What's happening at Horizon and Jets?
#2244
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Joined APC: Aug 2016
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E175 New hire
Hey y'all, I just got hired into the E175 and am hoping to find someone with access to the limitations, flows, memory items, etc. Wanna get this squared away before the fire hose opens up. Looking forward to meeting everyone on the line. Thanks!
#2245
When is your class date?
#2246
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Joined APC: Mar 2016
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They used to give new hires that stuff well before the first day of ground school. You have a class date yet? I would reach out to your contact at the company and try to get it from them.
#2247
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Joined APC: Apr 2015
Posts: 196
Limitations and Flows are changing fast. I would wait until you get your actual ones so that you don't have to REmemorize things which will make it tougher. There are less than 50 memory items and FO flows are fairly easy.
Last edited by Taylor814ce; 09-11-2017 at 09:49 AM.
#2248
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Joined APC: Feb 2017
Posts: 120
I apologize for the delay in answering your question - have been out flying for the last couple of days. The average leg length in the Dash is just over one hour, with lots of short hops (i.e., Seattle to Bellingham, Portland - Eugene, Boise - Lewiston). It's pretty common to fly your tail off and only get 4 or 5 block hours in a 12-hour duty day.
You'll hear a lot of horror stories about the dreaded "six leg day", but the suck factor depends a lot on the weather, your crew, and how many times your captain has to call Maintenance Control. Some six-leg days are easy. Other days, you'll time out by leg 4.
I actually enjoy flying the Q400, but it's a well-known fact that I have low standards.
Just for fun, I pulled up some of the E175 trips on eCrew. As expected, many of the jet trips are not very efficient. This is mostly due to the fact that we don't have enough jets to build a complete route system. There's also a lot of training going on. The trips should get better after we get some additional E175s and more pilots and flight attendants are trained in the airplane.
I did notice, on average, that our Q400 crews fly about twice as many legs as the jet crews for about the same credit. For example, consider a 3-day trip that comes in at 12.5 credit. This would be about 6 legs in the jet and 12 in the Q400. This is a hypothetical example, but illustrates the general trend.
You'll hear a lot of horror stories about the dreaded "six leg day", but the suck factor depends a lot on the weather, your crew, and how many times your captain has to call Maintenance Control. Some six-leg days are easy. Other days, you'll time out by leg 4.
I actually enjoy flying the Q400, but it's a well-known fact that I have low standards.
Just for fun, I pulled up some of the E175 trips on eCrew. As expected, many of the jet trips are not very efficient. This is mostly due to the fact that we don't have enough jets to build a complete route system. There's also a lot of training going on. The trips should get better after we get some additional E175s and more pilots and flight attendants are trained in the airplane.
I did notice, on average, that our Q400 crews fly about twice as many legs as the jet crews for about the same credit. For example, consider a 3-day trip that comes in at 12.5 credit. This would be about 6 legs in the jet and 12 in the Q400. This is a hypothetical example, but illustrates the general trend.
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#2250
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Joined APC: Aug 2016
Posts: 47
My class is Oct 9. Thanks for the tip - I'll check in with the on-boarding person at HR and see if she can get me the memory items. It's tough to memorize that while you're in the midst of ground and sim training. One less thing to worry about.
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