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I might post a debrief as well as I attended Stage 2 in Nov. But didnot pass through.
When I arrived in HK, I asked if I could talk to the pilots on board.
When I told them I was going for the Cadet Program both of their answers were:
"Well good luck, it will be really challenging living on those terms an conditions."
They told me that a lot of SO are living outside Hong-kong (Shenzen, Tawain and further more)
For the interview day we had :
Group exercise
Aptitude test
Interview
"Lunch"
Maths / Psy ttest
Flight planning
I will focus on the interview...
First the HR lady asked me questions about myself, my family.
Typical question : What do you parents think of you working in HK ?
Then we went on the technical part.
"What aircraft is this" showing the model on the table
Well a 777... not 300ER so wether a 300 or 200 version.
I could-not remember how to distinguish them (8 or 10 doors) but said the model looked quite long so I would go for the 300 version.
She (the captain) asked me to look at the engine to make a difference...
Well both 200 and 300 have RR engine.
"Tell me more"
Both are Trent 800 series
"Not Quite!"
Hmm... on my paper I had T800 for both of them, but didn't deem necessary to know the exact series...
Even when I admitted I didn't know the exact series she hask me to identify the engine...
It was kind of harsh.
Then we went on question regarding routes :
What is the longest route CX is flying?
HK-NY
How long is it ?
15h
You sure?
Yes, on the website it is said 15h30. (depending on the winds and wether you go HK-NY or NY-HK it might be quite different)
"Okey then go to the board" she told me, she always had a strange look and attitude, as she wasn't happy with anything I said (other people told me she was acting the same during their interview, so you need to don't mind)
How much fuel would we burn on the flight NY-HK ?
well 8 tons an hour, 15 hours, a gross 120 tons.
She asked me to write it, and then tell me what must we add to that to get the actual fuel we need to board.
-Taxi fuel
I said 2 tons as in NY taxi can be pretty long. "NO it's 1 Ton" she responded...
Okay... Then I wrote 1 ton...... (you're the captain after all...)
-Final Reserve, 45 min ? No, 30 min
Ok then 4 tons
-Alternate fuel
Let's make this 6 tons
And (as I'm french I couldn't spell it properly) but I said the "en-route reserve"
Answer : That's not a reserve... I answered back : Well it's 5% of what we consume during the route.
Ok, 5% that makes another 6 tons.
And now begin the first part:
Well as I am the captain (she said) and you are only the SO, I don't take your 6 tons, I take only 1 ton. How do you react?
So i went on, you can't, the rule is to take 5% so 6 tons
"But you know, I'm used to fly this route, 1 tons is okay, we never have to divert, nobody will notice"
Hmm no, we need to take what's on the blackboard.
"No, 5% is company policy she told me, 1% is okay for the reglementation"
We have to follow the company policy I told her.
She answered, anyway, I'm the captain, so I decide (smthg like that)
So I'm Off your plane madam....
That was kind of funny but not really....
Then we when on the Weather questions, what is the phenomenon we encounter in HK.
Describe me a typhoon.
If HK airport was close were shall we divert ? (wrong answer, I said somewhere in China, for example Guangzou (I thought about the airport where CX does the base trainings)
Not quite. As well, every time I answered something wrong, the interviewer was doing stange face and acting harsh... It was a bit annoying !
In fact she was thinking of Macau, and I was thinking of diverting because of a Typhoon....
At the end, she said something I didn't notice on that moment but there it is :
"If you want to re-apply you can ask the HR lady by mail..."
What a kind of interview...
I thought an interview would have always been a kind discussion between 2 aeronautic-enthousiasts (As it was for stage 1 eventhough the questions were tough as well)... Not Quite...
I assume I'm learning to grow older this way !
Anyway, good luck to anybody going to Stage2 soon...