Originally Posted by
frmrbuffdrvr
You can make it through without having all your flows memorized by the first day. But if like some guys you don't know them at all and don't have any idea of the limitations before you start, you won't make it. Primarily because you will never be able to catch up from that point.
As said, you won't be spoon fed every thing. You need to plan to put in some effort. Do we want everyone to make it? Yes. But we don't want you if you won't make us a priority.
This makes me feel better. I've been studying material for a month already and don't start training till July. I'm looking forward to it.
For anyone worried they may not be able to memorize the flows, it's not as bad as you may think (but that doesn't mean relax about it). If you're trying to memorize a list of written items, you'll make it really hard on yourself and it won't help much in the cockpit. Instead, you'll want to use a cockpit poster, or find a really detailed picture online, and actually go through the motions of manipulating each step on the list until its memorized. For anyone familiar with the learning process, this is basically the same as making a mind map, which really accelerates the memorization process. All cockpit flows are a mind map. I was able to memorize the originating, before engine start, engine start, after engine start, taxi, before takeoff, runway items, takeoff, climb, cruise, and descent flows and callouts in a few nights (that may be exaggerating a bit, but it really does go quick once you get the mind map thing going in your head).
I understand this information may be a no-brainer for a lot of folks, but for others, this may be the first company where you have to have memorized flows in place from the start instead of learning flows on the fly with a checklist.
Just my 2 cents.