Originally Posted by
Midget
Could you guys please provide details on how those weeks of training go by? Pretty much everything is gonna be new coming from the piston world. Also what about day to day, like accommodations, feeding, clothing, laundry, is breakfast included, facilities to workout. It’d be cool to have an idea of what to expect so once there I can put all my effort on the most relevant.
Single occupancy rooms and if you are close enough to drive it greatly enhances your QOL. Otherwise you will be shuttle busing it to and from class, Walmart, etc. unless you buddy up with someone with a car.
In the hotel you will find your standard workout facility which usually consists of a treadmill and a few dumbbells. For running I used a nice trail nearby that goes along the river. For weights I would drive to a nice new YMCA that was about 5 miles north of the location. If you belong to the YMCA, you can use any around the country as a visitor.
The hotel has one coin operated washer and dryer that works just fine.
Training is already totally different then when I went through just a few months ago. Now supposedly you will go to Indy for INDOC just like before, but then instead of going to Flight Safety at STL you will be sent home with a Tablet and a bunch of CBTs for your Systems portion which I think is a HUGE mistake by the company. Systems used to be taught in a classroom setting at Flight Safety and can be difficult enough on its own, much less self-teaching with no group study. I can see the failure rate increasing significantly with this new process, especially with those coming from the piston world (which I came from). But hey, at least Republic will save a few bucks.