Cathay Pacific Interview New York 1 Feb 05
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Congrats Medwin!
You'll find most people tend to wear the same suit for both days. From memory I had 4 shirts and 5 ties to wear for the process., a combination that would all mix and match.
I also made sure a had the suit on for the flight to Hong Kong and for every moment I was out of my room at Cathay city. It might have been overkill, but then again everybody over there takes great pride in what they do.
You'll find most people tend to wear the same suit for both days. From memory I had 4 shirts and 5 ties to wear for the process., a combination that would all mix and match.
I also made sure a had the suit on for the flight to Hong Kong and for every moment I was out of my room at Cathay city. It might have been overkill, but then again everybody over there takes great pride in what they do.
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Great news Medwin. Any tips on what they asked you Tech wise? Were the 'XYZ' and 'Ace' books any help do you think? Of course HTBJ is a must. Do they ask you about your aircraft and company operations?
All the best for round 2.
All the best for round 2.
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I interviewed in YVR with PJ and we had the same questions;http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...readid=167474, plus these
1. questions about the airplane that I flew 5 years ago.
2. what is buy's ballot law
3. how do we get MN (formula)
4. windshear procedure
5. how much are you making now and how much is the captain making in your company?
That's all I can remember. XYZ book didn't help me much but Ace book is pretty good but I'm sure you're aware of the errors.
I interviewed in YVR with PJ and we had the same questions;http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...readid=167474, plus these
1. questions about the airplane that I flew 5 years ago.
2. what is buy's ballot law
3. how do we get MN (formula)
4. windshear procedure
5. how much are you making now and how much is the captain making in your company?
That's all I can remember. XYZ book didn't help me much but Ace book is pretty good but I'm sure you're aware of the errors.
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Hey everyone!
I'm heading to NYC on 4 APR for round 1 DEFO.
I've got theSaint's gouge but of course would like to hear anything/everything from those of you who went earlier this month. The Saint, Medwin, atflyer, anyone else - anything you can remember would be appreciated!!
For those of you heading for round 2, be sure to let us know about the sim, and how to hande the cocktail party!
For those of you still thinking about it...I requested an app. last Sept. recieved it 4 weeks later in early October. Mailed it back within two weeks but told them I wouldn't be available until Feb. as I needed to finish my1000pic (this may have been premature as the process is so long). They called the first week of Feb. and scheduled the interview for early April.
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I'm heading to NYC on 4 APR for round 1 DEFO.
I've got theSaint's gouge but of course would like to hear anything/everything from those of you who went earlier this month. The Saint, Medwin, atflyer, anyone else - anything you can remember would be appreciated!!
For those of you heading for round 2, be sure to let us know about the sim, and how to hande the cocktail party!
For those of you still thinking about it...I requested an app. last Sept. recieved it 4 weeks later in early October. Mailed it back within two weeks but told them I wouldn't be available until Feb. as I needed to finish my1000pic (this may have been premature as the process is so long). They called the first week of Feb. and scheduled the interview for early April.
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Hey guys!
Congrats to your interviews!
I have been hunting for an CX interview for quite a few years now, but now luck so far.... I guess they have 1000´s of applications + I didn´t have any jet time and stuff so no surprise really....
BUT, now I have Airbus time and I am just about to update my appl. with some substantial jet time....
Now, I have been doing some thinking (I do manage to do some thinking every now and then
).....
Do I really wanna (IF invited for interview) go ahead and put some real effort into an interview...possibly pass 1st stage, go through 2nd stage....Get the job, move to Hong Kong.... JUST to get "degraded" from my current FO pos. to become SO for god knows how long...??? I mean, is the pay good enough to make it worth?? Because I guess the deal is a C-scale or am I wrong? How much does the C-scale pay?? Enough to have a meaningful life in HK??
When I read about you guys getting interviews (some with quite a lot of jet/heavy jet time), are you not better off staying where you are?? Or, are you out of job at the moment? Or, am I totally out of the loop when it comes to what the terms and conditions are at CX??
Any comments appreciated!
//CP
Congrats to your interviews!
I have been hunting for an CX interview for quite a few years now, but now luck so far.... I guess they have 1000´s of applications + I didn´t have any jet time and stuff so no surprise really....
BUT, now I have Airbus time and I am just about to update my appl. with some substantial jet time....
Now, I have been doing some thinking (I do manage to do some thinking every now and then
).....Do I really wanna (IF invited for interview) go ahead and put some real effort into an interview...possibly pass 1st stage, go through 2nd stage....Get the job, move to Hong Kong.... JUST to get "degraded" from my current FO pos. to become SO for god knows how long...??? I mean, is the pay good enough to make it worth?? Because I guess the deal is a C-scale or am I wrong? How much does the C-scale pay?? Enough to have a meaningful life in HK??
When I read about you guys getting interviews (some with quite a lot of jet/heavy jet time), are you not better off staying where you are?? Or, are you out of job at the moment? Or, am I totally out of the loop when it comes to what the terms and conditions are at CX??
Any comments appreciated!
//CP
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CaptainProp, If you enjoy your job now, and like where you are living, why rock the boat? But if you are interested in working for a world class airline flying to interesting destinations in new technology widebodies (lots of sitting though), and living abroad experiencing different cultures (You only get one kick at the can so why not eh.?) then go for it with both guns.
I believe the starting pay for an SO is about $HK390,000.00 plus about $HK20,000.00 a month for accomadations. Asia is the new economic engine for the world and has a growing disposable income so I imagine Cathay will be secure financially for the forseeable future. But research it and figure it out prior to applying as they are only interested in keeners (and apparently that alone is not enough). Search pprune thoroughly, pick up a lonely planet for HK.
Cheers PJ
I believe the starting pay for an SO is about $HK390,000.00 plus about $HK20,000.00 a month for accomadations. Asia is the new economic engine for the world and has a growing disposable income so I imagine Cathay will be secure financially for the forseeable future. But research it and figure it out prior to applying as they are only interested in keeners (and apparently that alone is not enough). Search pprune thoroughly, pick up a lonely planet for HK.
Cheers PJ
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You got Airbus time huh, wow, very marketable compared to my older Boeing time....Errr, Umm....No!, Nothing there in Hong Kong, CX, nothing special I hear....Errrr, no need to update ya.....
Pssst, Canadian Beech.... play you scissors paper stone for his Slot! I want it too.
Pssst, Canadian Beech.... play you scissors paper stone for his Slot! I want it too.
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Canadian Beech and QNH1013 - Good luck to both of you!!....and QNH....I'll let you know once they've called me 
Silberfuchs - Points taken! Sounds ok to me! But what about living in HK on SO salary?? Rent for a place not too far away from work? Is three years for going FO about right at the moment?
/CP
Silberfuchs - Points taken! Sounds ok to me! But what about living in HK on SO salary?? Rent for a place not too far away from work? Is three years for going FO about right at the moment?
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Good luck to all of you!
35 yr old US Navy guy,
3000TT
2600 turbine,
2400 jet pic
1st interview MAY 04 SFO
2nd interview AUG 04 HK
Class date 11 APR 05 just 2.5 weeks!!!
Will be DEFO based at LAX
Suits: I brought 2, 1 for each day.
Sim: If you don't have any big jet sim time, SPEND THE MONEY!. 2 hours in a sim will get you through the profile 4 times.
Cocktail Party: HAVE FUN and be social, dress nice, don't ask TOO many job questions, accept any drinks they give you, and stay late.
The interviews are hard, but if you have a broad understanding of aircraft systems, weather, performance, and know Cathay and it's fleet like the back of your hand, you should do fine.
My recommended reading list is:
The US Airman Information Manual, US ATP oral study guide, "Flying the Wing", "HTBJ", the "Preparing for the Cathay Interview" books are good for the posssible test questions only and as a road map to further study, but they are outdated as far as company information.
Know your current aircraft's aerodynamic features and emergency procedures cold.
I didn't know the answer to every question, the sim was good but not awesome, I had a medical issue, I had alot to drink at the cocktail party, and I don't have tons of hours or any big jet experience, but I leave in 2.5 weeks to start a long and great career.
DON'T STRESS SO MUCH! Know your material and have fun.
bjammin
35 yr old US Navy guy,
3000TT
2600 turbine,
2400 jet pic
1st interview MAY 04 SFO
2nd interview AUG 04 HK
Class date 11 APR 05 just 2.5 weeks!!!
Will be DEFO based at LAX
Suits: I brought 2, 1 for each day.
Sim: If you don't have any big jet sim time, SPEND THE MONEY!. 2 hours in a sim will get you through the profile 4 times.
Cocktail Party: HAVE FUN and be social, dress nice, don't ask TOO many job questions, accept any drinks they give you, and stay late.
The interviews are hard, but if you have a broad understanding of aircraft systems, weather, performance, and know Cathay and it's fleet like the back of your hand, you should do fine.
My recommended reading list is:
The US Airman Information Manual, US ATP oral study guide, "Flying the Wing", "HTBJ", the "Preparing for the Cathay Interview" books are good for the posssible test questions only and as a road map to further study, but they are outdated as far as company information.
Know your current aircraft's aerodynamic features and emergency procedures cold.
I didn't know the answer to every question, the sim was good but not awesome, I had a medical issue, I had alot to drink at the cocktail party, and I don't have tons of hours or any big jet experience, but I leave in 2.5 weeks to start a long and great career.
DON'T STRESS SO MUCH! Know your material and have fun.
bjammin
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Medwin, CaptainProp, Canadian Beech - Thanks and Good Luck. Bjammin - Thanks for the info, Congratulations and all the best.
Silberfuchs - The inside man, as always, your wisdom and insight is MUCH appreciated. Thanks.
This is a great thread.
Is the Simulator profile always changing or is it a set pattern they use all the time? Out of interest could anyone describe the profile details that are given 4 weeks beforehand? I presume they are all done to ILS at CLK.
Silberfuchs - The inside man, as always, your wisdom and insight is MUCH appreciated. Thanks.
This is a great thread.
Is the Simulator profile always changing or is it a set pattern they use all the time? Out of interest could anyone describe the profile details that are given 4 weeks beforehand? I presume they are all done to ILS at CLK.
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Guys i've been thru the 2nd stage and can give you some of the questions they asked(that i can remember):
-Why swept-back wings onthe 747?
-Where will it stall first?why?
-Hydraulics on your current aircraft?
-Fuel tail tank on the 744?why?
-carbon brakes?when is it more effective?why?
-series/parallel yaw dampers?
-transponder code for radio failures?
All questions have been asked in a gentle and professional way.
good luck to everyone
-Why swept-back wings onthe 747?
-Where will it stall first?why?
-Hydraulics on your current aircraft?
-Fuel tail tank on the 744?why?
-carbon brakes?when is it more effective?why?
-series/parallel yaw dampers?
-transponder code for radio failures?
All questions have been asked in a gentle and professional way.
good luck to everyone
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Just finished 2nd Interview in HK 27 Apr
Ok if you have been following this post.
First interview Feb-1-05
Second Apr-27-05
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OK
My interview was on the 27,28th of Apr. I asked to go out early cause i had never been to HK. No problems CX booked me out 4 days early. Stayed at the CX hotel (the headlands) $500 HK=$65 U.S. a night. Easy to get down town on the bus and rail system not to hard getting back even at 0400 am just have to wait for the bus a little longer
I had a great time in HK. everybody was very friendly and professional.
For my interview i had the sim first, then followed by the final interview, and then the breifings on the first day.
the second day was the new math test (a real b---!) the pych test and the medical then the cocktail party.
the 747 sim was informative. investing in some sim time in my opinion would be invaluable. anyway my story.
No previouse 74 sim time but got some C-5 time so that was cool. (don't ask how) The sim evaluators where very nice and gave a very good breif on the 74-200 sim and its flying habits and power settings. they then ask if you have any ? and let you take whichever seat you want and ask for whatever help you desire, they will tell you if they can or can't give you what you asked for.
they sim is pretty strait forward take off climb to 2500 acc to 280 knots. steep turns 45 and 60d banked turns. at 60 you get the stick shaker. I just recovered like it was a stall, pushed them up and rolled out. next vectors to the runway for a ILS to missed approach. After the missed at 2500 280 knots they ask you to slow down to 200 knots as fast as you can. this caught me by surprise but i complied. when i got the stick shaker i did another stall recovery. the evaluator asked "So do you know why you have the stick shaker!) to which i replied sure we are way below 0 flap min airspeed infact way below 10 flap min airspeed. as i recover and accel the aircraft. I got the impression what they want you to do is decel but with in limits following flap schedules. i thought it was just another stall exersize.
Ok there we where accel from my slow stall when--fire light!. nice. ask for the checklist items and than am give a teardrop vecor backto final. definaltly busy. i got well of alt and airspeed and was a bit non standard on my configuaration but got it all sorted out by about 1000 feet on the ils. sim land ok just follow what they tell you in the breif.
after that i had the final interview about 30 min after the sim.
Hr lady and 74 training capt
i thought that the tech questions where about the same. swept wings,fuel and cg shifts, and balanced field length where stressed. also was asked how i thought the sim went. the hr lady was nice but definitly wanted to see why you picked cx!
the next day the math test and the psych test.
the math test is no kidding tough and i am not just saying that. its made up of word questions with 3 questions per word questions and each of the three questions has 16 answer choices. i made it to about question 17 out of 36 when i noticed i had 3 minutes left. just guessed on the remaning questions. the psych test is pretty straing forward...that is unless you hear noises or something
the cocktail party is laid back and not a big deal. they have it at the top of the hotel and its beer, soda, and finger foods.
hope you all have fun....
anyway i got the job...said training would be in 9 months to a year....guess all have to work on my tan
ciao
First interview Feb-1-05
Second Apr-27-05
[Saint - Please read your PMs re advertising - Thanks, BE]
OK
My interview was on the 27,28th of Apr. I asked to go out early cause i had never been to HK. No problems CX booked me out 4 days early. Stayed at the CX hotel (the headlands) $500 HK=$65 U.S. a night. Easy to get down town on the bus and rail system not to hard getting back even at 0400 am just have to wait for the bus a little longer
I had a great time in HK. everybody was very friendly and professional. For my interview i had the sim first, then followed by the final interview, and then the breifings on the first day.
the second day was the new math test (a real b---!) the pych test and the medical then the cocktail party.
the 747 sim was informative. investing in some sim time in my opinion would be invaluable. anyway my story.
No previouse 74 sim time but got some C-5 time so that was cool. (don't ask how)
The sim evaluators where very nice and gave a very good breif on the 74-200 sim and its flying habits and power settings. they then ask if you have any ? and let you take whichever seat you want and ask for whatever help you desire, they will tell you if they can or can't give you what you asked for. they sim is pretty strait forward take off climb to 2500 acc to 280 knots. steep turns 45 and 60d banked turns. at 60 you get the stick shaker. I just recovered like it was a stall, pushed them up and rolled out. next vectors to the runway for a ILS to missed approach. After the missed at 2500 280 knots they ask you to slow down to 200 knots as fast as you can. this caught me by surprise but i complied. when i got the stick shaker i did another stall recovery. the evaluator asked "So do you know why you have the stick shaker!) to which i replied sure we are way below 0 flap min airspeed infact way below 10 flap min airspeed. as i recover and accel the aircraft. I got the impression what they want you to do is decel but with in limits following flap schedules. i thought it was just another stall exersize.
Ok there we where accel from my slow stall when--fire light!. nice. ask for the checklist items and than am give a teardrop vecor backto final. definaltly busy. i got well of alt and airspeed and was a bit non standard on my configuaration but got it all sorted out by about 1000 feet on the ils. sim land ok just follow what they tell you in the breif.
after that i had the final interview about 30 min after the sim.
Hr lady and 74 training capt
i thought that the tech questions where about the same. swept wings,fuel and cg shifts, and balanced field length where stressed. also was asked how i thought the sim went. the hr lady was nice but definitly wanted to see why you picked cx!
the next day the math test and the psych test.
the math test is no kidding tough and i am not just saying that. its made up of word questions with 3 questions per word questions and each of the three questions has 16 answer choices. i made it to about question 17 out of 36 when i noticed i had 3 minutes left. just guessed on the remaning questions. the psych test is pretty straing forward...that is unless you hear noises or something
the cocktail party is laid back and not a big deal. they have it at the top of the hotel and its beer, soda, and finger foods.
hope you all have fun....
anyway i got the job...said training would be in 9 months to a year....guess all have to work on my tan
ciao
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Congrats!
Yo Saint!!! Congrats! Awesome job!
It was great metting you while you were here on the interview and will look forward to working with you in the future. Did you get LAX FO?
I am in my second week of systems and did my first sim on Friday. NO PROBLEM! Don't bother trying to learn too much before you get here. They will give you all the info you need and it would be tough trying to unlearn something you studied that was wrong. If you study a few hours every night here you will have no problems with the systems exams and the first sim you can go in there with ZERO knowlege and they will spoon feed all the info to you.
I can tell you all the people I have met here are AWESOME! both students and staff alike, very professional, but can go booming with the best of them. 3 weekends, three times in after 8am, MY HEAD HURTS!
I am having the time of my life here and truly hope more guys take a serious look at Cathay. Good luck to those with interviews and try again for those that got the letter. They will be hiring for a long while, I think.
It was great metting you while you were here on the interview and will look forward to working with you in the future. Did you get LAX FO?
I am in my second week of systems and did my first sim on Friday. NO PROBLEM! Don't bother trying to learn too much before you get here. They will give you all the info you need and it would be tough trying to unlearn something you studied that was wrong. If you study a few hours every night here you will have no problems with the systems exams and the first sim you can go in there with ZERO knowlege and they will spoon feed all the info to you.
I can tell you all the people I have met here are AWESOME! both students and staff alike, very professional, but can go booming with the best of them. 3 weekends, three times in after 8am, MY HEAD HURTS!
I am having the time of my life here and truly hope more guys take a serious look at Cathay. Good luck to those with interviews and try again for those that got the letter. They will be hiring for a long while, I think.
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Ace the technical pilot interview Help
hey guys,
Not a lot of jet time guy here, what are the things wrong in this book. I have been reading thru it and have not been able to find a lot of worng stuff (according to me) but I am sure some of you have found the wrong stuff. I sure would appreciate it if you could point it out.
Vobg
Not a lot of jet time guy here, what are the things wrong in this book. I have been reading thru it and have not been able to find a lot of worng stuff (according to me) but I am sure some of you have found the wrong stuff. I sure would appreciate it if you could point it out.
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