Link to Mazillano MX Plates

[Bushhatesyou]

I saw a thread on here with the plates XJT uses in the interview.. Anyone know where I can find it? Thnx

 

[flatspin7]

Don't people realize that a Jepp chart is exactly the same weather the approach goes into EWR or Mexico City (which is a pain in the arse). The format and briefing are the same as any non-precision approach are the same (most of the approaches down there are VORs). Know how to figure out a VDP and you'll be fine.

Most of the approaches are DME arcs from the Airway so decent planning is rather important becuase the approaches can be pretty tight. The other main approach you are going to see down there is a tear drop from a VOR where you fly out bond on the XXX radial to X DME and make a 180 back to the final. If you take the time to plan the arrival and get slow early it really is no big deal.

As for the interview just know how to read and brief Jepps at XJT there are places in the US that are just as Hairy arrivals than some of the Mexico destinations, PSP comes to mind with the Huge Rocks 2 miles from the airport. Mexico City can work you pretty good, but the company gives you real good guide on how and when to decend, configure, and slow down.


Good luck on the interveiw

 

[SSDD]

Mazillano or Manzanillo??????????????

 

[Bushhatesyou]

I found the link thanks... One of the questions they ask in the interview is "your at 120 miles out at fl200 and cleared for the approach, what do you do?" ...... Fly to the VOR and descend in the hold to the approach alt? Also could someone explain Trans Level and Trans Alt to me? Thanks

 

[Alchemy]

Well if you're 120 miles out and cleared for the approach that gives you more than enough time to plan a normal descent from FL200.

Most of the time, the answer is that you will plan a roughly 3 degree descent so that you cross the IAF for the approach at the minimum published altitude, complying with any intermediate changes in the MEA or published altitudes on the approach plate. Say the minimum altitude for the IAF is 10,000 ft....subtract that from the altitude you're at (20,000-10,000 = 10), multiply that number by three (30), then add 10 miles to allow yourself to slow down. In Mexico they want you at 250 or less within 30NM of any airport below 10,000 AGL, and at 200 or less within 5NM below 3,000 AGL. So about 40 miles from the IAF, you'll want to start down if you need to cross it at 10,000 ft.

This assumes that the approach has some kind of transition from the airway structure to the approach....most approaches in Mexico use DME arcs to serve this purpose. If you don't have a transition, then you just fly the MEA to the VOR, hold until you bleed off enough altitude to commence the approach.

Transition altitude vs. Transition level....

Transition altitude is the point on climbout where you will set you're altimeter to ICAO standard (29.92) and began reporting altitudes as Flight Levels.

Transition level is the point on descent where you will set you're altimeter to the local setting (QNH), to accurately read the aircraft's altitude above mean sea level.

 

[Bushhatesyou]

Thanks for all the help!!!!