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Pilot_Ryan

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Last time I flew a jet was in 2006. I left professional aviation for a time but have plenty of piston time in the interim (light twins.) Now I have a great job lined up -- it's expat -- and I'll have to get current before shipping off. I'm sure I'm rusty. I'll have recurrent and that's it. Any tips on getting current besides the obvious stuff, such as studying the materials I got at simuflite for my last recurrent...
 
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I had a similar situation, 3 and half year lay off, with out any flying. The fact that your flying at all helps and when you get in the sim, it will all start coming back to you. You will start to think like the guy you were so to speak. To help, just start thinking about what you will be facing and how you should and will re act, take your time, think fast, move slow.

Piece of Cake

Cheers
 
In today's market if your job opportunity is really good, spend what ever it takes. Chances are, the way things are going, it won't happen again!

TransMach
 
You say you are going to recurrent right?

Maybe read a bit before, flows, use the centers IPT, sit in on a sim and watch, etc...

but really, even a few years out, anything I have ever flown has come back in one or two sim sessions - and Im certainly not the ace of the base...:)

I suspect you are worrying more than you need to.

Congrats on the job
 
I had a long time without flying before my current job and then went to simulator recurrent, which I hadn't had in more than three years, and it was hard. The quality of the instruction left a great deal to be desired, and I hate to say this, but the quality of the sim was not good.

Flying the light planes is a help but I think not flying jets and not flying the sim is going to hurt. Are you going to get any extra time to warm up? Is the instructor going to be competent and helpful? I think getting some time in the sim, just flying and doing some basic stuff, would help a lot.
 
Good thoughts. Yeah, I am going to go the least expensive route here, SimCom in Orlando. I can't afford anything else. The downside of this job is I have to pay for my own recurrent in advance, but I am paid back over the course of my one-year contract via bonuses. Just another way of locking down their investment -- fair enough in my view.

I'd love to figure out how to get some extra sim time. That might not be in the cards though.

Might be worrying a bit much considering I've got a few hundred hours in light twins in the meantime, but I sure wish I could have kept my hand in the pie this whole time somehow.
 
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Pilot Ryan
I did the same thing , finaced my recurrent at FSI, which is not cheap, no matter how you look at it. But in the contract from May through Sept, I paid that back and added as much again to my account. Your doing the right thing mate.

CHeers
 
The downside of this job is I have to pay for my own recurrent in advance, but I am paid back over the course of my one-year contract via bonuses.

Thats why this industry sucks...is because people accept these jobs. Tell them to pay for your training, in return you take a $3000 less per year for the first 3 years.
 
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We are professionals. If you pay for your training you are hurting everyone out there in aviation. Why pay for your recurrent??????
 

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