Here is my trip report. I reviewed the reports of the guys who gave me letters of rec but I don't have e copies. Also on loneeagle.com they have a few trip reports that are worth looking at.
UPS Trip Report
20 Jan 2005
This should sound very familiar to all of the Trip reports that I have read.
I stayed at the Holiday Inn Hurstbourne (502)426-2600. There were a lot of UPSers staying there for training and interviewing. The rate is $48 per night. There is a hotel van which will take you to and from UPS Training Center, and to/from the airport. I recommend taking the van unless you’re familiar with the area. I took a 7:15 am van to show at 8 am. It is an I.D. badge area—Nancy or Linda will let you in and give you a visitor badge.
Wait in the lobby area, where Linda will look over your pre interview paperwork, fingerprint you and give you a simulator book to study for a half hour. I was given the MD-11 book. It gives you pitch and power settings which makes it easy if you have them written down on a knee board. I did my simulator with Dave Duehmig a DC-8 captain for 17 years. He was very friendly and offered information if you ask. The technical questions he asked me:
1. What are the T/O mins?
2. What do you know about class B airspace?
3. Can you give me a T/O brief like you would in your current aircraft?
4. Can you give me an approach brief like you would in your current aircraft?
MD-11 SIM Gouge
T/O runway 35L Louisville
Takeoff briefing
Flaps 15 and 95% N1
Rotate 15 deg NU V2 +10
“Positive Rate” PNF “Gear Up” PF
@ 1500 ft 9 deg NU “Set Climb Power, Flaps on schedule” accelerate to 250 kias
Intercept the IIU 330 Radial outbound and level off at 5000 ft
Level Flight
250 kias
70% N1 and 4 deg NU
Turns
30 deg turn for 90 deg of heading change (same pitch and power as level)
45 deg turn for 180 deg of heading change – 75% N1 and 5 deg NU
Descent to 3000ft
0-2 deg NU and a knob width above idle will give 1000 fpm
Approach to Runway 17R
Approach Briefing
Slow to 180 knots
Flaps 15, 7 deg NU and 63% N1
1 ½ dots glide slope “Gear Down”
1 Dot “Flap 28”
½ Dot “Flap 35”
Vref = 157 kias and 0-2 deg NU 63%N1
Go Around at DH (786ft there is no visual)
“Set Go around Power”, “Flaps 15”, “Positive Rate” PNF, “Gear Up”, “Flaps on Schedule”
1600 ft right turn to 230 intercept IIU 279 outbound at 3000ft
190 kias – 5 deg NU and 55% N1
Talk about holding at Damen IIU 279/24.5
Writing this stuff down and having a knee board helped me out. I had it pretty much memorized so that I could focus on my cross check. After the sim Dave asked me to critique my performance. Then he told me how I did an outstanding job and had one of the best sim evals that he had seen since he started interviewing pilots in December. I flew this same profile about 15 times in a C-17 remote desktop simulator at ½ flap setting (faster and a front side approach). I used only raw data with out the HUD to get me back to old school instrument flying. I also chair flew the MD-11 specifics about 3 times before I was called into the simulator.
There were 6 pilots interviewing that day - all great guys from various backgrounds. We were able to ask each other questions about the Simulator and Interview while we were in the break room. UPS is very consistent in the interview and the simulator. Everyone gets the exact questions and the exact simulator.
After the simulator I had a few hours so I went out to lunch with a friend. I then waited in the lobby again for a 1 pm interview with Paige (worked her way up to the top at UPS from a package handler to the head of HR), and Rod (767 Captain ex A-10 and F-15 pilot). It was a round table interview where we sat together in a comfortable sized room to review my paperwork and they asked me some questions. I’ll admit I was nervous when I walked in, but when I walked out I felt like I had made friends with Paige and Rod. They are both very friendly and fun people to be around. They do their best to make you feel relaxed so that you can be yourself.
Questions they asked were:
1. Tell me about yourself?
2. How did you get started flying?
3. When was your last flight?
4. What did you do to prepare for the interview?
5. Who recommended you? When did you speak with them? What did they tell you?
6. How do you know the people who gave you letters of recommendation? What do you think they said about you?
7. What do you think about safety?
8. What do you know about UPS?
9. What do you know about UPS values? Integrity and Being on time or early and Safety
10. Describe most interesting experience within last 3 yrs of your job.
11. Have you interviewed with anyone else?
12. What other airlines have you applied to?
13. Why is UPS your first choice?
14. Do you have concerns/reservations about flying with UPS?
15. Tell a time when your integrity was questioned.
16. Tell me a time when you have failed.
17. Tell us a time when you had a conflict with your captain.
18. How has your present employer benefited from you?
19. Why UPS?
20. Why should we pick you?
21. What is the emergency engine shutdown bold face in your aircraft?
22. What happens when you pull the fire handle in your aircraft?
23. If you are hired will you still fly with the USAF Reserves?
24. How have you saved the Air Force money?
25. Do you have any questions?
During the interview Rod started out by checking my logbooks and paperwork while Paige asked the first few questions. Then the last part of the interview Rod was asking the questions and Paige was taking notes. Also there were times when they both talked about UPS values and about Jim Casey and how his book still applies today in our times. UPS has sound principles which have made it consistently an excellent company. It was a fun interview. I had a great time “visiting” with 2 outstanding professionals who were eager to tell me about UPS and were attentive in learning about me and my stories.
They offered me the job that day and I did the physical the next day.
Study the UPS.com Website, Study browncafe.com, and listen to 1-800-UPS-PILOTS. Get out a video camera and video tape yourself being interviewed (ask those questions above), and read “Checklist for Success” by Cage.
