Who are you talking too? No concessions have been taken here buddy. Tell ya what, we won't take cuts for career progression, now you don't relax scope for raises.

 

Makes sense

Yup, I've been very impressed with the training so far. Today we got our first look at the Matrix at FSI, which was a huge help. They're giving all of us unlimited Matrix access throughout Systems. I sat there for 2 hours running the safety check, originating flow, and pre-taxi flows. Just sitting there with various synoptic pages up, closing bus ties and starting and shutting down APUs and swapping bleeds...was tremendously valuable in terms of clarifying how the systems actually work. I've been having trouble figuring out the exact automated sequence that the 10th-stage L/R/ISOL valves and APU LCV go through during engine start, but watching it happen on the Matrix made it all clear.

I did accidentally try to transfer the bleeds to the APU without first having started the APU (during my post-landing check) but fortunately caught myself before I killed the left 10th-stage bleed.

I also had fun..."oh, THIS is why you should never close the DC ESS TIE when you've already closed DC TIE 1 and DC TIE 2...and THIS is what really happens if you're dumb enough to turn off IDG1, IDG2, and the APU GEN." It was supremely helpful, and it's to Skywest's credit that they worked a deal with FSI to get us all extra time in the Matrix(es.)

 

Listen very carefully. If you come here, or to any 121 class, without a solid knowledge of turbine systems, you will drown. They're not gonna sit down and explain to you what a turbine engine is, what a stator vane is, what a 10th-stage bleed is, et cetera. You're expected to know it cold. I don't mean that you're expected to know the airplane (that's why they have Systems, which we are currently enduring), but you'd better have a very strong foundation of instrument flying skills and generalized turbine systems knowledge. If you come here and ask "What's a pack?", nobody's gonna be able to help you.

Sure, Mesa might hire you with a phone call. But getting hired is merely step 1 on a very long journey. All that the job offer means is that you've now earned the right to bust (or pass) your:

Indoc exam
Systems exam
Maneuvers validation
Procedures validation
Knowledge validation
LOE
IOE

With the exception of indoc and IOE, all of those are PRIA-reportable events. Bust one of those, and you'll have even more checkride failures following you around.

In other words: if you're insulted by the types of questions you get asked in a 121 interview...perhaps you're not ready for a 121 interview.

 

Yeah Clarence will never get hired at SkyWest. The interview guys will see right through him.

 

Nobody is giddy here. Especially this guy. The lost decade hasn't just effected you. There is an entire legion of pilots that have been taking it in the rear because of an earlier group of pilots who just wanted theirs. Don't come preaching on here about your delicate sensibilities.

In my opinion flying to St Croix is preferable to flying into Ketchikan.

 

Easy there fella. When I went to OO I had never heard of a pack and I did just fine. Those with the right attitude and study habits will succeed at OO. Knowing what an air conditioning pack is and how it works will not make you a 121 God.

And... Wasn't this the whole point of AQP? I thought the only PRIA reportable events were those that were "evaluations" of some type (i.e. LO-E-valuation). "Validation" items are train to proficiency. While a positive outcome is still required to continue to the next step, an initial negative outcome just means you need more training. I didn't think any of these were PRIA reportable.

 

Certain people seem to be giddy about flying to new cities on a RJ. As if it's that big of a deal.

 

Do you mean to say that no benefit you have ever had has been changed to your detriment, ever?

 

Sooooooooo completely untrue. Ive been thru 3 different airline ground schools,the first one being Great Lakes which is known for being hard. I didnt know hardly anything about turbine systems and I made it thru fine. Ya I studied hard but don't blow things out of proportion. Geez dude. I think someone asked what a pack was in both the jet ground schools I've been thru and those people are now online. You go to ground school to LEARN......weird concept right??

 

Throttle back turbo. I might most CFI's going to the regionals couldn't tell you what a pack was. That's why they go to training. You should just go straight to Delta.