- Week 1: Indoc. Death by PowerPoint as you go through the FOM. Ends with a validation exam on Friday. After week 1 they split our class in half. The more senior half did their emergency and security training the following Monday and Tuesday. The rest of us got a week off. If you get the week off, use that time wisely to do your CBTs.

- Week 2: I was in the junior group so we did our emergency training on Monday and Tuesday of the following week. Then we got sent home to finish CBTs. You need to have CBTs done before Systems.

- Week 3: Systems followed by a Knowledge Validation on Thursday. Sometime during this week you will also be introduced to the FMS lab. You will also bid for sim slots during this period.

- Weeks 4 and 5: Procedures training followed by the procedures validation. After your PV you’ll get a few days off before sims.

- Weeks 6 and 7: Sims. First week will start on Saturday and go 6 days straight. You’ll get the Friday and the weekend off then come back for sims 7 and 8. Maneuvers Validation and LOE happen immediately after the last two sims unless you need extra training.

IOE takes about two trips if you have no hang ups. They schedule IOE immediately after you get your mandatory three days off after LOE. Overall I didn’t find it chaotic at all. Compared to what I’ve heard at some other regionals I thought things were very streamlined here. 99% of the instructors I had were solid and the folks in charge of the department want you to succeed. If you need extra work on something they will work with you. A lot of people in my class tried to go ahead and stressed themselves out for no reason. Just do what they say when they say.