Bingo. I did my IOE with the #25 guy in the company so he didn't have any of those time waster 4 days. I had just about 30 hours in 7 days.

It depends by company on the availability of IOE captains and how soon the company needs you on the line. So some people have said they got to choose, I did not, I got told where to turn up and what I was flying.

Thanks for your reply. I guess when it comes time for IOE I'll just roll with it and have some fun.:D Has anyone had bad IOE experiences?

Well when the check airman is spending most of his time wiping the snot from my nose and cleaning up after me, its hard to squeeze in all that training stuff thats supposed to happen. I wish I was as good as you KA:rolleyes:

And you'll just roll with it while on reserve, and while being a junior line holder and when weather hits the hub, etc etc etc. Name of the game in this business is roll with it. If you're not able to adapt when things don't go exactly to plan then you are going to have a rough time in this business.

I work at an FBO at a Colgan base and time and time again I see things not going according to plan (wx, mx, etc) and those guys are just so laid back and deal with it very well. I agree with you that this is the right attitude because if you got mad over something not going right, you likely wouldn't last a day.