Originally Posted by
kevin18
i genuinely use cruise time to look at the updates to the FM and the FOM. I periodically review memory items and all that. Literally everything we need to do to keep up in this game can be done at work.
The only two airline times I've spent significant time studying at home has been:
New hire at DAL, wife was diagnosed with a brain tumor on day 2 of indoc. Less than a week after her brother was killed in a farm tractor rollover. Fleet Captain sent me home vs rolling right from indoc to training and told me to call him when I was ready, but please show up ready to rock. If you need more time to study, it's cool keep us updated. Had been at Delta 3 days and the Fleet Captain sent me home, with pay, for as long as we needed. I figured I was being paid to study.
Return from Mil leave.. Sat NQAT (no qual awaiting training) for 6 months. Swapped aircraft for CA upgrade, was getting full pay to sit on ass on my couch. I managed to break collarbone, have it fixed, heal, and still hadn't had to call out sick. I studied the 320 stuff when I was stuck on the couch with my shoulder mummified.
But any studying for CQ or in my case going back to the 757? I just read that in cruise.