Any idea how many people are in your class? I've heard rumors they are only training 7/8 people per month.

 

7. All street FOs. I was in the 5/20 Indoc. Last group from the April orientation.

 

You should have access to the sim instructor lesson plans and the flight plans. It helped me when I went through to sit with my sim partner and go over each lesson plan - i.e. what to expect, what QRH procedures to review, and make a good plan of action between you and your sim partner. Spend a good amount of time going over profiles for the primary maneuvers you'll be doing. ILS profiles, localizer approaches, ILS CAT II, V1 cut, rejected takeoffs, single engine go arounds. The two most busted maneuvers on the MV are the V1 cut and localizer approaches. Most importantly, don't stress it! Have fun in the sims - the instructors are all fantastic and want you to suceed. The MV really isn't too bad and if you do mess up on a maneuver, you'll be given the opportunity to redo a maneuver. LOE is pretty easy, just a flight A to B then B to C. At some point you'll be given some sort of issue (mine had high engine vibration which lead to a precautionary engine shutdown) which will lead to a diversion. Best of luck!

 

What’s the current training footprint like? I’ve got a 12/1 class date and am wondering what the footprint is like. Haven’t seen an updated for quite some time. Also curious what management does with the holidays and if we get a week or something off of the holidays.

 

Look in the hiring/ class pause thread, two pages back

 

got it! Not sure how I skipped right over that. Know anything about how training goes with the holidays?