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05-06-2014, 03:57 PM
#431
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Originally Posted by FODhopper
Just about all bases are basically available out of training. FOs who don't get their first choice usually get it by the time they are done with sim..sometimes earlier.
From the time you bid for a base to the time you would bid on your first reserve schedule could be up to six to eight weeks.
With the way things are moving right now...most FOs are only spending a few months on reserve in the base of their choice.
From the time you bid for a base to the time you would bid on your first reserve schedule could be up to six to eight weeks.
With the way things are moving right now...most FOs are only spending a few months on reserve in the base of their choice.
05-06-2014, 05:31 PM
#432
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AWAC has Internet Based Training (IBT) for all of its recurrent training and some of its new hire training.
For systems you will be assigned some IBT courses but it will not replace the daily classroom and homework study. AWAC teaches the aircraft in the classroom and uses the IBT to enhance the training.
You won't have time between INDOC and Systems to do much advanced study and they really don't want you focusing too far ahead.
For systems you will be assigned some IBT courses but it will not replace the daily classroom and homework study. AWAC teaches the aircraft in the classroom and uses the IBT to enhance the training.
You won't have time between INDOC and Systems to do much advanced study and they really don't want you focusing too far ahead.
05-08-2014, 07:23 AM
#434
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I wouldn't worry about a gouge...rent an airplane and a safety pilot and make sure your instrument skills are fresh.
Take a practice ATP test to make sure your knowledge is also fresh.
AWAC is willing to help pilots learn how to fly their first jet but they or any other airline doesn't have the time to start from day one of instrument school.
Make sure your knowledge and skills are PTS and you should do fine.
Take a practice ATP test to make sure your knowledge is also fresh.
AWAC is willing to help pilots learn how to fly their first jet but they or any other airline doesn't have the time to start from day one of instrument school.
Make sure your knowledge and skills are PTS and you should do fine.
05-08-2014, 07:33 AM
#435
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Originally Posted by FODhopper
I wouldn't worry about a gouge...rent an airplane and a safety pilot and make sure your instrument skills are fresh.
Take a practice ATP test to make sure your knowledge is also fresh.
AWAC is willing to help pilots learn how to fly their first jet but they or any other airline doesn't have the time to start from day one of instrument school.
Make sure your knowledge and skills are PTS and you should do fine.
Take a practice ATP test to make sure your knowledge is also fresh.
AWAC is willing to help pilots learn how to fly their first jet but they or any other airline doesn't have the time to start from day one of instrument school.
Make sure your knowledge and skills are PTS and you should do fine.
05-08-2014, 08:15 AM
#436
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I haven't met anyone who has used that course, I have met people who have taken the course through one of several universities.
While the course can't hurt, what hurts most people in training is that their fundamentals are rusty or just not sound. Layer on the sophistication of a jet aircraft that moves faster than even those who have piston twin experience...things can fall apart if they don't have the fundamental skills.
Learning to fly a jet is not that difficult...and there is even one less lever to worry about. However one cannot focus on learning the new systems and procedures if they can't accomplish all the basic steps of conducting an instrument flight from point A to B.
While the course can't hurt, what hurts most people in training is that their fundamentals are rusty or just not sound. Layer on the sophistication of a jet aircraft that moves faster than even those who have piston twin experience...things can fall apart if they don't have the fundamental skills.
Learning to fly a jet is not that difficult...and there is even one less lever to worry about. However one cannot focus on learning the new systems and procedures if they can't accomplish all the basic steps of conducting an instrument flight from point A to B.
05-08-2014, 08:36 AM
#437
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Originally Posted by 2010EEG
Since AWAC's fleet is CRJ200's, do you think the Regional Jet Standards Course offered by ATP is a nice indoctrination prior to beginning training? Have you heard any feedback from those that completed the course and were subsequently hired by AWAC?
05-08-2014, 05:44 PM
#438
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Originally Posted by 2010EEG
Since AWAC's fleet is CRJ200's, do you think the Regional Jet Standards Course offered by ATP is a nice indoctrination prior to beginning training? Have you heard any feedback from those that completed the course and were subsequently hired by AWAC?
05-08-2014, 06:01 PM
#440
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Originally Posted by PerpetualFlyer
Why would you waste your time and money for that? That's what training is for, where you get paid for your time, not the other way around.
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