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Having looked over some of the questions, many are based around the 747-400. The Boeing website offers some technical information but not as much as is covered by the example questions. So any clues on where to get 747 technical data from?
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I have an upcoming interview in SFO. I have Handling the Big Jets and I have ordered the Captain XYZ book.
I keep reading people mentioning that there were a bunch of meteorology questions. Any suggestions for books on that subject?
I keep reading people mentioning that there were a bunch of meteorology questions. Any suggestions for books on that subject?
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HTBJ, Captain XYZ and then Ace the technical pilot interview ... those three cover a major part of it, including some met stuff.
Apart from that - use the info you can find here using the search function. When you find a good page with interview feedback, save it on your hard drive in case it gets pulled from PPRuNe, or closed (as some threads for some reason already are?). Be sure to know what is written in the latest press releases from the company website, as well as the "about us" pages. Wikipedia also has a lot of interesting info.
Apart from that - use the info you can find here using the search function. When you find a good page with interview feedback, save it on your hard drive in case it gets pulled from PPRuNe, or closed (as some threads for some reason already are?). Be sure to know what is written in the latest press releases from the company website, as well as the "about us" pages. Wikipedia also has a lot of interesting info.
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Before I drop $40 on Handling the BIG Jets, can someone summarize why it's a good study guide? If I don't currently fly a "piston engine transport" and have some jet experience, is it really a big help? It seems that everyone says it's invaluable for Cathay's interview, so I'm just curious why it's so good.
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Thanks.
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"some jet experience" is not a guarantee to get you through. If you want the job, spend that 40 USD or whatever you have to pay, and get a few more books too. Some people spend more than a month of intensive studies for this. In any case, worst that can happen is that you learn something!
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Thanks for the helpful and informative post. I was simply wondering what the book is all about. I don't have an interview, but I was curious why this book gets such a high rating.
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About that book, Captain XYZ, on the back page it says some of those reviews on the book and it says if they ask you if you've read it, it would be smart to say yes since saying 'no' would imply that you either didn't research enough or you're lying. How stupid would it be to say yes?
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Not very stupid at all. It is widely known that most that attend the interviews have used XYZ and to say no would indicate you are probably a liar. It stands out like dogs balls those that have used it.
Not very stupid at all. It is widely known that most that attend the interviews have used XYZ and to say no would indicate you are probably a liar. It stands out like dogs balls those that have used it.
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Well personally I haven't used it extensively. I have browsed through it, though it doesn't seem any different from any other interview question book, especially since I'm going for the Cadet program. I'm probably going to say exactly what I'm doing, that I've read some interview books, studied some textbooks, looked around on the internet, this is my first interview ever (yes, ever) so I don't want to show up unprepared not knowing anything..
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The Best Stuff To Prepare. Most are Free.
By Gary Bristow.http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw...view&x=20&y=19
Complete Cathay Interview Gouge in PDF format.
http://www.jetthrust.com/forum/index.php
General Aviations Discussions.
Cathay Interview Gouge.
In this discussion forum there is some more stuff.
Download the Gouge and extract.
Copy and paste the rest.
All Manuals and publications free of charge.
http://www.smartcockpit.com/
This is the best aviation site I have seen.
Go to Flight Ops and you will find lots of useful publications from manufacturers such as honeywell, boeing, airbus flight safety etc.
Go to My Aircraft and you will find all manuals for most aircrafts.
You can download the manuals and there is a learning centre and you can even take a test in the systems. The profiles are there too.
I dont work for cathay and Im to old to try anyway.
I bought this book Captain XYZ out of curiosity and you find all this stuff here on pprune.org + more We also know that all those companies CX, EK QR etc know about those forums and publications. They change their tactics. But you can only change so much to make the selection effective.
Hope this will help you guys.
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Ace the pilot interview is quite good, as it covers a broad area of subjects. But it does have a lot of errors in it, so you must really crosscheck the info.
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With all this studying, keep in mind that the most you will get is two interviews of one hour each. I memorized all fleet figures, destinations (and whether cargo or pax) of which I was hardly asked about, read so much tech stuff and so on. There was so much of it that was not asked at the interview, and I think it was a lot less indepth than I expected. I expected more in-depth questions regarding my current type, but that was minimal.
From both interviews, these are some highlights I remember:
Vmcg/mca, regarding weight, configuration, power, CG and so on.
Stab trim tanks and CG position in general
Typhoons (only very basic stuff), why is it dry in the middle?
Monsoon, thunderstorm (anvil shape?),
Old/new HK airport names
ADS-B and similar
If you use "Ace the pilot tech interview", there are quite a few mistakes in it, but none that I was asked about. In general it is a very good book, as it covers many areas - just be critical if you don't understand the answer, and look it up somewhere else.
HTBJ? Nothing I read in that book that I was asked about, well, nothing that I did not know already. Some say it is THE bible for CX. It does have some interesting stuff in it, but for me it was more of a history lesson, which I enjoyed. Not that I knew all the tech stuff presented in it, but I think HTBJ goes into so much detail that I cannot imagine would be asked at an interview.
These are the books/info I used:
XYZ: Some stuff in it is good, but there are some errors and some outdated info. Not a "must have" but pretty good to browse through. Not the only book to use!
Ace the pilot tech interview: Good, but with errors. Probably better to have than XYZ and HTBJ
HTBJ: Old, still valid I guess, interesting reading especially regarding history of jet age, but not much from there I was asked at either interview.
CX webpage: Good info about fleet, press releases. Know what happened recently and so on. Pics and names of CEO, COO, DFO, and so on.
Wikipedia: Info about aircraft types, Cathay (including history), Hong Kong, Kai Tak and Chek Lap Kok.
PPRuNe: Lots of good info, although one has to be critical and have it confirmed elsewhere. Talked with one of the interviewers about PPRuNe (!). He was amused to read "The Managements" posts, and said it was not one of their own, but that did not make it less amusing to read for him!
From both interviews, these are some highlights I remember:
Vmcg/mca, regarding weight, configuration, power, CG and so on.
Stab trim tanks and CG position in general
Typhoons (only very basic stuff), why is it dry in the middle?
Monsoon, thunderstorm (anvil shape?),
Old/new HK airport names
ADS-B and similar
If you use "Ace the pilot tech interview", there are quite a few mistakes in it, but none that I was asked about. In general it is a very good book, as it covers many areas - just be critical if you don't understand the answer, and look it up somewhere else.
HTBJ? Nothing I read in that book that I was asked about, well, nothing that I did not know already. Some say it is THE bible for CX. It does have some interesting stuff in it, but for me it was more of a history lesson, which I enjoyed. Not that I knew all the tech stuff presented in it, but I think HTBJ goes into so much detail that I cannot imagine would be asked at an interview.
These are the books/info I used:
XYZ: Some stuff in it is good, but there are some errors and some outdated info. Not a "must have" but pretty good to browse through. Not the only book to use!
Ace the pilot tech interview: Good, but with errors. Probably better to have than XYZ and HTBJHTBJ: Old, still valid I guess, interesting reading especially regarding history of jet age, but not much from there I was asked at either interview.
CX webpage: Good info about fleet, press releases. Know what happened recently and so on. Pics and names of CEO, COO, DFO, and so on. Wikipedia: Info about aircraft types, Cathay (including history), Hong Kong, Kai Tak and Chek Lap Kok. PPRuNe: Lots of good info, although one has to be critical and have it confirmed elsewhere. Talked with one of the interviewers about PPRuNe (!). He was amused to read "The Managements" posts, and said it was not one of their own, but that did not make it less amusing to read for him!
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