Sheppard Air and new ATP written
08-03-2016 | 04:43 AM
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The vast majority of the performance stuff is just reading a souped-up Cessna perf chart, sometimes a few charts combined. That said, even using the best ruler I could find, I sometimes still didn't come up with the same answer the FAA did... And there are a couple where they want you to plan a whole route, and I agree - those are totally a pain. But, in theory you could just leave those blank and still get a 98%...
08-03-2016 | 07:23 AM
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I did mine in the Falcon 50 sim. I believe they have 7 different sims approved for the ATP course. Other guys were in a G-III sim while I was there.
08-03-2016 | 09:29 AM
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The would be ideal, but you'll get a business jet at CAE. Whatever is left over. I had two different airplanes, neither was anything close to what I was assigned at the airline. But in reality, depending on your sim instructor you may or may not find the sim sessions to be all that valuable in terms of prepping for 121 training. Each classmate had a different experience, but I know mine focused only on the specified maneuvers (granted that's mostly the point of the cours), and far less on systems/avionics operation, rendering the type of aircraft less relevant (except for getting a feel for its handling in a stall, V1 cut, etc., of course). Others had instructors who let the students do far more interacting with various systems, the FMS, etc. That's not a knock on the course, just a note that YMMV.
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08-03-2016 | 10:06 AM
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You were luckier than my class was then. I was at CAE, the one MDLOADER was asking about; they said during my course the RJs were perpetually unavailable. Either you got very lucky or were at a different CTP provider I assume?
