Hey fellas I am about to do sim #3 today at XJT and so far been amazing. Instructors have been fantastic and the sims (FLIGHTSAFETY DFW) have been awesome as well as the facility. The sim is a blast and there are no surprises. The FTD's help you get well overprepared. The V1 cuts are non-events ( I am used to V1 cuts on the SAAB). This airplane is a breeze to fly. Well I iwll hopefully be able to say I passed the Checkride in a week or so I will keep u guys updated. And to any XJT is training feel free to PM I will give ya as much advice as I can ;)

SIM 3 was were everything came together for me and my Sim partner...after this it's pretty much just practice with a few interesting things tossed in here and there. Good luck and keep up that oh so tiring "PFD Stare".

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Congrats on passing. And the next piece of advice now that you passed the ride at TSA is to contact XJT and put your resume in here. Take it from me, leave TSA as soon as you can after your checkride so you can build seniority at a better place. I, along with many others, made it to the line at Trans Mistakes only to get furloughed from Hulas.

Trust me, come to XJT...heck of a lot better lifestyle and company! Not to mention, after training at TSA , it's a breeze the 2nd time around. I've been here since July and love every minute of it here. PM me if you have any questions...

Keep the blue side up and don't hit anything hard!

I'll second PSU. Great job passing training and relish your accomplishment. Now look to the next step of advancing your career and gain seniority at a place with a solid future.

Good luck!

-Exwaterskier, now Jetlinker

When I went through A-300 Captain school a wise old instructor told me that if you can drive your car backwords while smoking a cigar and reciting all your memory items, checklist response, and QRH procedures then you pretty much got it licked.

I highly recommend the high school parking lot.

we have twpo guys that had to redo sim #3 :( just got word yesterday, I thought it wasnt tooo bad but then agian V1 cuts in the saab are easier than the erj

I'm kind of surprised that the Saab V1 cuts are easier. The best piece of advice I ever got for the ERJ was to just keep it on the ground until the nose was lined up with centerline and then lift off. If you're crooked, apparently it will roll over pretty quick, but I never had that happen in the Sim. Me and my sim partner were lucky enough to avoid the red screen all through training, but it can be quite the confidence killer from what I understand.

had a couple buddies redscreen on V1 cuts during their checkrides. One guy hit a wingtip while trying to correct, not sure if he was trying to fly a course instead of a heading. Mine, i flew the heading, and let the course track get blown right off, until ATC gave me a turn outbound.

try the 757 on a V1 cut; that's fun:)