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Gunfighter 01-14-2021 11:11 AM


Originally Posted by tunes (Post 3181451)
i can assure you, we are nowhere close to our max training load. Plenty of sim time open every day.


on the ER, we have sim time outside of E/F periods available every day

This is great news! Our financial future is heavily dependent on getting butts in seats on both sides of the cockpit door. Is capacity available on the other fleets, especially 220,320 and 73N? Also, does LCA capacity match up with sim throughput?

iaflyer 01-14-2021 12:35 PM


Originally Posted by Gunfighter (Post 3181475)
This is great news! Our financial future is heavily dependent on getting butts in seats on both sides of the cockpit door. Is capacity available on the other fleets, especially 220,320 and 73N? Also, does LCA capacity match up with sim throughput?

I've seen some open sim slots in the 73N fleet sim schedule. I have heard the 320 OE is backed up, but not the 73N.

DWC CAP10 USAF 01-14-2021 01:28 PM


Originally Posted by iaflyer (Post 3181506)
I've seen some open sim slots in the 73N fleet sim schedule. I have heard the 320 OE is backed up, but not the 73N.

I know multiple people waiting 3+ months (so far) to get into 73 sim for special requal, so I’m gonna disagree with your 73 sim assessment.

Trip7 01-14-2021 01:43 PM

I believe it's more an instructor shortage issue vs open Sim slots. Training department has been hit hard by COVID combined with staffing cuts to save money makes for a tough situation. Lots of instructors who normally don't work 200 or 100 series are assigned them or pick it up for premium pay

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Farmlover 01-14-2021 02:37 PM

I’ve been waiting since September for a sim slot on the 737

SaveFerris 01-14-2021 03:34 PM


Originally Posted by Gunfighter (Post 3180779)
We're not handling the current training load, presumably because we are already at max training. What are the current NQAT numbers? The only way the company can handle movement is with cancelled awards and/or pilots returning to previous seats. Some of those previous Base/Equipment/Seat options don't exist. I predict we will be working our way out of a self-imposed training disaster for another 12-18 months. Upcoming AEs will get massaged beyond belief to award short courses and normal requals while avoiding IQ.

Please bring on the AEs though.

I was NQAT for exactly 2 days before they trained me. Doesn’t seem like they are overwhelmed in training.

FangsF15 01-14-2021 03:41 PM


Originally Posted by SaveFerris (Post 3181571)
I was NQAT for exactly 2 days before they trained me. Doesn’t seem like they are overwhelmed in training.

I’ve been NQAT for 3 months, waiting to requal on the -400, which uses the ER sim for all but the last couple of 400 module events. I can’t even get CR or Training planners to respond to an email or phone call.

In addition to others posting here who have waited months, I have one buddy who only needs 3 sims to requal in the -400, and has been waiting 6 weeks so far. And another buddy who waited 3 months to requal on the ER. Not full course, requal. I’d say your experience is a (huge) outlier.

LumberJack 01-14-2021 03:48 PM


Originally Posted by Farmlover (Post 3181552)
I’ve been waiting since September for a sim slot on the 737

For what type of training?

Farmlover 01-14-2021 04:02 PM


Originally Posted by LumberJack (Post 3181577)
For what type of training?

special requal. 73b that didn’t fly. Now I need a requal.

tunes 01-14-2021 04:11 PM


Originally Posted by D B Cooper (Post 3181472)
What about instructors? I've emailed the training planners and I get blank looks, virtually of course.

we are doing less now than we were june-oct.


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