Originally Posted by
N6724G
Th you. Yes, I have that Turbine Pilots handbook with the CD. Its ok, but I still have questions.
ASAS wont even let me interview unless I have had some kind of jet transition course. They told me that. Plus I think it'd be good to give me a leg up.
I am one that believes in pre planning. I want to be ready when I get to the jet training, so any thing I do to prepare mysefl for that would be helpful. If I get to class and have already flown a CRJ sim wouldnt that be more helpful than getting to class and never touched the thing?
Anyway, I really appreciate the advice. Pilts are a good group of folks.
Even if you take the transition course, ASA is going to train you to fly the way ASA flies. They won't care what you did before, just that you do things their way. Same is true of Pinnacle, PSA, Skywest, Republic, and anyone else. They will train you to fly their way. I don't believe a jet course is worth the money when I can get hired, study, train, and always have some contacts who can give good advice.
Originally Posted by
flynavyj
Another point was made by my sim instructor during my initial training. An airline didn't hire a First Officer....they hired a Captain (atleast that is their hope for you) in training. With experience, they're expecting you to be able to perform the duties of the PIC. The reason an ATP can use his captain experience in renewing his CFI certificates is because the FAA actually expects you to be instructing/mentoring first officers into captains. If you've never instructed a person before, this little "phase" of the job might be a little bit difficult for you to accomplish.
This brings up a question. What will happen when all the new FO's who skipped instructing become captains and have to train the new hires?