The interview was very relaxed. Met with a senior captain and a member of HR from Skymark. Reviewed my documents and had an informal conversation.
A profile will be distributed a couple of hours before the simulator. Very simple and straight forward and really nothing to write home about.
The Simulator was very straight forward too. No non-normals, no briefing, just a plain vanilla evaluation of one’s basic flying skills and attitude and judgment. The interviewing captain occupies the right seat and is very helpful and provides all instructions. No guess work. All that is required of the applicant is that they can fly the jet, and follow suggestions from the support pilot. Do not question his recommendations, just do as advised to do.
Normal takeoff to 3,000’. Clean up an accelerate to about 220 kts. F/Ds and A/T ON.
Then positioned to about a 6 mile final. F/Ds on and A/Ts off. Accomplish a normal CAT I ILS approach to a full stop landing.
Second flight… Visual Pattern with F/Ds and A/Ts off.
Very simple.
They will be interviewing for the next 2 weeks or so for both May and July classes. The May class is just about filled, they said. Applicants will be notified either way after the inteviews have been completed.