Buying Jepps for interview

[flyboyzz1]

trying to get ready to interview at SKW and was wondering if you were going to buy a jepp pack to prep for the sim/technical which region would you buy? I'm assuming an are with mountains... is that correct?

 

[Brasilia Flyer]

Buy none of them. The sim can be an approach from LAX to LGA. . . and anything in between.

Do yourself a favor and study the Jepp introduction section (the one with all of the symbology). Understand how to read a Jepp approach and enroute chart accurately.

Seems like they'll hire just about anybody these days though.

 

[CRJDog]

trying to get ready to interview at SKW and was wondering if you were going to buy a jepp pack to prep for the sim/technical which region would you buy? I'm assuming an are with mountains... is that correct?

OMG are u serious?

Bring Aspen.

I am praying for the captain that has to spoon feed you.

 

[Erlanger]

In the interview you will be asked questions about reading Jepps. While you may be able to pick a plate up and figure it out and do an approach, there is no way you could answer most questions if asked what this or that symbol means unless you had studyed it before hand. It will be evident that you don't know how to read Jepps. Do yourself a favor and get atleast the introductory (though you should have apprioach plates to test yourself with too) as Brasilia Flyer has said and learn the symbology. You won't beable to BS you way through this. Don't be cheap about it. Buy yourself an "Airway Manual Express" set. They range, depending on region between $19 and $39.

 

[flyboyzz1]

I guess I have to make my self more clear... I am going to buy an express set and I do know that I will have to know the symbols and how to read them and that the beginning section is what I really need. However if I'm going to buy one (don't know anyone who just has the intro section) I would like an area that has most of the symbols on the plates. I was told once that areas with Mountains had more symbols on the actual plates than the Midwest ones. Thats all I'm looking for. Didn't think this thread would magnetize jerks (only one so far)

 

[indianboy7]

I guess I have to make my self more clear... I am going to buy an express set and I do know that I will have to know the symbols and how to read them and that the beginning section is what I really need. However if I'm going to buy one (don't know anyone who just has the intro section) I would like an area that has most of the symbols on the plates. I was told once that areas with Mountains had more symbols on the actual plates than the Midwest ones. Thats all I'm looking for. Didn't think this thread would magnetize jerks (only one so far)

I don't think you'll have a problem finding all the symbols in an entire pack of plates......doesn't matter if you get the kansas one or the utah one.......if you're not used to seeing terrain on an approach plate, then you can just get a colorado or wyoming one..that should cover you..

 

[OPECJet]

I would buy a set of Jepps just for an interview. If you only need to intro section, see if your local FBO has an outdated set you can get free, or at least cheap. That ought to suffice until you get the real ones from the company after you have the job.

I would imagine you'd get the plate you need for the sim ride at the interview.

 

[Burt Reynolds]

I think that all of the express packs come with the intro section. The intro section is where you'll find all of the information that you need. I'd buy the cheapest that I could find.

If you really want to geek out, check out the reprints of the Jeppesen Chart Clinic at:

http://www.jeppesen.com/wlcs/index.jsp?section=resources&content=publications_aopa.jsp

Some of the stuff is a little outdated, but there's still a lot of good info there.

Study hard, know the airplane that you're flying, and come with a good attitude and willingness to learn and you shouldn't have any problems with the interview...

Good luck!

 

[flyboyzz1]

sounds good thanks everyone...

 

[landlover]

i just don't understand this concept of paying for charts?

 

[~~~^~~~]

Are Regional interviews this hard?

The only thing on the Jepp Chart that wasn't clear was the symbol that looks like a drive in movie - it is a transmissometer, the thingy that provides RVR values on foggy mornings when you are trying to get home from a continuous duty overnight.

Right now the interviews just are not that hard - but you already have a leg up for Cathay Pac.