briefing a hold

[7574EVER]

On some interview sims, if you brief the proper entry, ie... "teardrop, followed by right hand turns" they won't actually make you fly it... or so I have heard!!

Yea that's what I'm driving at. I want to make sure I know what I'm doing and what a proper brief is. I don't think they'll let me use the FMS on an interview eval.

 

[gcsass]

Try keeping it simple...."when I hit the fix I'll turn to heading XXX and track outbound for 1 minute. Then I will turn R/L to join the YYY radial inbound to the fix, where I will make R/L turns. Any Questions?"

Like I said, most times they are just looking to see if you can mentally figure out the ENTRY PROCEDURE and do it correctly. Good Luck!!

 

[sopdan]

To brief it, just tell them everything above. Transfer the controls to the other pilot while writing down the hold instructions. In the real world, you wont have to brief a hold...just plug it in the FMS and both verify it.

And in the real world, it should be the PNF that is writing down the instructions.

 

[COOPERVANE]

Don't forget about utilizing about your sim partner. When I interviewed, we helped each other out A LOT.

If you brief it wrong, most instructors will let you go on and hang yourself.

When my partner flew (furloughed United), he briefed the hold wrong. preflight, we decided if we disagreed with the brief, we would signal each other. I did my little hold signal (pre-arranged) and he immediately realized his mistake. They want to see you work as a crew.

Ask for bugs to be set, and lend assistance when you are PNF. If you help too much, the IP will usually tap you and ask you to let him go it alone.

I don't think anyone would hold it against you for trying to help a guy out. You certainly would be expected to online