Majors not counting turbo prop PIC time
05-26-2014, 08:45 AM
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Position: B-737
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In my new hire class we had a guy with zero jet time and all dash time. All of my turbine PIC has been 135. I had Turbo prop and biz jet time. Like many previous posters have said, get as much time as you can, check as many boxes as you can. Get quality PIC time and that will open up opportunities. Good luck
05-26-2014, 12:26 PM
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Sounds like a solid piece of information from a super credible source. I think the guys in the airlines doing the hiring are smart enough to know that some turboprop time is better than others. Keep getting those boxes checked and you will get the call.
I have never seen anyone have trouble going from steam gauges to glass given a normal training syllabus. It ain't hard. Once you learn to use it to increase your SA and know enough to not let it decrease your SA when it is time to fly the plane, you are money.
05-26-2014, 01:21 PM
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I am sure a few out there have, but not in my experience.
We had our entire airframe transition from the old style 707 cockpit to the 737 NG system. There were a few who had trouble initially, but within two or three sims, they got the gist and within about 10-15 hours of flying with it, they all at least got it enough to be proficient.
Strangely enough, the hardest thing is just getting proficient enough with the box to program it quickly to do what you want. The other key is when it isn't doing what you want, fly the airplane first, then once everything is under control go and fix the box. Sometimes new guys can't see the forest through the trees and go heads down when the plane is going the opposite direction of what you want it to. Click it off, man!
We had our entire airframe transition from the old style 707 cockpit to the 737 NG system. There were a few who had trouble initially, but within two or three sims, they got the gist and within about 10-15 hours of flying with it, they all at least got it enough to be proficient.
Strangely enough, the hardest thing is just getting proficient enough with the box to program it quickly to do what you want. The other key is when it isn't doing what you want, fly the airplane first, then once everything is under control go and fix the box. Sometimes new guys can't see the forest through the trees and go heads down when the plane is going the opposite direction of what you want it to. Click it off, man!
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