Originally Posted by
Slice
Learning how to study systems of the various aircraft you fly before landing a job carrying pax will help you in airline training. How did thousands and thousands of CFI or other GA experienced pilots ever get through their first 121 ground school over the past decades without a CRJ or other entry aircraft prep course? Experience, hard work, and studying.
The most complex aircraft the
average CFI will fly might be a Baron or Comanche. The systems on those A/C's don't compare to an RJ. 10,000 hours in a comanche wont prepare you for the 121 environment or the RJ systems. I agree there might be a pich of similarity but as I browse through the 727 manual here, I can't see anyway to prepare for such a plane before actually getting the job and going through the training. The training at most carriers is absolutely top notch and is more than sufficient if one can graduate from the class. The remaining experience falls on top of the training when flying the line. But you said it right; hard work and studying!