didn’t knew from pprune:
Bomb a board, what do you do?
Apparently good answer is: Landing gear down + flaps, level off at the altitude cabin is at the moment .
In a flare Aircraft will float, why?
Using to high AoA, height A/C is ½ wingspan? And some other answers
Qatar interview questions from pprune:
What are your Future Plans for QATAR AIRWAYS GROUP
Why Should We Hire You Over The Others Waiting To Be Interviewed
Can you work well under deadlines or pressure?
What goals do you have in your career
Briefly describe your ideal job?
What is loop or pigtail in an impulse line?
1.PIGTAIL IS USED ONLY IN STEAM LINE WHICH HELPS TO CONVERT
STEAM VAPOUR PHASE IN TO LIQUID WATER PHASE
2. AVIOD HIGH TEMPERATURE DIRECTLY CONTACT
IN INSTRUMENT LIKE PRESSURE GAUGES,PRESSURE
TRANSMITTERS..etc.
3.FINALLY IT REDUCES HIGH PRESSURE INTO LOW PRESSURE AND
AVIOD VIBRATION IN IMPULSE LINES.
pigtail is also called syphon.It is used to reduce
temperature of fluid like steam before enter in to the
Pressure gauge or Presssure Transmitter for measurement
What is maintenance planning
how control valve works? I think they mean describe outflow valves
What did you dislike about your last job? Why did you leave your last job?
Do you have a bond with your current employer?
Why Qatar?
Scenario:
On T/O and high speed you realize your tires are deflated. What do you do and how does it affect the braking performance?
If you have a bomb on the airplane, what do you do?
Do you have a bomb immediate action in your current company?
What is the definition of safe T/O distance?
What can you bring to the company?
Does the mrs. Approve of your job in Qatar?
What is MNPS?
Alt limits
What does the take over button on the Airbus on the side stick do?
Windshear
How many % to be runway contaminated?
Gradient climb?
Tell me about segments on T/O
VMCG/VMCA?
T/O in windshear
Have you flown with a demanding captain and give an example?
Have you have had someone misenterpreting you and give an example?
Any time a captain or F/O disagreed with you and give an example?
How many degrees of pitch would you fly with an engine faile wright after T/O?
What would you see on the PFD?
What is you company procedure for….and what do you think about it?
W/S recognize and avodance?
Technical questions about your current A/C?
CAT1/2/3 regulations?
ETOPS?
RVSM?
Low vis OPS?
Circling approaches?
Meteo?
Stabilized approach scenario?
What makes a good/bad F/O or captain?
IFR rules
Pyrotehcnic lights/flashes from tower?
Altimeter settings and how wheater affects it?
Describe Dutch roll
When do you use anti ice?
if you are climbing at 270KTS/.80 and then you increase your speed to 290KTS/.80 are you going to reach the .80 mach earlier or later?
"what is a barrette"?
three or more groundlights closely spaced together to appear as a set of a bar of lights / lightings at Holding Point CAT 3 lightings at Holding Point CAT 3
What do you know about Qatar Airways
Easy since you have just seen the video, which tell everything. This video is also on youtube.
Questions not known before from pprune:
Tell us about yourself
Tell us when you didn’t understand your somebody, doesn’t have to be about flying
What is you notice period?
In a few days you get the result. They need pilots on very short notice and you could be there in a month.
Good luck to who is going
