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It's been over a month, but I'll try and remember as much as I can. Overall, a good experience. Everyone was very nice and welcoming. The day starts with an overview of the company presented by an HR rep. Owened by NWA, mgmt. is old Independance Air mgmt. 36 airplanes by end of '08, 3 on property now. 160 pilots hired so far. I start Oct. 5th and I'm about 120 or so. They said I should upgrade by early summer next year. MSP base, DTW coming soon and MEM eventually. $23/hr first yr FO pay, then $32. $60 for first yr Capt. Flow though to NWA, but also flow back. It's is a real flow through however, and written in NWA and Compass contracts. The interview is 3 parts: Sim eval, written test from ATP, and panel interview. Sim is a 727 sim with steam guages. You sit in the left seat and do basic airwork: Climb, descend, turn while holding airspeed. Climb at 250kts and turn left. Slow to 200 and hold alt. Descend at 1000ft/min. Steep turn. No stalls or anything like that. The sim flies like a truck, and it takes a lot of control input to move the thing. There is also a 1-2 second delay before it reacts, so keep that in mind. Also, the trim is electric, but it moves the trim wheel, which is VERY noisy. This bothered some guys, so just expect it. After the airwork, you will enter a hold off of a VOR, so refresh yourself on how to enter a hold, without the FMS picture. Remember you don't have to be perfect, it's not a check ride and they know you probably havn't flown a 727 or steam guages in a while, but try to remember how to scan. The test is on computer and comes from the ATP written. I studied my Gleim book from 2002 and felt pretty good about the test. There are NO questions that you have to refer to a graph, chart, picture, etc, and NO performance questions. That takes care of 3/4ths of the ATP. 75 questions, and you have an hour. If you study the ATP a little, you will do fine. Some of the questions are written poorly with misspelled words, words left out, etc. so don't freak if you don't understand what it's asking. Most people felt like they didn't do well, and still got the job. The panel interview is 2 retired NWA pilots and an HR rep. The questions are HR type and scenario based. No technical questions at all. Most are geared toward if you are capt. what would you do if...? You taxi to the r.w and the fo says he did't to walk around, do you go back to gate? What do you tell the pax? Are you honest to them? I said go back to gate cause it's a required check, and be honest to pax, just be creative so you don't scare them. Next flt, fo says he did walk around, but you saw that he didn't. WWYD? They want to see when you would go to pro-standards and/or Chief pilot. Have you ever had a confict with a fellow crewmember, how did you handle that? How are you a leader as an FO? How did you start flying? Why Compass? Do you feel comfortable giving PAs to pax? How about standing in the galley or the gate and doing it? Talk about a time you had to give a pa to the pax due to wx or maint. I think they are trying to stress customer service, so any examples you have would be helpfull. They want to have a positive experience for the pax...imagine that in the airline industry. It would be a nice change. They are all very nice, relaxed, and interactive. As always, just be yourself, and have a nice professional chat with them. At some point, you will do a lot of paper work, so bring the info they tell you to bring (work history,etc), and you will have a drug test at a local clinic. They will get you a cab to the clinic and then to the airport for flt home. Everyone was friendly and it was a good experience. Still a bit disorganzied because it's new. Hope this helps. God bless!!

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Compass Airlines Study Guide Questions:

1. Would I depart for an airport if they reported mu-25?
No, MU-25 means braking action is 'poor'. MU-.40 or greater good braking
2. Would you fly fatigued?
No way. I've done that during an ORE. Nodding off in formation is not cool.
No of course NOT
3. Describe the landing gear of the plane you are flying.
We have a tricycle gear set up, each main gear has four-wheel truck and the nose gear has two wheels. They are ABS/Anti-skid equipped, and the emergency braking system has hydraulic accumulators that provide up to 7 full applications of brake pressure. You have to be careful when applying the brakes to avoid getting into an oscillation between the braking action and your brake pedal pressure
4. What qualities make a good captain?
5. What does your resume not tell us about you?
I am really going to miss my friends from the Air Force, I really enjoy going around the world with them, I met a lot of good people there but now it's time to go.
6. Ever had an emergency?
yes, many over the years
yes
7. Why do you like Compass?
I like the new modern equipment and I like the fact that it's got flow through to/ is part of Northwest.
8. Did you ever have a problem with an F/O?
Yes
9. Have you ever gone out of the way for a passenger?
Absolutely, she wasn't a passenger, but one of my WSOs was feeling sick when we were getting ready for a flight back from Nellis in Las Vegas. The training mission we had planned wasn't vital, so we canceled the low-level profile and went straight back to Dyess from Nellis as fast as we could. I was totally prepared to get her to the Flight Doc if necessary or even cancel the flight if required.
10. What are holding speeds?
200 knots up to 6000 230 knots from 6000 to 14000, 265 above 14000 and 310 knots if your in a F-111 or if your at a Navy base

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