Originally Posted by rickair7777
...Maybe it's just difficult to break out of hand flying/steam guage mind-set into glass/FMS. I guess the point I'm making is if you're on turbo-props now, don't expect a slam-dunk transition into the RJ.
Yea, I'll buy that. I think we get set in our ways, get comfortable, and maybe don't give training for a new aircraft the attention and respect it deserves. It's a lot of new material that hasn't been seen before (automation, FMS, etc), and just a few sim sessions to get it down. And there's no relaxing the check ride standards, especially for a captain. I know a senior USAir captain that flew the DC-9 for years. When it went away he tried to transistion first to the A320 and then A330. Failed them both. We have a few 1900 captains that have transistioned to the SAAB that still won't use the autopilot.