Originally Posted by plasticpi

I felt like LOFT was too brief in my training. I was comfortable with the airplane and the emergencies, etc., but still just didn't know how a normal day went until after IOE. During my LOFT, the instructor put us through ice, a minor abnormal, 100+ knot winds at 10,000 feet, and thunderstorms (with 0 previous training on how/when to use radar, so we didn't even have it on, plus there was no "understood" weather in our LOFT scenario.) Now, all this sounds so tame, but to someone brand new to this kind of flying, it was a lot to digest all at once.

I think my experience could have been better by throwing in one more LOFT session, with nothing extra, no ice, no tx, no maintenance abnormalities, just move the ship from a to b, making the pas, the ops calls, etc.

Then, do another one with some radar usage, some icing, etc..

Funny how the now everyday things like ice and weather seem so easy to manage, but as a rookie in training, it was pretty overwhelming.