Recent Washout rate at Envoy
03-06-2017 | 06:20 AM
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This. If you don't do this, your brain will eventually vapor lock.
Training is the worst time to skip exercise, do it daily even if it's just a long walk.
A good diet, especially "brain foods" (nuts, avocado, salmon, etc) will make a noticeable difference. Go real easy on the booze too.
Some people can just gut it out, many cannot.
Training is the worst time to skip exercise, do it daily even if it's just a long walk.
A good diet, especially "brain foods" (nuts, avocado, salmon, etc) will make a noticeable difference. Go real easy on the booze too.
Some people can just gut it out, many cannot.
That diet does sound good. Thank you sir.
03-06-2017 | 07:04 AM
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^^^^This. This is key, and is really an indicator of how serious one is about making it through training at any airline.
After class in the late afternoon, maybe hit the gym for a bit, take a walk, whatever. In other words, spend a couple of hours in a low stress environment in which your mind can wander a little. Maybe run through callouts, think about limitations, Memory Items. It's a great way to ingrain them in your mind while getting away from "the books" for a bit.
After that, say mid-evening, grab your dinner and relax. After that, head to your room and hit the books. Study that which has been assigned to you. Do the study questions. Likely, you'll end up doing this for a few hours till you're ready for bed.
The next day, same drill.
Through MANY Type training programs in my career, this approach has always worked for me. Basically, you immerse yourself completely in the task at hand, but give yourself a few hours each afternoon to decompress a bit.
After class in the late afternoon, maybe hit the gym for a bit, take a walk, whatever. In other words, spend a couple of hours in a low stress environment in which your mind can wander a little. Maybe run through callouts, think about limitations, Memory Items. It's a great way to ingrain them in your mind while getting away from "the books" for a bit.
After that, say mid-evening, grab your dinner and relax. After that, head to your room and hit the books. Study that which has been assigned to you. Do the study questions. Likely, you'll end up doing this for a few hours till you're ready for bed.
The next day, same drill.
Through MANY Type training programs in my career, this approach has always worked for me. Basically, you immerse yourself completely in the task at hand, but give yourself a few hours each afternoon to decompress a bit.
03-06-2017 | 07:08 AM
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03-06-2017 | 07:14 AM
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Guys, there is no reason to fail anything. Especially the oral, but also the checkride. All of our instructors these days are true treasures. I really mean that...the few bad apples are gone. And our AQP program is very low stress. With that said, it is still your personal responsibility to study as much as possible. Don't take this time for granted...hit the books, sacrifice free time now and you will have a brilliant career ahead of you.
My advice for studying is to break it down into parts. Study one system thoroughly before moving on to the next one. My method on the ERJ was always to start with the Electric system and move right on the overhead panel. Then warnings, autopilot, radar/tcas last. Study each system at a time, quiz yourself...and then pretend you are teaching the system to someone else.
My advice for studying is to break it down into parts. Study one system thoroughly before moving on to the next one. My method on the ERJ was always to start with the Electric system and move right on the overhead panel. Then warnings, autopilot, radar/tcas last. Study each system at a time, quiz yourself...and then pretend you are teaching the system to someone else.
03-06-2017 | 09:30 AM
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This. If you don't do this, your brain will eventually vapor lock.
Training is the worst time to skip exercise, do it daily even if it's just a long walk.
A good diet, especially "brain foods" (nuts, avocado, salmon, etc) will make a noticeable difference. Go real easy on the booze too.
Some people can just gut it out, many cannot.
Training is the worst time to skip exercise, do it daily even if it's just a long walk.
A good diet, especially "brain foods" (nuts, avocado, salmon, etc) will make a noticeable difference. Go real easy on the booze too.
Some people can just gut it out, many cannot.
03-06-2017 | 01:33 PM
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One big mistake new hires make in training is not partnering up in a study group. You don't know what you don't know. If you try to study by yourself, you will miss areas that you didn't know you were weak on.
Start on memory items and limitations as soon as you get your a/c assignment. Learn your profiles to the point you can recite them forward/backwards and start in the middle.
When practicing callouts and flows, add a second activity to the drill. You fly the same way. Balance a marble in the center of a glass plate while walking around the room while making calls. Get a deck of cards and play solitare while reciting calls and flows. Anything to engage your mind with two tasks at once.
Start on memory items and limitations as soon as you get your a/c assignment. Learn your profiles to the point you can recite them forward/backwards and start in the middle.
When practicing callouts and flows, add a second activity to the drill. You fly the same way. Balance a marble in the center of a glass plate while walking around the room while making calls. Get a deck of cards and play solitare while reciting calls and flows. Anything to engage your mind with two tasks at once.
03-06-2017 | 01:47 PM
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