Airline Pilot Interview Questions & Answers

Question 1. What Is Crm Process As Airline Pilot?

Answer :

The systematic and effective use of all available resources to ensure a desirable outcome and completion of the flight. Focusing on communication, teamwork, task allocation, decision-making and situational awareness. 

The major contributors in the CRM process are: Dispatchers, flight attendants, maintenance, ATC and of course the cockpit crew.

Question 2. What Is The Map On A Non-precision Approach?

Answer :

Non-precision: MAP is usually visually identified by a capitol and bold "M" in the Jepps or at the end of the solid line on NOS. There are several ways to id the MAP: Published DME at the MAP, Navaid such as the middle marker (MM), or timing from the FAF

Question 3. What Is The Importance Of Proficiency In Several Languages For A Pilot?

Answer :

A private pilot may limit himself to knowledge of English good enough to understand control towers. Other pilots, being more publicly involved figures by necessity, greatly benefit from knowing more than one language.

Question 4. What Is The 1-2-3 Rule?

Answer :

Requirements for filing an alternate. 1-2-3: 1hr before to 1hr after estimated time of arrival, the weather must be forecast to be 2000' ceiling and 3SM vis.

Question 5. What Makes A Good Captain Or What Do You Expect From A Captain?

Answer :

one that is knowledgeable, decisive, conservative and safety conscious, good people skills, superior communication skills, solid piloting skills, can manage stress and avoid confrontation

Question 6. List Your Qualifications As A Pilot?

Answer :

Besides relevant college degree(s), pilots graduate from flying school and participate in annual additional training.

Question 7. What Is Grid Mora?

Answer :

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.

Question 8. What Is The Definition Of Crm?

Answer :

CRM is a system which allows optimum use of all available resources - equipment, procedures, interpersonal communication, team work - all to promote safety and enhance efficiency in operations

Question 9. What Is Vso Of Your Most Recent Aircraft?

Answer :

Cessna 172 is 41Kts

Question 10. What Is The Max Distance From The Runway If You Were To Circle To Land?

Answer :

Depends on your speed

Question 11. What Is Mach Tuck?

Answer :

As the aircraft reaches critical mach the nose of the aircraft tends to pitch downwards due to the flow of air over the wing reaching supersonic speeds producing additional life and center of pressure moving rearward. As the center of pressure moves rearward the elevators become less effective, pushing the aircraft into a potentially unrecoverable dive.

Question 12. What Is Tower's Nordo Signal To Be Cleared To Land?

Answer :

Steady green

Question 13. What Is Vmcg?

Answer :

minimum speed control in the ground

Question 14. What Is The Difference Between Blue, Green Airports?

Answer :

blue is IFR (has approaches) green is VFR (no approaches)

Question 15. What Is Gradient Climb?

Answer :

3%

Question 16. What Is Vmca?

Answer :

Minimun Speed Control in the Air

Question 17. What Is Windshear?

Answer :

its a change on direction and speed of the wind

Question 18. What Is Moca?

Answer :

Minimum Obstacle Clearance that provides obstable clearance between Vor airways. It also ensures VOR coverage 22nm from the nearest VOR

Question 19. What Is Hyperventilation?

Answer :

hyperventilation is when the body has too much Oxygen and not enough Co2

Question 20. Pilots Have Many Simultaneous Responsibilities During The Flight. What Can You Tell Me About This?

Answer :

Pilots navigate the flight, observe and direct the activities of the crew, check instruments, keep an eye on the weather, and monitor altitude and air traffic. Doing all these and more, often simultaneously, requires outstanding multi-tasking skills and power of concentration.

Question 21. What Are The Max Airspeeds In C Airspace?

Answer :

200 KIAS within 4 NM of Primary Class C Airport

Question 22. How Would You Behave As The Pilot Of A Plane During An Emergency?

Answer :

Describe first what your emotional response would be. It is important to demonstrate, preferably through examples, that you can maintain your poise during such events, and that you possess enough presence of mind to activate emergency procedures and delegate duties among crew members as necessary.

Question 23. What Is Hypoxia?

Answer :

Lack of oxygen to body tissues

Question 24. What Is A Squall Line?

Answer :

It is a continuous narrow line active of thunderstorms ahead of cold front but can develop far removed of any front. May be too long to detour, too thick to penetrate. It forms very rapidly reach Max intensity in late afternoon or early evening. IT IS THE SINGLE MOST INTENSE WEATHER HAZARD FOR AIRCRAFT.

Question 25. What Is Mea?

Answer :

Minimum En Route Altitude, lowest altitude on that airway that assures obstacle clearance and acceptable navigational reception.

Question 26. What Is Definition Of V2?

Answer :

Single engine climb speed until safe altitude or clear of obstacles

Question 27. What Is Definition Of V1?

Answer :

on a balance runway it is the last chance for you to decide not to go if you have and emergency and still stop on the runway according to the air data

Question 28. Tell Me The Biggest Factor As Far As Fuel Conservation Goes As It Relates To A Jet Engine?

Answer :

TSFC thrust specific fuel consumption which directly inperpolates to power setting and altitude. Higher you climb the less fuel required. Throttle settings also have a say in conservation and relates more to maintenance issues which is why full throttle takeoffs are rarely done.

Question 29. What Is Definition Of "min Fuel"?

Answer :

When you can accept little or no delay, not an emergency situation, just an advisory to atc

Question 30. Explain What Is Vdp?

Answer :

at this point, if you gain view of positive visual runway environment, it guarantees a 3 degree decent slope (normal) down to the runway.

Question 31. What Is Viscous Hydroplaning?

Answer :

Hydroplaning that requires a very smooth surface (ie new pavement, rubber coated pavement). Thin layer of water, low tire speed. Anything more than gentle braking can cause tires to lock.

Question 32. Tell Me How Winglets Serve To Conserve Fuel?

Answer :

The winglet will allow a new airplane that already flies farther, higher and more economically than competing products to extend its range, carry more payload, save on fuel and benefit the environment. Unlike traditional winglets typically fitted at abrupt angles to the wing, this new advanced "blended" design gently curves out and up from the wing tip, reducing aerodynamic drag and boosting performance. A Next-Generation 737-800 equipped with the new winglet will be able to fly farther, burn 3 percent to 5 percent less fuel, or carry up to 6,000 pounds more payload. Quick answer is...it reduces drag cause by aerodynamic forces acting on the wingtip. Because of that it gets less fuel burn or greater cargo loads, or both.

Question 33. Describe The Landing Gear Of The Plane You Are Flying?

Answer :

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

Question 34. What Is Rvsm?

Answer :

Reduced vertical seperation minimums.

Question 35. What Is The Difference Between Gpws And Egpws?

Answer :

• EGPWS is safer and more advanced than GPWS. 
• EGPWS uses GPS while GPWS doesn't. 
• EGPWS uses a terrain database that is not available in GPWS. 
• GPWS is only aware of the ground below it while EGPWS is aware of a larger area.

Question 36. What Is Maximum Speed In Class Charlie Airspace Within 4 Nm From An Airport?

Answer :

200 Knots

Question 37. What Is The Definition Of A Cold Front And What Is The Associated Weather?

Answer :

A cold front occurs when a mass of cold dense and stable air advances and replaces a body of warmer air. It is associated with heavy weather such as thunderstorm, heavy rain/hail/lightning and may produce tornadoes. It is also producing squall line. High due point and falling baro pressure are indicative of cold front.

Question 38. What Is An Initial Approach Fix? Point To All Iaf's On The Approach Plate?

Answer :

point where initial approach segment begins

Question 39. What Is The Cross In The Circle Symbol Represent In The Airport Plan View?

Answer :

Airport Reference Point ARP.

Question 40. What Are Holding Speeds?

Answer :

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

Question 41. What Kind Of Airspace Is Around Lax?

Answer :

Class B. Very congested airspace.

Question 42. What Is V1?

Answer :

Take off decision speed

Question 43. What Is V2?

Answer :

takeoff safety speed

Question 44. What Is Max A/s In Class C?

Answer :

Airspeed maximum of 200 knots indicated within 4 nautical or 5 statute miles and 2500 feet above the ground of the primary airport.

Question 45. What Are The Cdi/raim Sensitivities Of A Gps Outside 30nm? Inside 30nm?

Answer :

+- 5 mi +- 1 mi

Question 46. What Is The Effect Of Aft Cg On Performance?

Answer :

rearward Cg gives better fuel efficiency

Question 47. What Is An Lda?

Answer :

a precision approach that is offset from the runway, it may have GS

Question 48. Where Is The Faf On A Vor/ils Approach?

Answer :

On a VOR approach, the FAP is whenever you are established on course inbound and the final decent may be started. For non-precision approaches, the FAF is the "Maltese Cross" and for precision, the arrow which identifies the GS intercept.

Question 49. Why Cape Air?

Answer :

big airline paneer

Question 50. How Radiation Fog Is Formed?

Answer :

After sunset the ground radiates the heat it accumulated during the day into the atmosphere. As the ground cools overnight, the air immediately above it cools as well. If it has enough moisture and cools to its dewpoint, fog will form.

Question 51. If That Is All You Can See (approach Lighting) At Dh/mda, What Would/can You Do?

Answer :

100 ft above touchdown zone unless Runway identifying lights / markings are visible.

Question 52. What Is Vdp?

Answer :

(visual descent point) is the last point in which you would be at a normal position to land on a non-precision approach.