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General Lee
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Ellechan,
Will the MD-11 flying be for EVA Cargo? I don't know if they have that many passenger MD-11's. The Cargo birds do a lot thru ANC---onto LAX, ORD, JFK etc. The 747-400's do London, LAX, SEA, EWR, NRT, etc. If there wasn't a lot of SARS floating around, I bet it would be fun. If you have a choice, pick the 747-400. I have heard from some of my friends here at Delta that the MD-11 can be a handful on landing. (Just ask some FedEx guys at EWR when they flipped it over)
Bye Bye--General Lee
Will the MD-11 flying be for EVA Cargo? I don't know if they have that many passenger MD-11's. The Cargo birds do a lot thru ANC---onto LAX, ORD, JFK etc. The 747-400's do London, LAX, SEA, EWR, NRT, etc. If there wasn't a lot of SARS floating around, I bet it would be fun. If you have a choice, pick the 747-400. I have heard from some of my friends here at Delta that the MD-11 can be a handful on landing. (Just ask some FedEx guys at EWR when they flipped it over)
Bye Bye--General Lee
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I interviewed there in 1997. I was the only one interviewing that day and the sim broke before we got in so I got a ride home with the check airman and never went back. I just wasn't impressed by their operation and the way they conducted the interview. It would have been a huge pay cut but I was looking at the chance to fly a widebody. Very glad I didn't go since the five of my friends who did were either fired or quit within two years.
The 747 would be the preferable airplane to be on since the schedule is much better. The MD-11 guys get their schedules changed quite a lot and have a hard time getting home. I just talked to a guy who left there in September and he confirmed it is still that way.
When I interviewed there really weren't many technical questions. Mostly the basic HR stuff, like " why do you want to work here ? Any interview prep book can give you the basics on how to best handle the general questions. For the technical stuff it is usually best to know your current airplane very well as well as what makes and models EVA is flying and what their history/plans are. They do have orders for the 777-200LR which I believe will be delivered starting in 2005.
SARS has been blown way out of proportion by the media. Most infections are occuring in hospitals or to relatives of people who have already contracted the disease. Taiwan has been having some trouble containing the disease but considering a total population of over 22 million people and less than 1000 infections it hardly seems a threat. Masks are required on the train/subway in dowtown Taipei. I haven't really been paying attention to the news lately but it seems to be getting better now.
Try doing a search on www.PPrune.org under the Far East thread for more information on their interview process. I don't recall seeing any recently but I haven't really looked that hard.
Typhoonpilot
The 747 would be the preferable airplane to be on since the schedule is much better. The MD-11 guys get their schedules changed quite a lot and have a hard time getting home. I just talked to a guy who left there in September and he confirmed it is still that way.
When I interviewed there really weren't many technical questions. Mostly the basic HR stuff, like " why do you want to work here ? Any interview prep book can give you the basics on how to best handle the general questions. For the technical stuff it is usually best to know your current airplane very well as well as what makes and models EVA is flying and what their history/plans are. They do have orders for the 777-200LR which I believe will be delivered starting in 2005.
SARS has been blown way out of proportion by the media. Most infections are occuring in hospitals or to relatives of people who have already contracted the disease. Taiwan has been having some trouble containing the disease but considering a total population of over 22 million people and less than 1000 infections it hardly seems a threat. Masks are required on the train/subway in dowtown Taipei. I haven't really been paying attention to the news lately but it seems to be getting better now.
Try doing a search on www.PPrune.org under the Far East thread for more information on their interview process. I don't recall seeing any recently but I haven't really looked that hard.
Typhoonpilot
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ATR Driver,
Bad Spar, huh? Well, I guess it was a bad pre-flight that didn't see a crack in the spar. There were other problems, like having to land on a shortened runway in EWR etc. I think if you polled 100 MD-11 pilots, atleast 80 would say is is hard to land well consistently.
Bye Bye---General Lee
Bad Spar, huh? Well, I guess it was a bad pre-flight that didn't see a crack in the spar. There were other problems, like having to land on a shortened runway in EWR etc. I think if you polled 100 MD-11 pilots, atleast 80 would say is is hard to land well consistently.
Bye Bye---General Lee
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Oh yeah, let me pre-flight a spar.....as far as landing consistently, I guess you're right...I watch the Delta guys in ATL pound them on fairly regularly. When you and Surplus and others are batting each other back and forth, you say 'do the research' often. Ok, I did here.
Thanks and good luck.
Thanks and good luck.
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A quote from ATRDRVR:
"...I watch the Delta guys in ATL pound them on fairly regularly"
I am sure you could do better. And let me guess, you think the ATR is easy to land also, right? Man alive, you are a stud. Most ATR landings I watch at ATL look down right scary. But that is how you land it right?--text book.
So, you did the research on this accident. You interviewed the pilots, right? So, if they had landed it in "text book" fashion, it still would have happened, right? Wrong. Many other factors made this conclusion. An article on the NTSB report, either in Pro Pilot magazine or Flying magazine I believe, stated that there were a couple different points that lead up to a bad result. But you were there and saw it happen. Right. The writers of the articles were wrong. Right. Ok, you win...?
Bye Bye--General Lee
"...I watch the Delta guys in ATL pound them on fairly regularly"
I am sure you could do better. And let me guess, you think the ATR is easy to land also, right? Man alive, you are a stud. Most ATR landings I watch at ATL look down right scary. But that is how you land it right?--text book.
So, you did the research on this accident. You interviewed the pilots, right? So, if they had landed it in "text book" fashion, it still would have happened, right? Wrong. Many other factors made this conclusion. An article on the NTSB report, either in Pro Pilot magazine or Flying magazine I believe, stated that there were a couple different points that lead up to a bad result. But you were there and saw it happen. Right. The writers of the articles were wrong. Right. Ok, you win...?
Bye Bye--General Lee
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General,
Actually the ATR was pretty easy to land. The trailing link landing gear made it a pleasure to land. Its kind of like the Bac 146 and the Avro Jet....... I don't think Ive been on one of those airplanes and had the pilots make a bad landing (EVER). Anyways..... you guys need to just chill. Its getting to the point where you both are going to start saying " oh yeah, well my landing is better then your landing" .
ATR DRVR,
Thats a good avatar...... I had a picture of a 747-400 with COMAIR on it. LOL...... it was great.
Actually the ATR was pretty easy to land. The trailing link landing gear made it a pleasure to land. Its kind of like the Bac 146 and the Avro Jet....... I don't think Ive been on one of those airplanes and had the pilots make a bad landing (EVER). Anyways..... you guys need to just chill. Its getting to the point where you both are going to start saying " oh yeah, well my landing is better then your landing" .
ATR DRVR,
Thats a good avatar...... I had a picture of a 747-400 with COMAIR on it. LOL...... it was great.
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Networ-king,
The ASA DC-10 was a picture of a now defunct African airline.(African Safari Air) I think the Comair one with a 747 is another airline in South Africa that is a BA franchise---but without the 747's now.
From what one of my neighbors said who flew the ATR, he said that bringing the props forward before landing caused a lot of assymetrical drag if they were not brought up perfectly at the same time, resulting in a lot of yaw. Also, with the size of the blades etc, the flare was sometimes unpredictable. I have ridden in the way back of one of those to PFN a couple times, and it is almost as bad as an MD88---lots of yaw. But hey, I never said I was Chuck Yeager either. And I have seen a lot of "controlled crashes" of that ATR landing on 9R or 8L while waiting to takeoff.
Bye Bye--General Lee
The ASA DC-10 was a picture of a now defunct African airline.(African Safari Air) I think the Comair one with a 747 is another airline in South Africa that is a BA franchise---but without the 747's now.
From what one of my neighbors said who flew the ATR, he said that bringing the props forward before landing caused a lot of assymetrical drag if they were not brought up perfectly at the same time, resulting in a lot of yaw. Also, with the size of the blades etc, the flare was sometimes unpredictable. I have ridden in the way back of one of those to PFN a couple times, and it is almost as bad as an MD88---lots of yaw. But hey, I never said I was Chuck Yeager either. And I have seen a lot of "controlled crashes" of that ATR landing on 9R or 8L while waiting to takeoff.
Bye Bye--General Lee
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General,
All I know is that I had alot of fun flying the ATR and landing was a blast. The only time the ATR was a handful was in strong cross winds. That straight high wing just does not like cross winds. As far as your neighbor, I guess its about technique, I seldom had any problems with the 13 1/2 foot prop causing that kind of yaw. But then again, Im perfect, didnt you know that. You never did tell me your position at DAL------------> TK+?
PS. Sorry about ranting guys.......I know this is a EVA topic. I'll stop now............... And good luck on your EVA interview.
All I know is that I had alot of fun flying the ATR and landing was a blast. The only time the ATR was a handful was in strong cross winds. That straight high wing just does not like cross winds. As far as your neighbor, I guess its about technique, I seldom had any problems with the 13 1/2 foot prop causing that kind of yaw. But then again, Im perfect, didnt you know that.
You never did tell me your position at DAL------------> TK+?PS. Sorry about ranting guys.......I know this is a EVA topic. I'll stop now............... And good luck on your EVA interview.
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