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This was a very good experience. They were very nice and made me feel comfortable. I was supposed to arrive the day before and prep with Airline Career Resource (ACR), where the sim Great Lakes uses is. Denver International was closed on the 11th so I flew in early on interview day. Went to door 512, island 3 and waited for the Radisson Van to pick me up, they come every 5 and 35 past the hour. I met a great guy that was also interviewing on the van and we became friends. When we got to the hotel he checked in and we called ACR to set up the prep, they were great and fit us in in time before the interview. I flew the sim for an hour, A MUST! I have flown a lot of sims recently and this one is terrible Frasca 141, every four seconds it takes off on you even when trimmed perfectly. I then was put through an HR prep and a Tech prep. They said, as well as the Great Lakes HR person to say that I prepped, to show my desire to be prepared. ACR gave me a pen and a briefcase to borrow, they did not like mine, and she also made me button my suit coat. Interview Time. I got to a room where five people were waiting. One Great Lakes person was taking the paperwork and checking to ensure everything was complete. I did have to go make a copy but not a problem, I just ran downstairs to ACR. Everything was pretty screwed up because of the weather the day before. So it didn't move to quick, Great Lakes got started late 11:00 instead of 9:00, not there fault, weather they day before. They made great accommodations to have everyone interview on the 12th and 13th that wanted to and rescheduled the people that didn't make it due to weather. Three hours later it was my turn to interview, a man came in and got my logs books and said he would be back for me. During this three hour wait we all talked about flying and the GL person answered all of our questions, she was in-between ground school and flight training. My Interview was with a company officer and an HR person. It lasted about 40 minutes probably. Questions no order, why GL? What is more important PIC or Jet time? Some lost comm scenarios? Jeppeson chart and low enroute chart? MOCA vs MEA? Who else am I interviewing with? How do I feel about drug tests? what airspace is at 14,001? How did I learn about GL? There where more but thats what I remember. I was asked to take a sim ride, not all where, we tried to determine if that meant that you don’t get the job. They said no, but I believe probably. SIM RIDE. Scotts Bluff ILS 30. Start at the runway, cleared RH to 5500 then Direct to vor maintain 6200. Four miles from vor hold clearance, teardrop entry, then he froze the sim and moved me elsewhere and said, tell me where you are? this was easy with dme, adf and vor. then vector to ils and shoot approach to missed then game over. They said they would call or write within 2 weeks. I figure call good, letter bad. There were not any tests or writtens. As always no indication of results after.

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Great Lakes Airlines Study Guide Questions:

1. Why Great Lakes?
2. Who was your most difficult Student?
3. What is MOCA?
Minimum Obstacle Clearance Altitude, lowest altitude that assures obstacle clearance but does not ensure navigational signal
4. What is MEA?
Minimum En Route Altitude, lowest altitude on that airway that assures obstacle clearance and acceptable navigational reception.
5. What is GRID MORA?
It's an altitude derived by Jepp or provided by state authorities. If derived by Jepp, Grid MORA clear all terrain and structures by 1000' in areas where highest elevations are 5000' MSL or lower. MORA values clear all terrain and structures by 2000' in areas where highest elevations are 5001' MSL or higher. Grid MORA (State) altitude supplied by the State Authority provides 2000' clearance in mountainous areas and 1000' in non-mountainous areas. Also... a +/- denote doubtful accuracy but are believed to provide sufficient reference point clearance.
re. previous entry, I know the 6,000 and 7,000 altitudes don't make sense. That's exactly how it's worded in the Jeppesen lesson. I think the correct altitude is: below 5,000ft. obstacle clearance is 1,000ft., and above 5,000ft. it's 2000ft obstacle clearance. Maybe 6,000 ft- im not sure.
MORA stands for Minimum Off-Route Altitude. On Jeppesen charts, all MORA altitudes which are 6,000 feet or lower have an obstacle clearance of 1,000 feet. If the MORA altitudes are 7,000 feet or greater, the obstacle clearance is 2,000 feet. A grid MORA is for the Lat-Long grid for that sector of the chart. A 'route' Mora is rare because of assigned MEA's, but are depicted by an "a" following the altitude number. An example can be seen east of the Chosi VOR in Japan, Oceanic Route OTR 11 has a MORA of 1700a. Reference: Jeppesen free 'Chart Clinic' series, Lesson #11 from Jeppesen.com .
6. How was your flight to Denver?
7. What has been your biggest sacrifice through out your flying and training?
8. Who is the person you look up to the most and why?
9. Have you applied for any other airline?
10. If you got a call from another airline, What would make you decide to go or stay with great lakes?

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