NinER fIveR

Raw data takeoff and climb with a couple of radial intercepts. Vectors for downwind to prepare an ILS. Fly it down to minima, no runway, go around. Engine failure on the go. Recall items (if necessary), clean up and stabilize the aircraft and you are done.

I felt it was not about perfect manual flying as it was about making good decisions and being organized while flying manually. Still you have to scan and maintain smooth control inputs and corrections.

Those with type ratings will also have to demonstrate how to prep and manage a LNAV/VNAV approach with full automation. Both exercises can be done in about 45-60 mins.

Everything including checklists, charts and even approximate pitch and power settings are given to you the night before in a briefing pack (after you have passed the day 1 events). If you follow the briefing pack and listen to the SFI/SFE closely you will be fine.

Good luck

celester340

Thank you so much mate. Just wanted to know for the guys who havent flown the 737,how would one know how to tune the radios/use the ND for the radial intercept? Are the instructions given like u said the previous night along with the charts/checklists/power pitch settings?

Thanks again so much.

doubletap

.....soooooooo, a candidate who needs to be told how to tune a radio interviewed by somebody who has had a command for 10 minutes. All looking good for those marginal Kathmandu approaches.

Otto Throttle

celester,

Relax dude. The sim briefing pack is fairly basic. It lets you get a general idea of the profiles and the standard calls to be used in the exercise. You get a full briefing beforehand with the TRE, which lasts up to 90 mins. It's very comprehensive, and talks through the profiles in detail, with some handy tips as to how to manage each stage and the flying characteristics of the a/c. The briefing pack doesn't cover everything you need to know, but the brief does.

In the sim, you will be shown the location and operation of all relevant switches and equipment. It is a very basic exercise, and therefore only uses a very limited amount of the a/c systems. It's simple enough to operate as required.

I would suggest if you are still awaiting the assessment phase, spend your time concentrating on that. I understand far more fail to make the grade on day 1, than fail in the sim.

celester340

thats very sweet of u otto..... thank u so much for the indepth brief....puts the nerves to rest for a bit much appreciated thanks!

Ethiopia

Is there any way to delete a very old application in order to make a new one?

pemac

In addition to the nice report from Mr. G. here some further aspects of the Apr.10th-Assessment, sorry for being a little bit late but my mate didn't pass the test unfortunately and I didn't want to bother him with Test-Information.

Though you've got the option to choose TypRated or Non Typerated on the Online-Application process (my buddy is not typerated and he clicked it accordingly) he faced a mixed (half by half) group of rated and nonrated guys.

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Test starts with presentation through FlyDubai-Women: "We do fly in dangerous areas such es Iraq, places of war etc.!"
Group of 10 was divided in a blue and red part. All blue were native speaker, the red one non natives. Exemption in the red group was a french guy but with almost 10 years experience in UK.

Red group (native speaking): 2 USA (with On-Site-Experience in Abu Dhabi), 3 UK, 1 FR

Blue group: 2 NL, 1 South American, 1 IT, 1 GER

It starts with the Apt.Test (Supervisory staff: "It's not so important!!"), Multicapacity etc. Only one (rated) 90sec-Run following introduction.

2 Team-Exercises

1) 4 points for discussion: Challenges right now, oportunities for Fly Dubai, what can crews do to make FD grow, (can't remember the 4th point)

2) NASA-Game: You've landed at the moon, you've got a list with 10 items, create a ranking, 5min before given time ended, they surprised with 2nd list and 5 further items (powdered milk, bottle of water etc.)

Lunchtime:

4 of the red group are allowed to continue

4 of the blue group were sent home. My buddy was in the blue and became blue

=== I'm not a native speaker, if you find any linguistic errors, you may keep it ===

skysod

They classified Americans as native English speakers?!!!

BritishGuy

Be safe out there.....

US Civilian Cargo operator (National Air Cargo) down in Bagram.

BBC News - Seven killed in US cargo plane crash at Afghan base

bernyfly

hi pemac, thx for the update.

bernyfly

main focus seems to be the assessment stuff, can't see any purpose of these stupid games. At the end of the day, you need language skills and courage (for the exiting destinations)

bigjarv

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c32_1367332518

what-to-do

rj2driver, we are soooo looking forward to you joining us here at FZ. You sound just what we need right now!

Loop... Hole

The assessments are the most important part. Of the two, group-ex and computer, the group ones are critical. Lots of people are chopped after a poor group ex. I read the section on group work from 'get a head for the sky' interview prep book and it went like clockwork. Only three from the other group got through including the timekeeper who had also read the book.

On the computer, don't forget the primary task - flying the cross-hairs! Guys were saying they were getting the math and shapes but the cross was out of sight... not so good.

Non rev

It takes 18 days to get the book to states

Non rev

Has any one ever been able to get hold of the, using the phone number they provide for CTC? I have an emergency and I shall speak with them. I have already emailed and that just might cause delay in attending to my need. Any advice?

Mrglass

Hello all, final interview complete, notification in about a week if you made it or not, presumably after they speak with your referees.

- Show up at 9am, wait in lobby, at about 9:30 they come get you, gives you chance to catch up with some old buddies you may have met at CTC England

Office location Also the place you 'show up for work' each day (to plan where you're going to live, proximity-wise)

- Into a meeting room, introduction, schedule for the day, then they take all of your documents.

- Off to the coffee shop whilst they look at documents and verify everything is in order. (Bring UAE AED as they don't take credit card, you will buy lunch here it is not provided, food is excellent though, 20-30AED will cover you for sure)

- After 20 mins back to meeting room, any missing documents are gone over in front of the group so don't be the one who forgot your logbook!

- 10-20min Q&A from us to the company....anything is on the table, we asked about pensions scheme, bidding, scheduling, airplane orders, vacation time, do we get the Emirates Pilot Discount card (yes we do!), staff travel etc.

- Everyone off to coffee shop to wait for individual interviews, you are given an approx time slot. There were two interview panels but you will still be waiting around most of the day chit chatting with other candidates.

- Once everyone is done at around 4pm we were bussed off to a medical center to do our examinations.

- Once complete you are returned to the hotel, job done.

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- Interview panel: 1 HR 1 Pilot
- Same exact Qs from UK...tell me about a time...
- Mine lasted 30 mins maybe, VERY casual, VERY friendly
- Asked about commitments in the next few months
- Mentioned earliest start date would be Sept/Oct (NTR)
- Notification if successful within a week after they contact referees

That's it.
Insh'ala I will get the call and will be tearing up the skies in a shiny new 73.
If not I hope I've helped out others in obtaining their goal and wish everyone the best of luck.

PS: Don't forget the unladen airspeed Q! (Hint: European)

Mrglass

Non-Rev check your PM

LNAV737

Hi Non Rev ! You just need to be persistent ! I had the same problem,I've booked for 15th of April but i couldn't make it ...i sent an e-mail ..couple of them but never got a reply.Eventually i choosed option 1 instead of two and a girl picked up a phone.She told me to call back in two days ..if still no answer on number 2 she told me to dial option 1 again and that she would take care of that..i did like she told me but somebody picked up the phone on option number two ...so they were very polite and left my application opened again ! I hope it will work for you as well ....

Non rev

Thank you Mr. glass. I received your pm and responded accordingly. Thanks to others for response. I emailed CTC last night and I had a reply from them first thing in the morning. I had my assessment date changed immediately and they were accommodating to my needs. Ill see you guys in Vegas next week.