Originally Posted by
prex8390
If there is a aircraft swap it will be 5 days of ground. Staying in and type just 3 days of ground. 3 days of difference or 1 day of systems. Then two days of captain leadership. Go in the systems ready to pass a systems test. Limitations and basic knowledge mostly. Captain leadership is a snooze fest. You’ll do your cat ii and dg test too. Then either 1 or 2 days of FTD. One maneuvers lesson and your MV. 2 lofts and then your LOE. Usually two trips of OE then. Start to finish it was less than a month. Sims are bid for by seniority in captain leadership. They just pass around a piece of paper with different schedules. Overall upgrade wasn’t hard at all.
I would add more about the systems test. Most completely ace it but a few almost fail it. Some folks seem to go in there completely unprepared and the instructors rightly assume otherwise.