Prepare a one-page professional pilot resume. The resume should be broken down into sections with your contact information, ratings and flight hours, experience and chronological job history and any awards or accomplishments. Ask other pilots who have direct knowledge of your flying skills to write letters of recommendation. Figure out what types of planes they operate, as well as their hub cities. Look them up online to see if there’s been any recent news about the company. Also, make sure your logbook is complete and you have an accurate record of your flight time.  Check professional pilot websites where pilots share airline specific interview experiences. You may want to bring copies of records such as college transcripts, military records, and licenses to the interview. If the airline conducts a simulator check, rent a simulator at your local airport or flight school to brush up. Some companies offer airline-specific interview simulator preparation, although this specialty interview prep can be pricey. Onboarding for airline pilots typically includes a week of company training, 3-6 weeks of ground school and simulator training, and 25 hours of initial operating experience (including a check ride with an FAA aviation safety inspector). Once trained, you'll be required to complete regular training and simulator checks. These usually occur once or twice a year. Depending on the type of aircraft, new airline pilots start as first officers or flight engineers. Although some airlines favor applicants who already have a flight engineer’s license, they may provide flight engineer training for those who have only the commercial license. In the airlines, advancement is usually predetermined by seniority provisions stated in union contracts. After a period of 1-5 years, you will likely be promoted to the role of first office. A first officer (also known as the co-pilot) is the second-in-command to the captain. Gaining seniority will also help you acquire preferred flight assignments. Your time with the airline will determine when you fly, if you fly on weekends, or if you'll be in the air during Christmas or other holidays. Any time you change airlines, by choice or because you've been laid off or your airline has gone out of business, you will be starting at the bottom again at your new airline in terms of  your position, schedule, and pay—regardless of experience.
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One-sentence summary -- Apply to airlines as soon as you meet the minimum requirements. Prepare for the interview by researching the airline. Complete your initial training once hired. Start working at the airline as a flight engineer. Advance to first officer after 1-5 years. Become a captain after 5-15 years on the job.


You can use a blank sheet of regular paper or a patterned piece of paper. But make sure it measures 11 inches on one side. Use the long end of the piece of paper and fold a half inch wide strip. Rip or cut the strip.  If you are doing traditional origami, you will fold and rip the paper. You want the strip to be a half inch wide and 11 inches long. To do this, bend one end of the strip, close to the top so the strip looks like a ribbon, with two ends and a loop. The short end should be over the long end. Don’t scrunch the paper as you pull the knot tight. Keep the paper smooth. You should now have a pentagon shape, with one short end sticking out and one long end sticking out. Valley fold means fold the paper towards you. Tuck the short end into the pentagon so it does not show anymore.  You should be able to do this without scissors, but if you left your short end a bit too long, snip it shorter with scissors. Start over with a new strip of paper if you have to snip off more than a ½ inch on the short side. Valley fold the long end along the edge of the pentagon. It should fall across the front of the pentagon. Valley fold the long end along the pentagon again. Use the edge of the pentagon to line up the fold. The pentagon should get fatter and fatter as you flip and fold. Tuck this short end into the pentagon, just like you did with the first short end. You should now have a perfect little paper pentagon. Hold it lightly with your fingers along two of the edges. Push four of the edges with the tip of your thumbnail. The star should begin to inflate.  Rotate the star and push on the remaining side to completely inflate the star. Enjoy your mini origami star!
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One-sentence summary -- Take a piece of 8.5 x 11 paper. Cut a half inch wide strip. Make a knot close to the end of the strip. Finish tying the knot by slipping the long end through the loop. Flatten the edges of the knot. Valley fold the short end. Flip over the strip. Flip over the strip again. Continue flipping and folding the long end. Stop folding once you have an end that is too short to fold. Inflate the star.


Although it is possible to grow purple roses from seed, it is a slow way to get new rose plants. In addition, garden roses aren't always fertile, even if they grow hips.  It's also possible to get very disappointing results when growing from seed, as the child may not match the parent (that means that the new plant may not grow purple flowers, even if the parent plant did). Although this isn't the surest or the fastest route to take, here's some advice if you want to try growing purple roses from seed: After the growing season, avoid deadheading your purple rose plant and allow the plant to develop rose hips. From the point when the hips emerge, wait about 4 months before harvesting them. At this stage, the seeds should be ripe for planting Use a knife to cut the hips in half, then pick out the seeds – tweezers are pretty useful for this fiddly task.  Rinse the seeds in a cup of water to which a dash of bleach has been added, then soak the seeds overnight in a solution of 3% peroxide. Finally, use a brush to agitate the seeds and remove any remaining hip pulp which may cause them to rot later. Once the seeds are ready, scatter them over moist compost, cover with a clear plastic bag, and place in the refrigerator for about 10 weeks. Remember to sow far more seeds than you need in case the resultant plants are a disappointment, or fail to grow.
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One-sentence summary -- Understand that growing purple roses from seed can be tricky. Allow your existing rose bush to develop hips. Prepare the seeds for planting. Plant the purple rose seeds in moist compost.


skype.com and click the "Downloads" button at the top of the screen. If you plan to install Skype on several devices, go straight to http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/ and create a bookmark to the page so you can get to it easily later.  Saving the file to your desktop makes it easy to locate. Depending on your Windows settings, you may have to give permission for the file to run. Click "Yes" when Windows ask if you want to run the file. Skype will guide you through the process of installing the program.  On the "Select your language" screen, Skype checks a box labeled "Run Skype when the computer starts". Uncheck this option if you don't want to sign in to Skype automatically every time you restart your computer. Keep in mind that the more programs Windows has to run at startup, the longer it will take for your computer to boot. Uncheck the boxes "Make Bing my search engine" and "Make MSN my homepage" if you don't want Skype to make changes to your Web browser.
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Go to www. Click "Computer", then click "Get Skype for Windows desktop". When the "Save As" box appears, choose where to save the file. Go to where you saved the Skype file and double-click it. Follow the installation steps. Create an account name and password, and begin using Skype.