Originally Posted by PSA help

I wouldn't worry much about that until training. You will get a good gouge in ground school. There will also be a day toward the end of the IPT's where you and 3 other classmates will get together with an instructor and he will give you an "end of course" oral, which serves as a mock oral. This end of course is much more detailed than the actual oral in most cases.


If you must know about it now...

You will meet with the examiner. He will give you a flight release and all required information to complete a weight and balance calculation. It will include a weather packet.

He will ask you to review it all, and complete a manual W&B (this is something that we rarely, if ever, do on the line. Only when ACARS is deferred). He will leave you alone for awhile.

You will review all of the information and figure out if it is a legal release or not. There will likely be several errors.

When he comes back, he will ask you about the release. He will quiz you about weather, did you need an alternate, and why. What was the min fuel? What was the expected burn, reserve gas, and all of the rules about it.

Then will likely be a limitation and immediate action items review. He asks, you answer.

Then will be systems. This is usually keyed around the cockpit posters. What does this switch do? Tell me about that switch. Lets look at the electrics page - how many TRU's - what do they do? Lets talk about the hydraulic pumps - why do we put them in "auto" and not "on"? Things like that.

That is about it. If you studied in ground school, it is a piece of cake.