Originally Posted by
VegasFlyGuy
From several co-workers who recently went through CRJ/ERJ training, they will provide you with company-specific study materials and strategies. Wait until you get there, only study what they tell you, when they tell you. Having gone through type rating school, I agree with this and am following their guidance when I attend class next month.
Good advice. Don’t overthink this. You will get all you need for systems when you show for class. What you will need to concentrate on are learning the callouts and flows. Learn the limitations. Get with your sim partner and run through the checklists. There are a lot of checklists at SkyWest, the CRJ is not a quick start jet the way SkyWest operates it. Just learn what you need to pass systems and then concentrate on the fixed base trainer, the Matrix, then sim.
The CRJ is a great first jet, you will learn more flying this than the E jet. Having come to the CRJ as an old dog flying nothing but autothrottles and vnav before this for the last 25 plus years, this was a culture shock but having done IOE for pilots with your exact background I can say that this won’t be a problem if you put the time in.