Gettin' through sim training
 

Well, i finished groundschool about a week ago, had my oral a few days ago and passed that. Last thing to pass on my list is the sim training, so...i'm asking all those who've walked this road before, what advice you'd have to a newhire in successfully completing his simulator training for th rj. Thanks in advance, hope to see everyone on the line soon.

Prior airlines I have been with have given you the "script" of the lesson before hand. This normally includes all approaches, abnormals, and even regular communications. This gives you the ability to literally chiar fly the whole lesson before you ever get in the box.

You can run through all QRH items, FMS procedures, profiles, etc so that all you really have to figure out in the sim is the physical stick and rudder side of it!

At the same if something doesnt go well in the sim put it behind you and move on. The worst thing they do is give you another sim session which in most cases is a no big deal.

Have fun with it... Good Luck

For my checkride you could "retrain" a few items during the ride itself. Otherwise it was mostly memory items and limitations that would bust you. Find a CPT and study your flows. Practice everywhere, in the car, in bed, even on the toilet!

Good luck!

Make sure you know what will be expected for each sim session.

Find out which approaches will be used and study them.

You will have a lot of free time each day. Practice chair-flying the profiles from T/O to LDG/missed.

If your profiles don't include ALL tasks, make your own that include mental checklists and trigger-points for approach setup tasks. Otherwise you will be rock-solid on the airplane, but haphazard in setting up approaches.

If you have no jet / glass time, expect to get your @ss kicked at some point, probably the first couple days...this is normal.

Looking back
 

In retrospect the SIM isnt bad at all I was a CFI and was at Colgan on the SAAB. The sessions get you so stressed out, but have fun with it, you will get through. I start SIMS for XJT in a few weeks I can't wait!!!!!!!!! Just relax there are thousands of RJ pilots who probably had 700hrs when they got hired and who barely have any skill at all and got through so I wouldnt worry about that at all, Good luck you will do fine, you at XJT?

Yeah, what they said. All my friends who are new to this deal, I tell them the same thing. CPT, paper tiger, or what ever, sit in it and do your flows until you can find buttons without looking. It will make your 8 sims exponentially easier.

Good luck, let us know how it goes!!

Saab, are you doing your sims at IAH? I heard a few are getting sent to HOU, mine is being sent to DFW.

DFW man, its like a first but I here DFW is amazing in comparison. I did my SAAB training at the Hobby Flightsafety and it blew, well actually I did my SIM in STL but my ground was at the Hobby Fligh safety and it was a real ****hole, what was your hire/class date?

Started last monday... happy to be through indoc... cant wait for systems. And the internet speed at the holiday inn blows major monkey nuts.

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Bro I know, and thr best part is, the front desk says its because of the FOG hahahaha I hate that place