BTW, is it entirely normal to feel completely overwhelmed on Day 4 of Systems? We're all trying to get our heads around fuel, electrical , fire, powerplant, APU, AFCS, pneumatic, ECS...while also trying to learn the Collins FMS and start learning our initial flows for Matrix class next week. Oh, and read up on a bunch of profiles.

I have no clue how we're all going to get thru training, but somehow we will. I must say I'm impressed with all the instructors and my fellow classmates, who are all uniformly professional and are putting in the late hours. (I'm writing this from good ol' Room 331 in the Candlewood, sitting in the CRJ mockup, trying to figure out for the life of me the following question...

Why for the love of God would you (during the safety check) test all the fire systems, start the APU, and so forth...and only then check that the aircraft documents are present? If somebody stole all the paperwork, you're not going anywhere for a while. Seems like you'd check the paperwork first, check your emergency equipment second, and only then would you run the rest of the safety check.

Oh well. Back to packs, probes, transponders, STAT, and...whatever else comes next