aviator1945

Coming up on my 1200 hour TT. Any good advice on getting getting ready 135 Ground school, and training??

Quarryman

Make sure you work out regularly, because you'll be tossing bags in the hold with a smile.

And look up "Teterboro" by Mike Wagner on YouTube. It may not make sense to you now but it will the minute you visit that hell hole.

El Pilot

Also approaching 1200 a nd interested as to what to study/practice for first 135 job.

Quarryman

In all seriousness, "Everything Explained for the Professional Pilot" is a good book.

El Pilot

Love that book. Anything else I should practice? Is it worth paying for some sim time before interview?

aviator1945

Thanks!! Also, was wandering about how the training environment is, as far as time in the simulator vs time in the actual aircraft itself. I don't have experience in turbine powered airplane just yet, so was wandering how guys like me would fare coming in, and how to mentally prepare.

Quarryman

Know your IFR stuff cold. After all, if a guy can't fly in the system that's he's already been deemed qualified to operate, he can't try to learn an airplane while trying to learn how to shoot an ILS.

The sim instructor knows you're green and have no clue. It's his job to teach you. It's your job to learn. You're not the first one that's going to get typed having zero jet time. You won't be the last.

After you're typed you'll go on the road and realize that the real world is far different from the simulator. You'll have EDCT times measured in dog years. You'll grease that landing with a smile only to be met with Mr. Moneybag's kid greasing the seats with puke. You'll hear "Westchester County" and twitch with a PTSD-like reaction. You'll also drink heavily (if not so already).

Be a sponge and soak up those "time tested captain tricks" to flying the rig. Every plane has them. When the old man in the left seat begins to teach, take mental notes. Soon, you'll be doing the same as you mentor the kid next to you when you upgrade. You're not going to configure the airplane in a static, empty environment like in the simulator many miles from the airport. You're going to fly fast and configure even faster to deal with the dynamic traffic around you. In live theater, there is no "position reset." You'll grow to survive on FBO popcorn.

In the end, you'll love the flying but hate the job.

Quarryman

Basic IFR skills. Don't go and blow thousands on a level D sim. A frasca sim or even a desktop "sim" is fine.

NatGeo

That is very good advice about the sim. A CH yoke, Microsoft Flight Simulator 10, and a Carenado airplane are all you need to practice.

If you want more realism than that, then find an fbo with a good simulator and offer to CFI for them and get free sim time.

SonicFlyer

Turbine Pilots Handbook if you haven't already read it. It's an easy read and very informative if you are going from piston to turbine aircraft.