Flexninja and Dubz - That is great advice.

Here are a few things that I would recommend. If any employees agree/disagree, feel free to chime in.

- Really take time to learn your flows and callouts for the lesson before your IPT session. You will see in the syllabus what you are going to do each day. Look at that ahead of time. They give you posters, so hang them in your room and practice. Some guys put them on foam boards and use them in the lobby/breakfast area with their partner. Others just tape them to the wall in their room (bring blue painters tape for this). If you know your flows and callouts, you will get a lot out of IPT sessions. If not, you will waste time with them when you could be learning how to fly the airplane.

- There are videos of all of the flows/callouts and a "full flight" that will be made available to you. It is two captains in a sim, and they go through a full flight, from powering up a dark airplane to pulling into the gate. Watch them. Several times. They are a great training tool. After a few times, and studying, you will be able to point out the few mistakes they make in the videos.

- Once you are doing well, learn the captain flows before you go to the sim. This will save you a ton of time in the sim. Instead of taking 30+ mins to get off of the gate, it will take you 5 minutes and you will have more time to practice for the checkride. They are not required, but if you can do the First Flight of the Day captain flow, you can get the airplane ready to fly. There are only a few captain flows anyways.

- Consider Saturday a class day, even if it isn't. Get up, go to the training center, and study. Make it seem like part of your job. Stay caught up, or get ahead if you know what is next.

- Take good notes. This is really helpful for studying for the oral, and you will thank yourself later on when you get ready to go for upgrade/PC (although AQP is coming!!!)

- We used to get a limitations sheet to fill out each day, I imagine that it is the same. It is a blank copy of the test. It has all of the limitations that you are responsible for and the memory items from the QRH. They will give it to you each day of class to fill out as a practice. I made copies, and made myself fill it out twice each night before I would go out to dinner. Then, after the test was given for real in class, I kept filling it out once a day until after my oral. Trust me, you will thank yourself if you are disciplined and do this. It seems excessive, but if you know these cold, it makes the oral so much easier and less stressful.

- Make friends in class and have fun. It is actually a lot of fun. Find some fun things to do and relax. It isn't that stressful unless you make it. Be prepared for class each day, spend an hour after class at the hotel studying before dinner. Then, go out and grab dinner and a drink with people in class. Go out on Saturday night and Sunday. The Air Force Museum is a great weekend day trip. If you study bit and don't get behind, you will enjoy it.