· What are katabatic winds?

· What is washout?
· What does CAVOK mean?

· What things are associated with a mountain wave?

· What are the inputs to a GPWS?

· Deviation changes due to what?

· What is the relationship between TAS, Mach number, and Speed of Sound in an equation?

· QNH set to 989 instead of 998 What will the error be?
· What is the definition of a wet runway in mm of water?

· What is the difference in ground-looping tendencies between a tail dragger and tricycle

gear?

· Give me a summary of your flying career up to this point

· Why did you become a pilot?

· How did you pay for your flight training and/or school?

· Do you have any secondary duties at your current job? Why or why not?

· If your spouse were sitting here, what would they say is your biggest weakness?

· Why do you want to work for Cathay?

· Why are we just hearing from you now?

· What is something you don't like about your current company?

· Have you applied anywhere else? What if you receive another job offer, which job will you
take?

· Tell me about a time you made a mistake in the cockpit

· What can you tell me about Cathay?

o Who is the CEO and COO of CX?

o Do you know anyone who works for Cathay?

o Have you flown on Cathay?

o Where have you gotten the majority of the information you know about Cathay? Has it all

come from the internet?

o What are some of the negative things you've heard about Cathay?

o Why do you think you would fit in well at Cathay?

o What are some destinations that Cathay flies to?

o Where does Cathay fly in North America?

o What types and numbers of aircraft comprise the fleet? What types of engines?

o What aircraft are on order?

· What makes you think you will enjoy flying long haul?

· If you receive a job offer from XYZ airline and Cathay, which would you take?

· What can you tell me about Hong Kong?

o What is the climate like?

o What is the approximate Latitude?

o What is the approximate population of Hong Kong?

o What do you think some of the negatives of Hong Kong are? Positives?

o What is the current relationship between Hong Kong and China?

· You land on a wet runway, autobrakes applied and reversers deployed, and the airplane

starts to skid. What do you do and why?

· Define induced drag

· Define parasite drag

· Draw a drag curve

· Where is Max Range on the drag curve

· Where is long range cruise? What is the difference

· What do winglets do?

· Why doesn't the 777 have winglets?

· RB211-524HT

· What are the advantages of this engine?

· Disadvantages?

· How much thrust does it produce?

· How many turbines in each stage of the engine? Compressors?

· What is EPR vs. IEPR?

· You are flying between Hong Kong and Anchorage when it become apparent under the

present conditions that you will land below the minimum fuel required by regulations. What
will you do?

· What is a typhoon?

· When is typhoon season?

· How would the aircraft performance change if you were over-flying a typhoon?

· What would be some considerations if you were landing in a typhoon?

· What is wind shear?

· How would you brief for wind shear?

· How would you identify wind shear? Does your current aircraft have windshear detection?
How does it work?

· What would you do if you encountered wind shear?

· What do you do with the landing gear during windshear recovery? Flaps? Why?
· What is the tropopause?

· What happens to Mach as you climb? What about IAS?

· What does ITCZ stand for?

· How does the ITCZ affect weather?

· What does EGPWS stand for?

· What are the inputs to EGPWS?

· What is the benefit of wing sweep? Disadvantages?

· What is wing twist? Why do we have it?

· What is Mcrit?

· Where does the high speed shockwave form first on the wing? Where will airflow go

supersonic first on the 747-400?

· What is dutch roll?

· How do we correct for dutch roll?

· What is a critical engine?

· Which engine on the 747-400 is critical?

· What aircraft is that (looking at a model on the table)?

· How can you tell the difference between a freighter and a pax 747-400? What about a BCF?

· What is Vmcg?
· What are factors that affect Vmcg?

· What is V1?

· What is the relationship between V1 and Vmcg?

· What are the types of hydroplaning? How can you calculate hydroplaning speed? What is

the hydroplaning speed on your current aircraft?

How does the 747-400 use fuel? What about the A340-600?

Tell us about tcas

What's the time to impact for ta/ra

What's the reaction time

What's the reaction time for a reversal

Tell us about the hydraulic system in your aircraft

What press

What quantity
What warnings linked to hydraulic system

How is the tank pressurised

What's a cyclone
What's a typhoon

Which direction do the winds travel

What dangers to flight

What's itcz

Describe a high speed wing

Why is it swept
What's EGPWS whats different to gpws

What's inputs

Why doesnt the 777 have winglets

Explain v1

What's your actions for failure before v1 and after v1

When would it differ

What model plane is this

How do you know

How many aircraft does cathay have

How many on order

Which ones

What's special about a350

Why is it good to be lighter

Which runway direction is hong kong

What's the coordinates

Your travelling 480kts how long to travel 50nm

Can you be more precise

You have to climb 6000' in 10nm what's the gradient

What's viz req on ILS

Which categories are there

Your 5nm on slope how high are you

Which engine is crit on turboprop