Originally Posted by navigatro (Post 318420)

Then the FAA inspector and I discussed general airline and safety topics for about 30 minutes. I learned a lot from this informative discussion. The FAA inspector was friendly, helpful, and professional.

Originally Posted by samdog (Post 318367)

I just had my first year PC, and well, it didn't go so well. My captain was from the standards dept, and my instructor was being observed by a manager from the training department. So needless to say, I was pretty nervous. If I screwed something up, I had 3 guys yelling at me.
I came back two days later, retrained, and finished my re-check in about 30 mins. with a new captain and a new sim instructor.
I was humiliated, as I never failed a check-ride in my life. It is quite a feeling to be pulled off-line and off payroll. You feel like a horrible pilot. I know I would have passed had I not had the three training dept. guys in there with me (a probationary FO). Was this legal? Oh well, I really hope this doesn't come back to haunt me.

Originally Posted by navigatro (Post 318420)

I had an FAA guy show up for a type ride last year. It did make the ride more stressful, but it was self induced. Overall, it went well, and I passed. During the debrief, the evaluator critiqued the type ride for about 5-10 minutes.

Then the FAA inspector and I discussed general airline and safety topics for about 30 minutes. I learned a lot from this informative discussion. The FAA inspector was friendly, helpful, and professional.

Originally Posted by BZNpilot248 (Post 318557)

I can see how the low time guys could have problems after a year if they never had a chance to get the fundamentals down before they went to an airline. Maybe they squeaked through the initial but hand flying instrument skills and flying fundamentals were never that great - say they got by with help from captains and automation for the first year and it might bite them during the probationary PC. And as said above this is a good time for the company to weed out people they don't like.

Originally Posted by ExperimentalAB (Post 318569)

Yeah, well it doesn't help that all these RJ-Drivers are telling Probies that the "Jet wasn't made to be hand-flown," and that you "need the automation..." :rolleyes:

Like I said - there are pepple who fly planes, and then there are Pilots.

Originally Posted by ExperimentalAB (Post 318569)

Yeah, well it doesn't help that all these RJ-Drivers are telling Probies that the "Jet wasn't made to be hand-flown," and that you "need the automation..." :rolleyes:

Like I said - there are pepple who fly planes, and then there are Pilots.