CRJ Type Rating, Where can I get one?

[dav8or]

I got asked questions about a PC12 that I had logged 12 hours in at an interview. Luckily I knew the answers. I

f you have a type in the aircraft they could ask you some real deep question.

What are you going to do if you get a job offer from someone who flys EMB's ? And even with a type ypu will still have to go through thier trainning program and pass a check ride.

I'ld use that money to get another rating or more multi time. A glider or seaplane rating might get you further in an interview if the interviewer has an intrest in either.

 

[dav8or]

I got asked questions about a PC12 that I had logged 12 hours in at an interview. Luckily I knew the answers.

If you have a type in the aircraft they could ask you some real deep question.

What are you going to do if you get a job offer from someone who flys EMB's ? And even with a type ypu will still have to go through thier trainning program and pass a check ride.

I'ld use that money to get another rating or more multi time. A glider or seaplane rating might get you further in an interview if the interviewer has an intrest in either.

 

[BoxFlyr]

I am just wondering, how can someone who is unemployed even pay for a type in a crj?

 

[generaltso]

I've gotten gouges from several majors (straight from the horses mouth). All of them said they would not ask you a question about an aircraft that you are not currently flying. But then again, the majors run there interviews a lot different then the regionals.

I think the best thing to do is get the gouge on the place you are going to interview with (obviously, right?). It doesn't make sense why someone would see if you remember what temperate makes the overheat light come on in a plane you flew 4 years ago. But I guess the regionals run there shows different.

I think in general the regional interview is more technical oriented while the major interview is more HR questions. But your right, I don't know anything about regional interviews, so thanks for clearing it up.

 

[skyslug]

I have to say getting typed in an RJ with the amount of time you say you have, you'd be tossing your money into the wind. Save it for something useful - a type in a plane you may not fly for several years is a waste.

But to answer your question, there are places that will do it... for a hefty price, and their training is from my understanding (all 3rd hand info at this point)sub-par to what the airlines do (for free I might add!).

 

[Marko Ramius]

I've gotten gouges from several majors (straight from the horses mouth).

Generaltso,

From what I can tell, you haven't interviewed at any airline, regional or major. Many of the people here(myself included) have interviewed at one, the other, or both. They are giving you real life experiences, you shouldn't discount them until you've been there just because you can go willfly4food or aviationinterviews.com or whatever. Interviewers control the interview wherever you go, major or regional. For example when I interviewed at a regional, I got asked a few questions on the 727. While I did have some sim time in it, I didn't have a type in the plane, and had never been through ground school on it. Nevertheless, I was asked why the aircraft is more difficult to land than many other airplanes. I will say that for the most part, major airline interviews adhere to more structured "scripts," than some regionals, but their still can be quite a bit of variance. The major carrier I'm furloughed from, has a pretty standardized interview process, but when we were interviewing I heard we had something like 250 interview captains. They all see things a little differently and that can show in their questions. If you read the gouge for my airline, it says our process has been changed and that their are no more technical questions on aircraft you've flown-they're only supposed to ask questions from the ATP, FE, Aviation Weather books, etc. They still get around that though. In my interview, they asked me a bunch of "tell me about a time when," stories, and used some of the followup questions to see how well I knew my aircraft systems, memory items, limitations, etc. Bottom line is anything aircraft you have ever been around is fair game in an interview, and while you should know your current airplane the best, it isn't a bad idea to look through your logbook and jog your memory on past airplanes.