Originally Posted by
DiveAndDrive
Hello, all. I was recently offered a position, and I am very excited to start. I want to prepare as much as I possibly can before hand. I know they will send a study guide, and I also know I need to get my nose into Sheppard Air and start memorizing studying the ATP written. But I’m also looking at other things to study since I’m basically a workaholic with no life.
I’m looking at “Embraer 170/190 Pilot Trainer”, produced by Faraz Sheikh, “Aerosim Checkride E190”, produced by Aerosim, or the “E-170/175 Study App” produced by JETPUBS. I was wondering if anyone has ever used any of these apps, and have any feedback on the accuracy or relevance of the information. I’m kind of liking the Aerosim app because it looks like you can go through the panels and click on various switches (albeit, they’re not interactive) and it’ll tell you what that switch does. I think if I pair that with the study guide, I’ll be in a good spot. But again, I don’t know how accurate or relevant the information would be. That’s why I’m soliciting y’alls input.
Thanks in advance, and I look forward to flying with you all!!!
]
Hi there, welcome aboard. I just finished my type rating Oral and am going through sims at Flightsafety and check ride after that.
During day 2 of indoc, you'll get your Ipad with all the required manuals (Standard Operating Procedures, Aircraft Operations Manual, Quick Reference Handbook etc.). They will give you a Jetpubs chart with the flight deck layout as well. The study guide you got is a very good prep document for the oral - so refer to it often.
The systems training is done on a software called Ethos and it's pretty comprehensive, content rich and plenty of pictures/schematics etc. Don't waste your money on all the apps etc. The E170/175 is a pretty logically laid out airplane so don't sweat it ..
If you need to study for your ATP Written, by all means get the Sheppard App. After systems, you'll do about six sessions on the EFPT/GFS - essentially a non motion simulator with a realistic set of controls .. plenty of opportunity to learn systems, procedures and callouts.