upcoming interview questions

[nudge]

hi all,

i have been invited to an interview in the next 3 weeks, and following a bad experience from my last interview wish to get some good advice from some of you.

what is the best direction to take when the

"you are a co-pilot and your pilot turns up to work after lunch and admits to having a single beer during lunch.... do you fly or not? "

style question......

do you maintain the regs and not fly under any circumstances, fly and stay in his good books because he has only had 1 beer, or what?

another thing... i have an atpl (2000hrs), but have been out of flying now for 4 years. i completed my atpl theory about 10years ago. can anyone give some good reference urls for atpl study questions?


any help really appreciated

thanks nudge

 

[stillaboo]

You've got to be kidding!

what is the best direction to take when the

"you are a co-pilot and your pilot turns up to work after lunch and admits to having a single beer during lunch.... do you fly or not? "

style question......

do you maintain the regs and not fly under any circumstances, fly and stay in his good books because he has only had 1 beer, or what?

This is NOT a style question!

When answering a question like this, think in this order:
1. Safety
2. Regs
3. Common Sense

Here's how you think:
1. Would the captain be safe? After 1 beer, probably. Even a 90 lb female Capt. could likely drink 1 beer and not feel it.
2. Would any regs be broken? YES!

There's your answer. You will NOT fly the leg, nor will you call in sick and allow someone else to get duped into breaking the reg either. Tell the Captain he doesn't look like he's feeling too well, and you think HE should call in sick (airlines hire future captains, and captains have to make decisions). Give him/her a couple outs (you don't want to ruin the captain's career over 1 beer), but under no circumstances will you allow that Captain to fly any legs w/in 8 hours (or longer if the company minimum is longer than 8). The interviewer might press on this, but you have to stick to your guns.

The question assumes the Capt. knew about the leg to be flown after lunch, and it is less than 8 hours b/t the leg and the beer (confirm this, b/c this question test your knowledge of the regs too). The Capt. decided to ruin their career when he/she had a drink and decided to fly anyway. You are not ruining it if you have to take it to the Chief pilot. The only person the Capt. has to blame is the guy in the mirror.

If anyone disagrees with me, please comment. But my airline would NEVER hire anyone who would allow a Capt. to knowingly bust a reg.

-Boo!