Ryanair Interview and Sim Assessment (merged)
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Germany
Posts: 2
@Cipri
Thank you very much for the help.
So I take it there will be no questions about stuff like Aerodynamics, Flight Planning, Meteorology etc.?
Also, will they ask about any aircraft you have previously flown? Or just the last one? Or the last ME aircraft? I did fly the Beechcraft 76 until my ME checkride, two days later I had my CPL checkride on a TB20 (single engine). Guess I will just learn for both.
@ritchyh
What do you mean by experience? My flight experience? I'm one of those low hour pilots who just finished flight school.
I got a total of 354 hours at the moment. Got most of that during my studies (got a U.S. university Bachelor degree) in the U.S.. Then I did some additional flight training in Germany.
Thanks all so far who replied. It's much appreciated.
Mike1981
Thank you very much for the help.

Also, will they ask about any aircraft you have previously flown? Or just the last one? Or the last ME aircraft? I did fly the Beechcraft 76 until my ME checkride, two days later I had my CPL checkride on a TB20 (single engine). Guess I will just learn for both.
@ritchyh
What do you mean by experience? My flight experience? I'm one of those low hour pilots who just finished flight school.

Thanks all so far who replied. It's much appreciated.

Mike1981
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: North Carolina, US
Posts: 53
RyanAir Interview Prep
Greetings All,
I have just been invited by RyanAir for the first interview/sim evaluation. I am looking for referals to sim centers and interview prep companies that have an inside track on what to expect. I am not wanting to do this cold. I have about 9500 hours and have FAA licenses with a 737 type rating. So apparently they are hiring us yanks if we have lots of experience.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Best regards,
Walt
I have just been invited by RyanAir for the first interview/sim evaluation. I am looking for referals to sim centers and interview prep companies that have an inside track on what to expect. I am not wanting to do this cold. I have about 9500 hours and have FAA licenses with a 737 type rating. So apparently they are hiring us yanks if we have lots of experience.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Best regards,
Walt
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Hamburg
Posts: 10

Hi,
I want to take a few hours for Ryanair Screening on the Boeing 737-200. Does anybody here knows a phone number of the Simulator Centre in East Midlands, or somewhere else where I can get a good preparation for this Screening?
In andvance, thanks for the postings and help....
DrL
I want to take a few hours for Ryanair Screening on the Boeing 737-200. Does anybody here knows a phone number of the Simulator Centre in East Midlands, or somewhere else where I can get a good preparation for this Screening?
In andvance, thanks for the postings and help....
DrL
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Ireland
Posts: 128
You will not be able to get hours on the east mid sim its running flat out for Ryanair!
You will have to go to the 737-200 sim in dublin airport, contact parc aviation for details but beware this sim is also very busy so might have to wait a few weeks but great prep for the Ryanair sim check.
flighttime
You will have to go to the 737-200 sim in dublin airport, contact parc aviation for details but beware this sim is also very busy so might have to wait a few weeks but great prep for the Ryanair sim check.
flighttime
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Hamburg
Posts: 10
@ flightime 2.0
Thanks for the tip.... Do you know the runner of the sim in EMA? Is it Ryanair or another company? I have heard in Bournemouth is another B737-200 sim. Does anybody here know something about this sim?
DrL
Thanks for the tip.... Do you know the runner of the sim in EMA? Is it Ryanair or another company? I have heard in Bournemouth is another B737-200 sim. Does anybody here know something about this sim?
DrL
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Poughkeepsie
Posts: 237
Jasus,
http://www.simtech.ie/
For the old faithful EI box. Ball park €330 an hour including instructor. Gone are the days when it was €300....thut thut..
IR
http://www.simtech.ie/
For the old faithful EI box. Ball park €330 an hour including instructor. Gone are the days when it was €300....thut thut..
IR
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Cheshire, England
Age: 47
Posts: 35
East Midlands sim is Ryanair yes, I don't know how you can book this but I do know it is very busy. This is the only one in the country as far as I know apart from this one in Yorkshire which isn't a certified 737-200 sim by the looks of it....
http://www.yorkshireflightcentre.co....-simulator.php
There isn't a 737 sim in Bournemouth, but there is a 727 at EAAC which is used for sim check prep course by a third party company, sorry I can't remember their name but I think they advertise in the back of Flight.
http://www.yorkshireflightcentre.co....-simulator.php
There isn't a 737 sim in Bournemouth, but there is a 727 at EAAC which is used for sim check prep course by a third party company, sorry I can't remember their name but I think they advertise in the back of Flight.
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Belgium
Posts: 1
You can contact SFA ( Sabena Flight Academy )
There is a sim 737-200 with oportunity in the schedule
You can check the site www.sfa.be or contact +32 2 752 57 50 for booking
( I m instructor there so I know well SFA )
There is a sim 737-200 with oportunity in the schedule
You can check the site www.sfa.be or contact +32 2 752 57 50 for booking
( I m instructor there so I know well SFA )
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Netherlands
Age: 59
Posts: 23

HI TO U ALL..........
Last week I did a SIM-check at Ryanair, and unfortunatly I did NOT pass....
No reason, just fail .
But oke, i like to know how many other pilots has passed, or failed last week??
Any pilot I have met last wednesday,they can contact me via email.
Best regards, and suc6 to you all
Capt Flinstone
Last week I did a SIM-check at Ryanair, and unfortunatly I did NOT pass....
No reason, just fail .
But oke, i like to know how many other pilots has passed, or failed last week??
Any pilot I have met last wednesday,they can contact me via email.
Best regards, and suc6 to you all
Capt Flinstone
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 254
Can anyone who has done the grading describe the profile to be flown. All I have recieved is the above info. Ie departure aerodrome/rwy, SID? airwork? approaches?
Any info much appreciated.
Also, are the powersettings/speeds/handling of the 737 "classic"
sim similar to a 737NG sim?
Any info much appreciated.
Also, are the powersettings/speeds/handling of the 737 "classic"

Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: limbo
Posts: 181
Carmoisine, Don't feel too bad about it. Despite what people who don't work for the company will tell you, its not uncommon for people to fail the interview. I did my interview with a captain the far side of 5K hours who failed. The day I went 2 others failed too. Sorry to hear of your misfortune!