Originally Posted by
Lovemywife
"3 or 4 take off briefings before getting to runway", not! One Departure brief at gate before door is closed to confirm correct flight plan/runway and a take off brief at runway stating 5 important items, runway,altitude,fix,engine fail procedure, heading assigned.
As stated W&B acars unless deferred.
That's not what they taught in class. It may be different on the flight line which I had hoped it would be. During ipt they taught us to repeat the name of the airfield and the intended runway of departure three times during the taxi checklist. The procedures weren't hard. I never said they were. There is too much mandatory talking going on in a PSA flight deck and a good bunch of call outs that could be avoided, more so than average. I thought the training staff at PSA were extremely helpful and generous. The W&B was easy. If you can't pass PSA ground school you don't need to be flying 121. I went to Compass for other reasons.