Your first flight as a regional pilot
03-27-2011 | 10:22 AM
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Forgive me if this was already posted. I didn't read through all the responses. Anyway, the thing that sticks with me from 1997 was getting through all the sim training, engine-out ILS and LOC approaches to mins constantly, then on IOE, it was clear skies, and the controller goes "cleared for the visual".
What is that!!! Anyway, I remember the big challenge was getting used to flying 200 knots to the marker instead of the 160 knots in the sim too. But to answer your question, yes definitely nervous on that first leg!
What is that!!! Anyway, I remember the big challenge was getting used to flying 200 knots to the marker instead of the 160 knots in the sim too. But to answer your question, yes definitely nervous on that first leg!
03-27-2011 | 11:13 AM
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Yesterday, MCI to DTW.
It flew nothing like the sim. Go figure.
To ad:
On the first takeoff, I was waiting for the V1 cut; on the first leg, I was waiting for an electrical or fire somewhere too.
I have more PTSD from the Sim, than I do from a tour in Iraq...
I love this business...
It flew nothing like the sim. Go figure.
To ad:
On the first takeoff, I was waiting for the V1 cut; on the first leg, I was waiting for an electrical or fire somewhere too.
I have more PTSD from the Sim, than I do from a tour in Iraq...
I love this business...
03-27-2011 | 03:07 PM
#113
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From: 777 CA
It was 1989 and there were no simulators for the mighty Beech 1900. It seems funny to me now but since I had flown nothing bigger than 400 series Cessnas when they walked us out to the hanger to get our first look at the airplane I thought the Beech was huge! My first day on line was 8 legs I and I flew all but the first one. I don't remember being scared of the flying but I was petrified of embarrassing myself in front of the Captain. I've now been at it for 22 years and while 2 bankruptcy/shutdowns and 4 airlines have tempered my feelings somewhat it still beats a real job.
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03-27-2011 | 03:37 PM
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From: FIRE ALPA
[QUOTE=atpcliff;971266]I was out of flying for 10 years, and then got a class date at a regional. I was almost done with training, and then turned on the TV about noon on 9.11.2001.
I passed my oral and simulator check the next day, and was furloughed about a week later. About a year after than, I got another class date at an airline, but not a regional.
I never did have a first flight at a regional airline.[/QUOTE]
Consider yourself blessed.
I passed my oral and simulator check the next day, and was furloughed about a week later. About a year after than, I got another class date at an airline, but not a regional.
I never did have a first flight at a regional airline.[/QUOTE]
Consider yourself blessed.
03-27-2011 | 04:27 PM
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From: right seat
my IOE lets see .... tailwind landing , takeoff in a snow storm ,experiencing the elevator heaviness after getting sprayed with type 4 and seeing how it changed quick after rotation ...... the plane pitched up rapidly after the type 4 left the elevator ,flying my first ils at night with a 20 degree quartering headwind gusting to 24 and 300 over cast never flew actual at night until then .Had a great IOE captain ....He seemed to have faith that I could do this stuff fresh out of sim
.... configuring at 1.5 dots below GS in the sim is great ...on the line doing 180 until gs capture then rapid configuring for landing is an eye opener !!
I guess its good when you are permitted to actually be pf in these conditions
.... configuring at 1.5 dots below GS in the sim is great ...on the line doing 180 until gs capture then rapid configuring for landing is an eye opener !!
I guess its good when you are permitted to actually be pf in these conditions
03-30-2011 | 08:46 AM
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My first landing in the CRJ was literally down to minimums after 45 minutes of holding in PHL. That was in 2005 and I still remember it crystal clear. I was much more excited than nervous, and it being at minimums made it way easier because it was just like the sim!!
And everything has been downhill since. Seriously.
And everything has been downhill since. Seriously.
04-18-2011 | 06:39 PM
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My first day of IOE had 8 legs with a 9:30 overnight. Brasilia at SKW in California system. Great Check Airman!
The whole day was a blur, I remember going to bed in Redding, CA, but I don't remember how I got there
Very happy to be at Delta now.
All the best to present and future regional pilots!
The whole day was a blur, I remember going to bed in Redding, CA, but I don't remember how I got there
Very happy to be at Delta now.
All the best to present and future regional pilots!
04-18-2011 | 07:42 PM
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Not regionals, but I like this story.
Pulled a guy into the 650 straight off of the King Airs about two years ago (some weird stuff around company that messed up our upgrade flows). The 650 is a real sports car down low, very quick acceleration and awesome climb rates.
First flight with him was a 91 repo, maybe 2K pounds of fuel on board, no pax, way below max takeoff. I remember mentally making the V1, rotate calls in my head, pitching into a climb, then looking over and going "when your head catches up with the plane, you could pull the gear up if you don't mind".
Pulled a guy into the 650 straight off of the King Airs about two years ago (some weird stuff around company that messed up our upgrade flows). The 650 is a real sports car down low, very quick acceleration and awesome climb rates.
First flight with him was a 91 repo, maybe 2K pounds of fuel on board, no pax, way below max takeoff. I remember mentally making the V1, rotate calls in my head, pitching into a climb, then looking over and going "when your head catches up with the plane, you could pull the gear up if you don't mind".
04-18-2011 | 09:21 PM
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From: Going Mach Chicken
My first flight with my regional was more memorable than than my first solo.....not because of the actual flight, but because of what my IOE captain said to me before hand,
"This will happen a lot like your first time having sex: you know how everything works, you've practiced the moves and fantasized about how its going to feel. But in reality, it's going to be weird, your brain will stop communicating with your extremities, and it will be over much quicker than you would've liked. Don't worry about, it just takes practice."
Man was he right!
"This will happen a lot like your first time having sex: you know how everything works, you've practiced the moves and fantasized about how its going to feel. But in reality, it's going to be weird, your brain will stop communicating with your extremities, and it will be over much quicker than you would've liked. Don't worry about, it just takes practice."
Man was he right!
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