Originally Posted by DarkSideMoon

Nothing to worry about for the ATP/CTP, buy Sheppard air and start cranking through the test bank if you want to be really ahead of the game. It doesn’t really matter if you understand the questions, you just need to know what the answers are. You’re never going to do a spaghetti chart performance calculation in the 121 world.

Do what they tell you to do. Make friends, find some study buddies. Weeknights in ATW are for studying. Get back from class, get a workout/walk or something in, grab a quick bite then dive back in to the books. Don’t go home on the weekends, but don’t burn yourself out either. Take either Saturday or Sunday as a personal day and let the learning simmer. I personally went out after class Friday night, then spend Saturday doing a little RNR then light studying at night. Sunday was a half day of studying for me, early to bed and then back at it.

When they tell you to show up knowing flows/callouts on day one of CPT, they mean it. You should be able to sit in front of a paper tiger and run through every single PM/PF flow and callout with no assistance. Don’t waste any downtime between systems in ATW and CPT.

When you show up to the sim, don’t be shy. Do what you’re supposed to do like you’ve already been doing it on the line. If you have to get a ton of prompting on day 1 and take an hour to get off the gate it’ll hurt the entire rest of your sim time. If you get ahead of schedule now you can buy some extra time to really fine-tune the things that you need to work on.

don’t get frustrated if one instructor tells you to do it one way and another instructor tells you to do it another. It’s likely technique, not a rule, and it’s probably for your benefit. Cooperate and graduate. Have a good attitude and show up well prepared every day and you’ll be fine.