Originally Posted by
KodiakRS
RE: AQP Changes e-mail
With the Systems Validation apparently no longer covering systems* is the KV test only going to cover certain systems depending on if you're in an r12 vs. r24? Or are we going back to the days of all systems being fair game on every recurrent?
Also, how is indoc these days? Over the past year I've talked about recurrent with probably 8-10 FOs who were getting close to their probie rides. Their systems knowledge ranged from passable to outstanding but every single one was weak on FM1 and performance stuff. I'm wondering if it's just not being covered well in indoc, or if people are brain dumping it to make room for what they learn during CBT/Ground and relying on the rumored "study guide" to get them through.
*Is it really a Systems Validation if it doesn't cover systems?
The FM1 and performance stuff is glanced over in initial, and briefly at that. I feel like the ground instructors really lack any understanding of it themselves, so they just try to get through it as quickly as possible without caring if their students have learned anything or not.
At the end of the day, the responsibility lies with us, each individual pilot, to go out of our way to get help if we need it with any subject, this included. The problem is the understanding is so poor that I'm not sure many pilots realize how much they don't know. Performance really isn't that hard, you just have to know where to look.