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Dang, then my former 135 employer was in violation of the regs since NONE of our planes had autopilots and we flew single-pilot...Elie7Elie said:and by the way, since you fly corporate, maybe I'll refresh your memory about 135 regs . . . Any US Operator flying an airplane IFR under a 135 or 121 certificate requires either an autopilot or an SIC . . . get your facts checked.
Elie7Elie said:and by the way, since you fly corporate, maybe I'll refresh your memory about 135 regs . . . Any US Operator flying an airplane IFR under a 135 or 121 certificate requires either an autopilot or an SIC . . . get your facts checked.
It's going to show them that you know how to fly approaches...and are trainable. It would certainly suck to have a captain that doesn't remember to put the gear down... The HR interview shows your CRM skills, and how you interact with other people.Elie7Elie said:What is going to come up in the single pilot IFR flight test that is going to tell them what kind of pilot the candidate is in a 2 crew cockpit? Anyone other than Skybox with an answer?
ACC's aircraft are cargo only. When I interviewed, I seem to remember them mentioening that they don't have autopilot either.Elie7Elie said:previous company must have been an all cargo operations, strictly VFR operations, or in violation.
Elie7Elie said:135.101 Except as provided in 135.105, no person may operate an aircraft carrying passengers under IFR unless there is a second in command in the aircraft.
135.105
(a) Except as provided in 135.99 and 135.111, unless two pilots are required by this chapter for operations under VFR, a person may operate an aircraft without a second in command, if it is equipped with an operative approved autopilot system and the use of that system is authorized by appropriate operations specifications.
(b) The certificate holder may apply for an amendment of its operations specifications to authorize the use of an autopilot system in place of a second in command.
rway36, why don't you go back to school and learn you regs, and perhaps I'll be your flight instructor
HowlingMadMurdoc, your previous company must have been an all cargo operations, strictly VFR operations, or in violation.
T-Gates said:After reading your childish rants on here, I sincerley hope you didn't get hired. You sound like you will be nothing but a whiney burden to any captain you fly with.
Tell me, at 900 hours, how much CRM experience do you have? Do you know how to effectively manage and coordinate a crew? ACC is trying to put you through your paces and see how you can handle yourself. They are looking for IFR skills. How many 121/135 interviews have you even gone through? Can you effectively compare various different hiring processes?
If things went bad for you, I'm sorry. But flying night freight in a Shorts with no autopilot is no place for immaturity, or poor IFR skills. Most ACC newhires come in with little to no crew experience. That is why the hiring process is geared to that. It would be a very unfair practice to throw someone with minimal total aviation experience and expect them to work immedately in a crew.
If you thought you were treated unfairly, I'm sorry. But this is aviation, suck it up, go to other interviews and move on. I've been turned down before, and it does suck, but you should learn and grow from every experience.
Now I didn't see the original post, but if you DID get the job, drop the attitude FAST. Because any number of the line captains and IOE captains will not tolerate it. Period. That includes those who will be doing your training and your checkride.
ACC is a good company, and with good equipment and good people. I enjoyed my time there and still fly as a part-time line captain.
Don't come throwing stones if you're not prepared to come face to face with people who have the knowledge and experience to tell you to STFU. Which many of the above posters have and have done.
Cheers
machaf said:I did the sim yesterday too. I was the first one to go. I couldn't get the glide slope on the ILS to stay steady. While fixating on that I didn't get the gear down or add flaps. In the airplanes I fly we do not use flaps on the approaches. Now I understand large aircraft require flaps. I think they could have spent a little more time going over what we were going to be doing because flying that sim and looking down at the approach chart and leaning over to check the radio stack doesn't work very well. The whole setup is kinda cheap. Its not setup properly to be viewable. They need to look at the Human Factors SHEL model and see why instrument proficient pilots are doomed to fail with that sim.
It flys nothing like any sim I have flown. I have a fair amount of sim experience (CL-65, Frasca241/142, Vectors).
Things might have went better if they had given us time to look over the approach we were doing and giving us some time to get use to the sim.
Oh well. Looks like a good company and good people.
N7167L said:If able, please provide more details on the sim ride...
What airport(s)?
Is the sim utilizing Microsoft's Flight Simulator software?
(PCATD)
What was the profile? (e.g. takeoff, vectors, ILS to MAP, hold as published, etc. etc.)
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Thanks!!
machaf said:I did the sim yesterday too. I was the first one to go. I couldn't get the glide slope on the ILS to stay steady. While fixating on that I didn't get the gear down or add flaps. In the airplanes I fly we do not use flaps on the approaches. Now I understand large aircraft require flaps. I think they could have spent a little more time going over what we were going to be doing because flying that sim and looking down at the approach chart and leaning over to check the radio stack doesn't work very well. The whole setup is kinda cheap. Its not setup properly to be viewable. They need to look at the Human Factors SHEL model and see why instrument proficient pilots are doomed to fail with that sim.
It flys nothing like any sim I have flown. I have a fair amount of sim experience (CL-65, Frasca242/141, Vectors). A Frasca in Hypertwin mode is easier than this sim.
Things might have went better if they had given us time to look over the approach we were doing and giving us some time to get use to the sim.
Oh well. Looks like a good company and good people.