Sim Prep for UAL interview?

[Jeepman]

I have done glass to steam gauge (RJ FO to EMB120 CPT) Even though I had flown the plane before it was a challenge doing steam gauges again.

 

[scoreboardII]

Why walk into a gunfight with a butter knife? Drop the dime to pay for the sim you'll be tested in, probably by the guys your buying it from.

 

[Gsxrguy750]

Whats their sim profile? Take off, enter hold, then shoot an ILS?

 

[SIG600]

Whats their sim profile? Take off, enter hold, then shoot an ILS?

The applicant study guide they send you when you get the call is stamped in big red letters "give this to anyone and we'll kill you."

Seriously, it's confidential, but not cosmic.

 

[BuckMurdock1]

Can I ask what is unique about United's sim check that warrants a sim prep for anyone flying a normal schedule? I'm going to visit Albief15 at the end of the month for an interview prep, but need to consider the sim prep as well. I don't have any interviews scheduled.

I was kinda wondering that too. Perhaps to be safe, you should ask the sim prep instructor for the "Al Haynes"

 

[Patriot328]

Can I ask what is unique about United's sim check that warrants a sim prep for anyone flying a normal schedule? I'm going to visit Albief15 at the end of the month for an interview prep, but need to consider the sim prep as well. I don't have any interviews scheduled.

If you've been flying glass for the last 5-10-15 years as a lot of people have and you get thrown into a steam gauge sim, it might take 5 minutes or so to get used to it. The problem with that is the sim ride is about 5 minutes. I'd rather get those first five minutes out of the way somewhere else.

Granted, it might not matter, but like I said before, I want to leave the interview thinking "there isn't anything more I could have done to be ready for this" rather than going "damn I wish I had....xxxxxx".

 

[Crucianpilot]

Like I said earlier, MS flight simulator is a great sim prep tool as well. You can load the ac they are using for the sim eval, use the gouge and practice the ride over and over. Everytime I got into the sim to do the eval, I felt like I was looking at my computer screen. It was almost always identical to what I had practiced which made the ride very simple. Definitely a very simple way to prepare.

 

[ual777]

If you spend money for the sim ride, remember that it is also tax deductible!