Any advice for low time pilot flying SIC
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To again add to/reiterate what has already been said:
Once you've gotten together with the company's pilot and learned what their procedures are (take notes if they don't have a written SOP cover this) and have your hands on the checklist, see if you can get a panel poster such as the ones FlightSafety gives crews. Pin this up on your wall at home and spend an hour a day "chair flying."
Literally sit in front of it in a chair, and go through an entire flight. Think about what needs to be done when you first get to the airport. Run through all of the normal checklists; Cockpit/Cabin Preflight, Before Starting Engines, Starting Engines, Before Taxi, Taxi, and so on. Look at where each switch/indicator/control is as you're doing this, and think about what position it needs to be in for the condition (for example, the Generator Reset switch position depends on whether you're doing a battery or GPU start) - know those things so you can identify if it's not correct. Think about when you're going to get ATIS, clearance, and so on while doing all of this. Work through this process for a hypothetical flight. Again, doing this until this becomes second nature will free up mental space to help you add in other facets which you can't rehearse at home and help you keep up with the speed.
If you have access to the aircraft, do this in there as well.
BTW - check your private messages on here.
Once you've gotten together with the company's pilot and learned what their procedures are (take notes if they don't have a written SOP cover this) and have your hands on the checklist, see if you can get a panel poster such as the ones FlightSafety gives crews. Pin this up on your wall at home and spend an hour a day "chair flying."
Literally sit in front of it in a chair, and go through an entire flight. Think about what needs to be done when you first get to the airport. Run through all of the normal checklists; Cockpit/Cabin Preflight, Before Starting Engines, Starting Engines, Before Taxi, Taxi, and so on. Look at where each switch/indicator/control is as you're doing this, and think about what position it needs to be in for the condition (for example, the Generator Reset switch position depends on whether you're doing a battery or GPU start) - know those things so you can identify if it's not correct. Think about when you're going to get ATIS, clearance, and so on while doing all of this. Work through this process for a hypothetical flight. Again, doing this until this becomes second nature will free up mental space to help you add in other facets which you can't rehearse at home and help you keep up with the speed.
If you have access to the aircraft, do this in there as well.
BTW - check your private messages on here.
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