Interview experience:

This was kind of a long shot application. I happened to run across a posting asking if anyone knew about ATI and looked up the compnay's website. Sent my resume and ATI overnited an application to me. I had to non rev to Dayton for the interview and ATI provided the hotel. The training center is not on the airport but near Dayton. Everyone was excited to have us there. We were the first "new hires" in almost 7 years. The invterview was very laid back and very professional. Started off with a company overview, benefits, pay, etc. After the company presentataion there was a quick 20 question test. Basic instrument stuff. The questions were not canned questions from any books I have read but wrather simple questions like what is the effect on TAS as temperature changes, you are at 400' on the VOR approach and have the approach lights insight, you can go down to 100' T/F. Easy stuff. Next we each went in one at a time for the one on three interview. Two Captains and a Human Resource person. They do everything to make you comfortable. Got the drunk Captain question, the Captain is wanting to go into very bad weather, and how did you get into flying. Quick 30 minutes. Very relaxed, just wanted to get to know you. Next was the sim eval. It was a PCATD set up as a MD80. Nothing fancy, just take off from LAX runway heading to 3000' turn left, turn to intercept a radial. Enter a hold. Track to an NDB vectors to an ILS and that was it. Just do your company procedures and you'll be fine. Make all the callouts use the evaluator sitting next to you to set power, heading bugs, obs settings, etc. The sim is fairly easy to fly, doesn't trim out for hands off very well but will trim so that only very small corrections are necessary to keep on alt and heading. The whole experiene in itself was awesome! Everyone there couldn't stop talking about how fun and how good of a deal it is to work for ATI. It wasn't fake either. All the people we talked to were honestly enthusiastic about us being there. Rumors of 767's in 5 or 6 years, but they are taking on 3 more DC8s and retiring one older one. Also rumors of a class mid summer, but that was just a rumor from someone I talked to in another interview group after the fact, take it for what its worth. I got the call the 3 days later for a class date in March. Big thanks to Mike and this site and good luck to anyone who is going to class with me and hopefully there will be another class in the summer.

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Air Transport International Study Guide Questions:

1. On an IFR flight in VFR who is responsible for separation, you or ATC?
You.
2. When is a report to ATC required?
3. What is an LDA?
a precision approach that is offset from the runway, it may have GS
4. What are you looking for in an employer/airline?
5. What is the correlation between temp and lighting strikes?
6. What is the effect of aft cg on performance?
rearward Cg gives better fuel efficiency
7. What is Mach Tuck?
8. What factors used in calculating performance?
9. What is critical mach?
10. How did you get into flying?

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