ok fellow pilots.
Let me break the ice here.
I was at the assessment a couple of weeks ago. I didn't pass.
But I have some info about the assessment in general you might be interested in.
We were 7 cadets. The group was separated in a way so you had the same guy in the sim and during the tech interview.
I got called to the sim right away. And beware, our instructor tried to set us up all the time. It started during the runway positioning.
We sat down in the sim. And started preparing. I noticed that we were on the wrong runway (we were on 14 LEEDS airport, but only got charts for 32)
The PM had already received clearance before I noticed the fault. Told the instructor, he repositioned us. But we forgot to ask new clearance....
I got cabin fire, and we requested ILS 32. We were cleared ILS app, so we did a precision app. Came out of clouds at 800' but were instructed to go around.
Got an eng fail in the first phase of go-around.
OK, now for the tricky part. The tech interview was hard, no simple answers. They wanted to check how deep your understanding is for each question with follow up questions on your answer.
Example
-You flew the Pa28 and the C172. What is the angle called between the body and wing on the pa28?
"Dihedral"
-Ok. But the C172, does not have a dihedral, why??
"THe CG is located beneath the wings so no need."
-Ok, but the Avro has high wings and anhedral why does it so??
"Because it is too stable, they wanted to reduce the stability by incorperating anhedral"
Ok.. but the C172 does not have anhedral, why isn't it too stable??
Here I didnt have any answer.
Next, question..
-You want to fly from gothenburg to new york. (he then drew on a piece of paper a straigt line) what is the shortest route to go?? (he then drew a curved line AGAINST the equator)
"The shortest way is over the pole (I stated and pointed on the wrongly drawn line)
-Yeah, why is it so then???
"Because of the convergency nearer the pole the distance of 1degree of longitude is less near the poles than on the equator.. 60nm on the equator, and less closer to pole.."
Next
-Does the Pa34 have a critical engine??
"No"
(and the answer bla bla) He didn't even let me finish.
-Ok the arm is longer, yeah you know the answer.. Does the 737 have a critical engine?
"No no crit engine"
-Does the eng on the 737 rotate in the same direction?
"I have no idea. Most probably not because you would need double supply of spare parts etc"
Ok guys. That was about all Qs I got. Very strange because the other ones in the other group with the other instructor had straight forward questions like
-Why do we want to fly high?
"Higher TAS and lower specific fuel consumtiopn"
-Good ok next question
Any more questions? Feel free to ask!