Originally Posted by
Rubber Ducky
Just know your flows well before coming. Limitations, memory items, and proficiency items are the next things of importance but not as necessary for per say day 1. By the beginning of week 2 you will need to have a good idea of doing a difsripp; know your briefings; and know when to call for what checklist and how to correctly do the flow and the triggers that start each one. End of week two you will have a gate that you will need to show that you can Satisfactory fly a flight from point a to point b doing all flows and checklist correctly. They might give a little if you mess up a thing or two but at this point you should have it down good.
But overall I thought the training was pretty easy and organized. The initial training has a pass rate of over 95 % so don’t believe anyone saying it’s so hard and you only get 5 sims. If someone says that it’s because they don’t know or didn’t study.
My background I come from a Saab 340 so you don’t have to fly jets to learn this. Just have to put in the effort.
This is spot on. It was easy because it was organized and well paced. The previous regional I flew for was organized as well and good training, but a firehose type of footprint. Because the pace was fast it unfortunately exposed some of the slower learners who put in the effort, but it wasn’t enough. I think it’s close to a 15-20% dropout rate at my previous employer.
You have plenty of time to sit down and study everything required to be recited from memory. If you put in the effort you will succeed.