cessna157

The first thing I remember about the flight is putting the gear down on approach. The first 90 minutes of it.....blur

It was a CVG-MCO flight. Full load, + a jumpseater. Pressure's on!

down2mins

Sat down in the plane with my IOE Checkairman, he looks at me and goes, "Well, have you ever flown a jet before?" Me: "No" Him: "Well, you're about to" And he punches the button to select it to my side.

cessna157

Hah that's pretty good. Who was that?

norskman2

MSP-RST. 62 nm. Winds were out of the SE, so the TO and landing runways were even aligned. Straight shot. Takeoff, go up, go down, land. 15 minutes in the air. I was basically a passenger on that flight. Maybe I made a radio call or two. Even after we landed, I was still in MSP.

macgruber

i just remember the thing i was most scared of was briefing the passengers. I could hear them laughing through the door. captain started rubbing my leg half way through my speech. we had a good laugh on that one! as far as the flying part. total blur. i think we were on final approach by the time i finished the taxi checklist. being the new guy is very humbling and a huge learning experience. it was great!

FLowpayFO

First flight was ORD-IND on the CR7. I froze when I received my taxi clearance from ground in ORD due to them talking so fast, I froze at rotation when I started thinking "Wait this feels way different than the sim!". After that I was fairly with it for the rest of the flight until I got a nice crosswind landing to pop my cherry, which amazingly ended up smooth after the blurry flair. I remember getting to the gate and thinking to myself "What the hell did I get myself into!?"

JetMonkey

11 years ago at XJT (CoEx back then) They only had 60 EMB-145's at that time. There was no RJ prep schools or cool digital FTD's. After sims me and my training partner went to Savanah GA and met our instructor. For 5 nights we'd go to the airport and gas up an empty RJ and go fly around in the dark doing all the manuvers we did in the sim. Gas was cheap back then. The biggest thing I had flown was a Cessna 414. The first take off is definately memorable, had a blast the whole time. My check ride was a windy bumby night in LEX.

On IOE, same as everyone has stated. The plane was at cruise and I was still back at the gate in IAH. To top it off, first flight was an international flight IAH-CUU, so experienced dealing with Mexican controllers for the first time. I flew the return to IAH. Don't remember the take off or anything enroute. But I landed well and just remember my IOE captain being releived saying "Ok, I don't have to worry about you, you can land this thing".

It's been a crazy up and down road since. But I still love the job. Went to America West in 04' and had the same great feeling when I first took off in the A320 the first time too.

flynavyj

First flight was Nov 2006 in an EMB-145 from STL-JAX.

Getting the airplane out of the gate was the biggest challenge it seems, but things do happen rather fast on that first flight. We had a full plane plus a jumpseater. Largest plane I had flown was a Seneca up till that point, and this was a whole new ball game, but i LOVED it.

3 years later I had upgraded to Captain, been downgraded to FO and was close to sitting reserve while commuting...gah...I opted out. My wife and I moved (oddly enough to my old base) where I took a 9-5 gig, bought a house (second one after the Captain stint) and have a kid on the way. I absolutely hate the monotony of my current job, and really miss the flying. But all the "up in the air (no pun)" shenanigans of the airline industry isn't missed one bit.