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01-11-2012 | 01:19 PM
#281
West Coast livin
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From: Captain
Checkride busts are huge now I got lucky getting in here. Before I came here there wasn't a day I didn't think about them and how I blew my career. Now.... it's the last thing on my mind. Study up on your basic knowledge and either get in the plane or a sim and do non stop instrument flying and you will be fine. In the sim approaches are flown at 140knots the reality is that's probably going to be the last time we fly them that slow. From what I've seen on observation flights they're all high speed. (180kts-210ish) So try playing flight sim in a King Air or something similar and fly at those speeds for practice. That's probably the best thing you can do to prepare. When you get here relax, rest well, and study. Try to take a break though every now and then and grab dinner with your classmates. You need to let your mind rest because it's so much information to absorb so quickly. You don't need any gouge to pass I'm not even sure if there is any, but the books you need to study are given to you so read em up and take notes.
What Cruz said is 100% true. Some of us hired hadn't flown in a while, (IFR) so there are some that are struggling, but .......THE COMPANY IS WORKING WITH THOSE ONES TO GET THEM THROUGH. It's all in the attitude, and how you approach it. Are you back seating sim sessions? Are you doing observation flights, going over to the hanger to sit in the cockpit if your instrument BAI skills are slow, are you working on your scan, on flight simulator?
This company WANTS YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL, however,don't say, I showed up,they NEED ME. If they don't see the effort, well, it may end badly for ya.
As your soon to be ground instructor will tell those of you that will be in class soon, it's ok if you need extra sessions here in FLL, you want that before you go to MCO. Hope this helps anyone, and the new hires.
01-11-2012 | 02:37 PM
#284
Underpaid...
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From: French-Canadian
01-11-2012 | 02:39 PM
#285
Line Holder
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What has the schedule been for training so far, all I heard was 3 weeks GS in FLL? Do you have any idea how long you will be in MCO for the SIM and how long IOE last's (which I assume is done in Florida)? Also have they told you guys where your going to be based yet or does that come after IOE? Thanks
01-11-2012 | 02:40 PM
#286
Respek
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I forgot about that. Yeah you maybe on to something....
01-11-2012 | 02:42 PM
#287
Gets Weekends Off
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01-11-2012 | 02:43 PM
#288
Respek
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What has the schedule been for training so far, all I heard was 3 weeks GS in FLL? Do you have any idea how long you will be in MCO for the SIM and how long IOE last's (which I assume is done in Florida)? Also have they told you guys where your going to be based yet or does that come after IOE? Thanks
01-11-2012 | 03:51 PM
#289
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I think it was about 3 weeks of ground here in FLL then 5-7 days of the sim here in FLL. MCO Sim I think will run about 7-10 days although I'm not sure, but I'll chime in later since I head up there tomorrow. No idea about bases until we are done with checkride and meet with CP. Everything seems like a blur so my days could be off.
Btw... What's CP?
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