Originally Posted by
TiredSoul
So I read about ‘energy management’ and ‘slam-dunk’ and ‘this-n-that’ that new FO’s can’t do.
Those are all skills that need to be learned in type.
I went from one type to another that was almost exactly 10x heavier.
Now I fly a plane that has a fuel capacity which is TWICE the MTOW of the one that was 10x heavier then the previous one.
The sim is canned, the rest you need to learn in real life.
If you expect me to handle a slam-dunk as well as you can while I’m just off OE and my previous airplane was 1/10th the weight, you need to calibrate your reality/expectation meter a little bit.
I’m being nice.
Of course not. New people are new. There’s a lot to learn. But keeping the airplane close to the middle of the runway on the takeoff roll is a low bar that isn’t always being met.