There's a "talent assessment" sent to applicants but that could just be a 2 part "currently breathing and in possession of an ATP" checklist.

Nothing to say about that now.

And it might not be a discussion appropriate for these forums.

Because the only conflicting information I've heard is in regards to which seat the OE recipient was in.

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Let's leave this alone. It's in the hands of the ERC.

Rumors always get ridiculous and everything I've seen on here is completely wrong so far.

new hire oe (right seat)

I think that's pretty cut and dry.

A certain airline with widgets on their tails and double-breasted suits also had a tailstrike at the same airport with an A320 around the same time, except on landing. I wonder what that says about their training program.

Same superstar group had a new hire land a 737 in LA so hard a gear door came off. The new hire was fired. On average 1 a month is fired @ the ATL home town airline. No rumor just fact. We are talking probationary pilots.

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Make you guys feel better to drag another pilot group into the discussion about our training/hiring deficiencies?

I presume the point was, it can happen anywhere. Though, when considered in a proportional context, it’s more prevalent here... Hope this helps. :o

I will admit, it does give me a wee bit of solace knowing that we’re not the only ones boogering up **** or dinging aluminum...

When that group is the SkyGods™? Yup!

You are correct. It happens everywhere. If you don't want to have issues don't move the aircraft.

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this is the ad at the bottom of this website.....:eek:

Could someone who has been through training recently tell me where they put you up at? What hotel etc. And if transportation is available to/from or should I plan to bring my car down?
Thanks!

I’m not currently in training but transportation is provided to and from the training center. If you dont wanna depend on the Hotel van for transportation bring your car. Hope that helps.

Sheraton plantation...you don’t need your car

It would definitely be easier for you if you had a car, however. It would just give you that much more freedom. (Grocery runs, eating out, coffee stops in the morning, etc)

But be warned that you could get sent to DFW or Vegas for your sims. New hire I just flew with drove down from up north only to have his sim in DFW.

Okay good to know about the possibility of doing the sim elsewhere.
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I don't know that it is, I haven't seen any credible statistics to that effect. Then again, there's lies, damn lies, and statistics...

Nothing productive to add, except that's one of my favorite quotes.... lol (three types of lies)

"You can prove anything with statistics." - My Dad. (Or maybe someone else that once said it to him, I don't know.)

How much of an advantage is it coming from a 175? The self study concept makes me a little nervous.

You should be good. First jet/121 airline was the 175 and we had home study. Wasn't a problem.

When you get to class find a group you can study with, it will make the whole process a lot easier.


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Only problem I see with 145/175 guys is if they get task saturated they might grab the airspeed knob when they meant to grab the heading knob or vice versa because Embraer designed their FCU backwards compared to the rest of the aircraft manufacturers.

Other than that no issues with 145/175 guys.

Yup that happens for sure. Done it myself and seen others do it.

lol, that or CRJ guys pushing the A/THR disconnect because they used to be TOGA buttons for them.

You may already know this trick but I’ll throw it out there for the new hires.

The four FCU knobs from left to right are in the same order as the airspeed, heading, altitude, and vertical speed on the PFD (or right to left if you prefer to think that way) which is why you don’t need to look at the knob to find to correct one.

Works in both seats.

Guilty. Filler

I like hearing these little helpers, thanks. Jetblue 190 guy transitioning to the Airbus soon.

Which is industry standard except for Embraer
on their PFD it is airspeed, heading, altitude, vertical speed like the rest of the industry
but on their non-industry standard FCU it's heading, airspeed/vertical speed, altitude

so Embraer guys to tend to grab the wrong knob when things get involved/busy.... that law of primacy thing.

But to be fair, I did the same thing when I went from non-Embarer to Embarer - grabbed the wrong knobs on the Embraer.

It's actually heading, airspeed, altitude, FPA, vertical speed in the 175.

I just got out of the plane. FMA is in a different order than the knobs.

Huh I flew the 175 for 3 years and couldn’t tell you what knob was where if my life depended on it.

If only these knobs had labels on them

And if you had read my post, I didn’t say anything about the FMA.

Next time you get in the plane, check the order of the FCU (you know, the panel with the knobs in the middle of the eyebrow) and the airspeed, heading, altitude, and v/s on the PFD. I promise you they match up nicely ;)

It’s also not a mistake that they are all contoured a little bit differently, but that’s a lesson for day two.