Originally Posted by
Arliss
You guys are making 121 training seem so much harder than I remember it.
I was so bored for that 10 weeks. It's mostly death by powerpoint for the first few weeks. The ftd and sims are kinda fun; you see the instruction come together. Every procedure and profile is spelled out in detail in the FOM Vol 1 and the instructors will teach you from that. Follow the procedures and instructions and it's not hard. The 145 is a very easy first jet. Relatively simple systems and equally simple FMS.
Your experience can and will vary.
It's not hard but people do wash out. If someone is coming from a primarily GA background only having flown a few hundred hours/year, there may be much to learn and old habits to unlearn. Again, I think you have to look at each person as an individual and understand their background. I've taught enough pilots, civilian and military, to know that they come with different skill sets.