Originally Posted by
saab2000
People wash out at my company for:
1. Failing tests in ground school.
2. Not knowing callouts or being able to fly sim. Know your callouts and do a lot of chair flying in front of the mock up.
3. Not being able to line up and adjust altitude and speed properly on a visual approach during IOE. And visuals are what we get 90% of the time and several of them aren't easy, like the River Visual, Circle-to-Land 33 in DCA, Expressway Visual at LGA, etc. So it's kind of a big deal.
4. Whining.
Agree with everything you said, except the LGA Expressway visual. For some reason, guys make it out like it's rocket surgery or you're trying to land on the freaking moon or something.
It's NOTHING more than a standard pattern with 45 degree entry point (DIALS/"the tanks"), a downwind (the expressway), and turn points for base and final (the TWO Home Depots in Flushing).