I am in the 11/7 training class and I am looking for any last minute advice on getting through training. I've reviewed FAR's and IFR procedures and am ready for the firehose. Does anybody have any other suggestions?

 

I'm with you! I'll see you at the 11/7 class too!

 

My advice (I follow it myself every year during recurrent ground school) is to forget about spending very much time socializing after class, but rather spend as much time as you can handle studying every evening. Read, read, read. Memorize, memorize, memorize. Also, as soon as you have access to the "Memory Items" and "Limitations" for the aircraft you'll be flying, memorize them as soon as possible and practice them every day. You'll need to know them for the rest of your time spent on that particular airplane, so you might as well get a head start on them.

Once in simulator training, know the procedures COLD. No hesitation on any Profile. Know the callouts and Profiles as if your life depended on them. It might, and your job will.

Feel free to ask away on talk airline dot com (as well as here).

Good luck to the both of you, and see you on the line.

 

+1. BUT. Dont start off as a slam clicker. You know your own personal study habits, if you need to socialize do it. If not then thats cool too. It all comes down to how you use your own personal time.

 

Thanks for the input. By the way, If offered, I am planning on bidding ERJ ORD (I'm pretty sure I'm old enough to get it). I live in Seattle and it seems ORD and LAX would be the easiest commute and the ERJ would be the best bet to eventually get me into LAX. Does this seem reasonable, or is there something I am missing?

 

Sounds like a good plan. I'm LAX based, so maybe I'll see you one of these days.

As for studying, you study as much as you feel you need to. No less. If you feel you need to do it, don't worry about being a slam-click once in a while. You'll have plenty of time during breaks to hang with your fellow students, not to mention once you are on the line.

Study hard.

It's worked for me for twenty years with NO busts in any phase of MANY training events in MANY airplanes.

Have fun.

 

quick question for those who are filling/ already filled out Eagle's pre-interview paperwork:

on the form that requires all your flight time, there's a column for dual received (student) and another dual received (pic). is the "(pic)" column for your time u logged as BOTH dual rec AND pic? such as an instructional lesson you received after you got your ppl? and then the "(student)" is just the opposite?

thanks!!

 

You are correct. Just read the directions again and make sure thats what you are adding up like the description says. Dual Rec. (PIC) after private pilot stuff. Dual Rec. (student) every thing before private pilot, complex, multi training, etc. Good luck on your interview. Overiew your paperwork at least 4 times. That's what people get sent home for in the first 10 min.

 

how soon after drug test did you get your class date

 

When will the results of the vacancy bid be announced?
Do I finds those on the flowplan?

Will back filling be announced at the same time?