Saab 340 Systems Manual
 

I have a class date for mid July in the Saab and want to use my time to prep for systems, Does anyone know where I can obtain or download, some Saab 340 information??

Thanks:eek: :eek:

http://www.smartcockpit.com/plane/saab/SAAB-340/
They don't have anything there yet but it's usually a good start. Generally I've found "study what they give you when they give it to you" works pretty well, otherwise it's easy to get confused.

Hey Thanks, Nice looking site, no info on the Saab, but thanks anyhow, I sincerely appreciate it:D :D

Your best bet is to simply relax and take the time to collect and mentally prepare yourself. When you get the official packet from your new employer spend all of your free time learning memory items, limitations, and procedural flows and profiles.

I wouldn't study much off of "unofficial" sources (such as sites on the net). Unless you can get VERIFIABLE CURRENT COPIES of info from somebody at the company, you might end up learning the wrong info! (Remember that different airlines operate different numbers and procedures depending on fleet variations and model types such as -A and -B model Saabs).

In the meantime, take a few minutes to read this article about airline style training. It's a good basic primer on how to survive it:

Playing the Game: An Insider's Guide to Successful Airline Simulator Training

I have been using this software, it covers both the A and B models:

http://www.dauntless-soft.com/PRODUCTS/AirCards/

I have only been concentrating on limitations, however.

Be very careful studying anything early on if it's generic or not from your company. The instructors at TSA are convinced that the high failure rates late last year was because people were studying gouges from XJT and CHQ which wasn't smart considering much of it was on XRs and ERs (We have LR and EP models). Callouts and flows can be different for the same plane as well. Study what they give you, and what they tell you to study.

One thing that I think has helped me is going through memory items and limitations once per night even though we are just now getting to systems. I've got those down pretty much cold so now it's on to the flows and profiles. I'll go through the memory items every other night to keep them fresh.

The most important thing you can do before starting training is IMPROVE YOUR INSTRUMENT CROSSCHECK !!

Use flight simulator on your computer.

It's not the knowledge testing that gets people, it's the SAAB SIMULATOR.:eek:

Thanks all,
for the help, it is duely apprciated

From what I've seen here so far, that's not completely true. Those who do well through the ground school and oral seem to do just fine in the sim. I've heard of only 3 or 4 people who've washed out of training so far, and it was all ground school related.

And my $.02 on studying ahead of time- Don't do it. There is just too much material that is company specific. If you can get your hands on official material, fine. Trust me, just keep your scan fresh and enjoy your free time. You won't have any once you're here.

as a famous actor had once said, " I'm totally physicked dude, can't wait"

Hey send me your address and you can have mine from my days at COLGAN.............

Good Luck, and don't sweat it. The Saab is a great airplane to fly. Although there are a lot of switches up front and a huge overhead panel for a turbo-prop, the systems are actually very logical. Just take your time when you go to class and don't get ahead of yourself trying to take in too much at once.

I had a lot of fun flying that airplane.

Saab, don't screw the guy from the starting line. He'd need bifocals just to read the b/w diagrams in our crappy manuals... lol

I got one too. SAABarooski's might not be the right model (only B+) got one gathering dust, so in other words it useless, but you can have it if you want.....just hit me upo n the pm.

muushin, don't study before you goto class. You will burn yourself out by the time your ready for the oral. You will have plenty of time while in training to study!

I will heed the advice,

I'm off to the Beach then...........

Probably the best advice I have seen on here in a while.................

Good call.

Easy on this one. Your company AOM and limitations and profiles will be different and you'll have to un-learn this. When you get to training use your time wisely. i.e. Study Basic Indoc stuff during basic indoc. DON'T JUMP THE GUN!!! Don't study Memory Items in basic indoc!!!!!

Remeber: Co-operate; Graduate!!!

OK, I'll lay off. I am having a hard time sitting around doing nothing while waiting for my class date. ;) I guess I'll go read the AIM, or something.....

Thanks!

Yeah, the worst thing you can do is study non-company materials before class. Everyone has there own little way of doing things and if you memorize one set of numbers and they turn out to be different, you're at a huge disadvantage by your own doing.

Best thing you can do (if you really want to do something) while waiting is to keep your flying skills sharp, eat right, exercise and get plenty of rest... you'll need it come training.

Good luck guys.

True, specific limitations and memory items vary from airline to airline but basic aircraft systems on the same model are the same no matter who operates it. Smartcockpit doesn't have anything yet but general systems info is here- http://www.sf340.com