dude...don't waste your time writing crap on notecards. Just read the sheets they give you until you can recite it off the top of your head. I saw some dudes writing crap out on a computer and thought "wow, in the time they type that crap they could've read the sheet 100 times."

I recommend Snickers bars with taurine (Snickers "Charged") rather than redbull...keeps you from getting the shakes as bad, it's a little smoother rush b/c it has some calories. Good for that Helena sim at 3AM at least.

Also, don't bring an attitude. There is always some guy in class who thinks he knows everything ranging from CRJ systems to flying to things like reserve times, bidding, and the company's future....and also keeps tabs on who passed what and when and who failed what and when and all that....funny thing is, the "class gossip" usually ends up having the most trouble in everything.

Also, remember to forget 90% of what the sim instructors say once you get into OE, because 90% of the sim scenarios have nothing to do with real world line flying, particularly visual approaches. I've never shot an approach on the line that went as depicted on the profiles, and I probably never will unless I somehow get a 20 mile final someday.