Originally Posted by 200MSPCRJ

As I wrote earlier...PM me your email addresses and I'll send what I can. Get together with your Captain on a daily basis and get those flows/callouts down cold. You'd be surprised how much goes out the window once you're sitting in the SIM. For the -200 ORAL...there is no way around this...READ the gray Bombardier Systems Manual and know it well. And in the POM...know all 17 of the memory items (most of them are the same) in Chapter 7 cold. Walk your way through each button/switch on the overhead panel and be able to explain what happens when each is activated. Be able to identify and describe what happens on a respective EICAS synoptic page. Remember that "switches are rumors" and "synoptic pages are truth". Be prepared for scenario-based questions structured around the Electrical, Hydraulic, and Fuel synoptic pages. For example, you should be able to describe what all is lost if you lose your IDG 2?....what is the AC Essential TXFR switchlight for and when would it illuminate?, what does turning the Battery Master switch "on" activate?...how many CPAM's do we have?, where is it located?, what does the CPAM do?, and what all is lost if the CPAM fails?...etc...LOL....ah, memories...

Rumor on the ORAL was that if you know your limitations and that walk-around presentation...then the rest was cake. Most instructors use the ORAL as a "teaching session", but don't let that prevent you from trying to score points by knowing the other stuff as well. BTW...the walk-around presentation is not the same as the CAE walk-around books that you might see laying around the training center. You want to review the "Mesaba CRJ Preflight" presentation (it's on a computer in one of the debriefing rooms in the CAE building 2nd floor). I can't send that via email because it's over 100MB.

My only complaint was that CAE is staffed with all sorts of instructors and only a few of them seemed to know Mesaba policies really well. I complained about the fact that we rarely had the same instructor, but having different instructors allowed us to picked up some great techniques along the way. If you get Shane or Colin...you will know you've been taught by greatness.