Ryanair Interview and Sim Assessment (merged)

[Mikehotel152]

g1344304 - I presume they tailored your tech questions to your background, hence the questions about unducted fans. Or, at least, I hope they do because I've no idea what unducted fans are!

[g1344304]

yes hey did Mike, we were talking about my degree and they asked me what parts I enjoyed so I said my Propulsion modules and I tried to steer my answer towards how jet engines work so he stopped me and said "we know that you know jet engines and turbo fans work so we arnt going to ask that" (crafty bugger) so he asked me where I see the future of propulsion

However I didnt learn anything to do with unducted fans at uni and my answer just comes from a general interest in aviation, from reading books and magazine articles over the years. Unducted fans are also called propfans and there is a page on wikipdia about them. Easyjet announced a concept plane last year that they wanted designers to create that had prop fans. They wanted it to replace their fleet in 2015 and it also had forward swept wings. So really this question wasnt crafted to my universty experience, just my aviation general knowledge. A boo I would definatly recommend for this sort of thing is Aircraft Flight by R H Barnard and D R Philpott which I did pick up for University. It covers loads of innovations like unducted fans and oter types of propulsion and things like forward swept wings and its all in plain english with no mathematics.

[nick14]

329 euro's,

Just gave the IAA a ring and they said that they will only need photocopies of the last few pages of your logbook, (it mentions the actual logbook on the form but no need to send that).

Id love to learn more about propulsion techniques and unducted fans etc, any interesting websites?

Nick

[g1344304]

just wikipedia mainly but I'm sure there are more out there. Propfans will offer huge fuel avings n the future if they get implemented. The biggest problem with them is cabin noise (blade tips go supersonic) and danger of a blade breaking and entering the cabin so they will probably be rear mounted. Passenger opinion is also quite low due to the wierd looking blades sticking out in all directions. Here are some articles about them or planes they ae associated with:

Propfan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
McDonnell Douglas MD-94X - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antonov An-70 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Green sky thinking - carbon credits and the propfan comeback?-12/06/2007-Los Angeles-Flight International
easyJet.com - The ?easyJet ecoJet?: to cut CO2 emissions by 50% by 2015

and here is a picture of easyjets concept:
Google Image Result for http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/07/ecojet11.jpg

enjoy

[jimsmitty01]

I also got the acceptance email from the assessment on the 17th Feb, but the next thing Ash said I would get would be all the paper work in the post. 2-3 weeks from when I got the acceptance email. So not expecting anything just yet.

Nick14, can you remember what docs you got in the post and how long it took?

Cheers!

[Halfbaked_Boy]

g1344304,

Thanks very much for that, I'll have a good time reading it

[nick14]

Yes,

Nothing. I have recieved only emails, one the acceptance email and the most recent one is the licence conversion.

I spoke to a friend who had called brookfield and he said they were drawing up the contracts for us that we should be getting in the next few weeks.

Nick

[bornfree]

Conversion to Irish licence

Just wondering if there are any downsides (short or long-term) to having to convert to an Irish licence as part of the cadet recruitment process at Ryanair? Useful to hear from those who have been through this.
bf

[zerotohero]

Your OPC does not last as long on a JAA, some end of the month plus 6 month thing, the IAA one means your in the sim a little less.

I have been flying for nearly a year on the JAA though, my IAA is ready just need to go pick it up, you have to get one as per your contract.

[whizzer]

JAA to IAA conversion

Just a quick note for those thinking about converting ur JAA to IAA.
Once u have got ur type rating from SAS or CAE make sure u get it on ur JAA licence first before u get it converted.
It costs a whole lot less doing it that way rather than converting then ading it on to ur new IAA licence.....i only found this out when i was sitting in the IAA office n dublin....AAARGGGHHH !!!!!!

[nick14]

We have been requested to get the licence converted before TR course.

How much more expensive.......

[Rikki]

Elligable?

Hi guys and Gals,

I dont mean to intentionally rehash anything that has been already stated in this thread but im dying for some info on RYR.

I want to know if anyone knows if they are taking ANY experienced FO's at the moment. I have 1800hoursTT and 1500 of that is on a JAR25 A/C (Avro RJ).

I do not have a 737 rating.

I know that there is no way in the door of RYR without one so i would have to self fund myself and pay the 30K ish for a rating.

Would i then go in as a low hour guy or would there be an element of a fast track through the line training and onto a decent wage or is it as if i had 200 hours? i.e. 90 sectors and 65euro per block hour?

Any genuine info would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers

R

[Donfranco77]

Ryr Ass. 17th March

Hi eveybody...I have the ass. the 17th of March (ten days from now), if some other guys/girls will have it in the same day please contact me to share infoes

[zerotohero]

Rikki

You would probably do your line training on the 45euro rate, not sure how many sectors you would require having JAR25 hours but say the normal 70 rate to be safe, after that you would go on to the higer rate of 85.50Euros an hour for greater than 1500 Jar 25 hours.

but I suspect that because you wont be a cheap option as F/O for the company for the normal year + you wont get the job! I hope I am wrong there, but Ryanair is a money making machine and as there not short on 250hr applicants that will be cheaper for longer I dont see you getting a look in.

I really hope I am wrong, Good luck.

[smith]

rikki

I know that there is no way in the door of RYR without one so i would have to self fund myself and pay the 30K ish for a rating.

I believe you have to apply online (and pay the fee), be invited for assesment (and pay the fee), be interviewed and sim assessed, then be accepted on an approved type rating course.

I don't think it is possible just to spend 30k on the type rating and get employed, there is a selection process you know?

[g1344304]

Is it true that you are bonded to brookfield for two years after completing your TR?

[jimsmitty01]

B737-800 CBT anyone?

Does anyone know where I can get hold of a Boeing 737-800 Computer Based Training CD?

Willing to pay a bit for it, would really appreciate any leads. I want to get ahead of the game for my TR which is in the coming months.

Thanks alot,

[downwind]

get this;

http://www.cpat.com/p-programs.aspx?pid=6

[nick14]

Thanks for the link downwind!

looks good but at $375 and $70 postage its a little out of my price range when I will be paying again in May.

N

[nick14]

what is this bit*cough* torre*cough* stuff? I have a feeling its a download thingy...

Hear it branded around by a few people, obviously being very carefull in terms of legalities etc.......

Might have to google something,

N