CADR

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Jeez don’t even worry. Piedmont will move mountains to make sure you get through training. There are definitely some people that should not have got through but have.

Piedmont needs all the pilots that they can get right now and they don’t want to see anyone fail.

AANG

I didn't really find it necessary to study prior to receiving information from Piedmont. You'll have plenty of time during ground school to study as long as you have the discipline to study in your hotel room or with other classmates.

My best piece of advice is to distill the information down to what you think should be committed to memory and make flash cards or some other study aid. This is for things like the bolded limitations, memory items, and certain specific, actionable system characteristics (for example, what gets shut off when you pull the fire handle). Study that stuff until it's really easy, and get your broader systems knowledge from ground school class.

As far as prepping for the sims, know your flows and profiles so well you can do it in your sleep. Don't wait until the sims to figure it out. Chair fly the flows and profiles with a partner. Don't just practice until you get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong. This will help you in the sims because you can focus on what's going on instead of trying to think your way through your flows and profiles.

Good luck. (But you should still avoid coming to Piedmont if at all possible.)

ppss

Thanks very much. I did find some ExpressJet stuff on systems so perhaps I can use that as basic study material (without the procedural stuff etc) And yes plenty of quizlets online. The issue there is I am not sure which ones are pertinent to Piedmont and which are not.. but good learning resource nonetheless.

bajthejino

Why study anything at all? You'll be provided the necessary information to be successful in your training. The 145 isn't exactly a complex aircraft, regardless of your knowledge/experience level. Enjoy your time before class starts as you'll be quite busy for the foreseeable future with class/sim/IOE. Besides, there's always the off chance you'll learn something wrong or be presented with incorrect information, now you've committed that to memory.

ppss

[QUOTE=CADR;3398312]Thanks very much... that's great to know!

ppss

Really just wanted to have the systems done properly...

APCHCLIMB

You try smartcockpit.com ?
145 section.
it’s all there

ppss

Yes sir already downloaded those files thanks you very much..... also found some ExpressJet stuff and their systems material seems really nice... Would be great if anyone had any video content to share?

phrogfella

If you have access to it, I highly recommend practicing flows and profiles alongside the cockpit and switch functions diagrams that Training publishes. Systems and limitations are first in the syllabus after Indoc but the Training Department does an excellent job teaching that so you can’t help but be over-educated on those subjects as long as you pay attention in class. Unlike PSA, we don’t have procedure training after systems and before sims, just an evaluation. The squeeze comes during the 1st half-dozen sims where you’ll go from having never touched the aircraft to having run all of the big emergencies in the book, all without enough time to build an adequate foundation in normal stuff like running checklists and shooting an ILS.

As far as the abnormals go, you’ll see a lot of Bagg Smoke initiated Rejected Takeoffs, V1 cuts, and V1 engine fires that progress to engine failures before you reach 1000’. Good luck and welcome to Piedmont!

ppss

Thanks for your inout. It's much appreciated. So I would have indoc (couple of weeks) followed by Systems (2 week??) then some insight on prodecures and an evaluation? and then the sims?

I would really like to get a copy of the flows to practice but unfortunately I do not know anyone how could send me a copy.