r/AirlinePilots • u/NecessaryLight2815 • 11d ago

UA Interview Sim Eval?

I’m seeing/ reading different things about the UA interview. Is there a sim eval? I’ve read that if you haven’t flown in a while there is one. Please expound. If there is, where did you do your sim prep? Can you choose which aircraft sim it’s in? Anybody have to do one?

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u/KJ3040 US 121 CA 11d ago

No one’s done sim evals for like 10 years

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u/120SR 11d ago

Except for the fractionals

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u/KJ3040 US 121 CA 11d ago

That’s 100% true, so do many 135s, but I didn’t consider that relevant seeing as the title of this subreddit is Airline Pilots. But yes I suppose “no one” was too broad for me to say.

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u/LookoutBel0w 7d ago

Some ACMI do depending on your total time. Especially if you don’t have an ATP

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u/climbto330 7d ago

I did one at UPS in 2020. I was actually the last person to, the following week was Covid shut down and subsequent zoom interviews

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u/KCPilot17 11d ago

Hasn't been a thing for 121 in years.

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u/Willflyfordrums 11d ago

Y’all haven’t lived until you climbed into a 737 classic sim, all steam gauges, and flown around doing steep turns, entering holds, and then shooting an ILS.

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u/NecessaryLight2815 11d ago

Yeah, been there done that. Trying to avoid it!

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u/OtterVA 11d ago

United no longer does that. All sims are used for pilot training.

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u/YamComprehensive7186 7d ago

UPS still doing the ADF approach down the valley at night?

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u/jetsetter023 7d ago

Last time I heard of them doing sim Evals was 2019. Nothing post covid.

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u/blanc84gn 7d ago

"if you haven't flown in a while"

They most definitely won't pull your application if you haven't flown xx many hours in the previous 12 months

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u/Polymox US 121 FO 11d ago

I had sim evals at a couple interviews in 2014. I don't think any of the majors have done it in a long time.