Glass Time
04-01-2007, 01:28 PM
#11
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At the entry level, get lots of steam experience...there are many entry level jobs flying airplanes with steam gauges, and if you think going from steam to glass is hard, trying going from glass to steam with little overall steam time 
You are unlikely to fail a training event because you are new to glass, but if you have to do a steam training event without those basic skills, you will be toast.
You are unlikely to fail a training event because you are new to glass, but if you have to do a steam training event without those basic skills, you will be toast.
04-01-2007, 03:11 PM
#12
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04-01-2007, 03:28 PM
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i myself didn't find the transition from steam to glass difficult, as i didn't have any "glass" time , and all my instrument time had to do w/ a real scan, not the glass scan. when i was hired on for the jet, i bought the program of the plane for flight sim, sat in the chair, did approach after approach, with the intention of developing a scan, by the time i got to the actual sim, i had a "mediocre" scan, and was able to pass right along.
04-01-2007, 03:30 PM
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I fly the Collins ProLine 4 in the CRJ and when I flew a ProLine21 King Air a few months back it took me a while to get used to how the information was displayed differently. The ADI/HSI presentation was *basically* the same but the location and presentation of other information on the PFD and MFD was different. I can only imgaine switching between the Collins and Honeywell...
04-01-2007, 03:55 PM
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And that has to do with getting used to the presentation of information on the displays how?
I fly the Collins ProLine 4 in the CRJ and when I flew a ProLine21 King Air a few months back it took me a while to get used to how the information was displayed differently. The ADI/HSI presentation was *basically* the same but the location and presentation of other information on the PFD and MFD was different. I can only imgaine switching between the Collins and Honeywell...
I fly the Collins ProLine 4 in the CRJ and when I flew a ProLine21 King Air a few months back it took me a while to get used to how the information was displayed differently. The ADI/HSI presentation was *basically* the same but the location and presentation of other information on the PFD and MFD was different. I can only imgaine switching between the Collins and Honeywell...
04-01-2007, 03:57 PM
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04-01-2007, 04:06 PM
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Well, we only hire the bright ones at AWAC, right??? 
Don't worry if you don't fly by hand to FL280. It doesn't take some super skill to do that.
There is not much difference between interpreting data on mechanical altimeters and airspeed indicators and interpreting data on a screen with altitude and speed 'tape' indicators.
You are right, it ain't rocket science....
Don't worry if you don't fly by hand to FL280. It doesn't take some super skill to do that.
There is not much difference between interpreting data on mechanical altimeters and airspeed indicators and interpreting data on a screen with altitude and speed 'tape' indicators.
You are right, it ain't rocket science....
04-01-2007, 06:05 PM
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Well, we only hire the bright ones at AWAC, right???
Don't worry if you don't fly by hand to FL280. It doesn't take some super skill to do that.
There is not much difference between interpreting data on mechanical altimeters and airspeed indicators and interpreting data on a screen with altitude and speed 'tape' indicators.
You are right, it ain't rocket science....
Don't worry if you don't fly by hand to FL280. It doesn't take some super skill to do that.
There is not much difference between interpreting data on mechanical altimeters and airspeed indicators and interpreting data on a screen with altitude and speed 'tape' indicators.
You are right, it ain't rocket science....
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