AirTran's training house

[Spidey]

You pretty much just have to be faster than the slowest one.

...survival in it's purest form...yeh, baby!

 

[CitationLover]

curious, whose the older 717 instructor with the 3 foot long wooden pointer slamming it on the FMA?

 

[Donsa320]

curious, whose the older 717 instructor with the 3 foot long wooden pointer slamming it on the FMA?

Is that like "Who is". Sorry, I just could not resist.

 

[Kharma Police]

curious, whose the older 717 instructor with the 3 foot long wooden pointer slamming it on the FMA?

I think you mean a guy that whose initials are A and J. He is one of the best instructors in the department. He was an Eastern striker who got a nice star on his ALPA wings who later became a sim instructor at Delta before AirTran, proving that there is a diverse population of former Eastern pilots at AT.

 

[Lear70]

I think you mean a guy that whose initials are A and J. He is one of the best instructors in the department. He was an Eastern striker who got a nice star on his ALPA wings who later became a sim instructor at Delta before AirTran, proving that there is a diverse population of former Eastern pilots at AT.

A.J. is top-notch.

A little intense, yes. Yelled at me? Never. Ever.

Gave me crap for missing some "gee whiz" stuff? Yeah, no big deal, and not confrontational about it. Learn it, write it down for future use, move on.

One of the best sim checks I've ever received - probationary ride. Very thorough, yet very fair. No complaints.

You must mean someone else...

 

[Lear70]

Double post, sorry...

 

[CitationLover]

thats him, when i was at alteon just saw him once with a couple of students and the wooden pointer slamming it on the FMA on one of the cardboard mockups.

yes, whose should be who is. thanks.

 

[IAHERJ]

AJ was great. Very intense but he wanted guys to get through. I've seen him work with people on his off time and answer his phone from just about anywhere from a golf course to a boat on the lake to answer a question someone had about 717 systems. Good guy.

 

[Spidey]

i have heard stories from our pilots / instructors hearing some AAI instructors yell at their students in brief/debriefs down in ATL.

...man, one of yer guys was rippin 2 poor souls this week:smash:...with the door open...I kinda felt for these guys...and it was preflite stuff...groundspeed zero...guess we all got'em...cheers!

 

[AV80R]

A.J. is top-notch.

A little intense, yes. Yelled at me? Never. Ever.

Gave me crap for missing some "gee whiz" stuff? Yeah, no big deal, and not confrontational about it. Learn it, write it down for future use, move on.

One of the best sim checks I've ever received - probationary ride. Very thorough, yet very fair. No complaints.

You must mean someone else...

Agree, AJ did my checkride when I was at AAI and I thought he was top-notch too. Made me think - a lot!!! - but man does he know that airplane!

 

[likeitis]

...man, one of yer guys was rippin 2 poor souls this week:smash:...with the door open...I kinda felt for these guys...and it was preflite stuff...groundspeed zero...guess we all got'em...cheers!

Are you sure it wasn't a Fed? I can't think of any reason any of our check airman would raise his voice short of finding out that you are sleeping with his wife. So I have to call BS on this.

 

[meanstreak]

I had my first oral w/ AJ. It lasted 15 mins. If you actually read and know your stuff no ones going to mess w/ you.

 

[likeitis]

Gotta agree with everyone about AJ. Great sim instructor and evaluator. Had my last PC with him before I left. I would put him on par with a ground instructor we have at Midex, D.P. I'm sure all the United guys on the 320 remember him.

 

[Ace McCoy]

I had my first oral w/ AJ. It lasted 15 mins.

Sorry. Call me Beavis or Butthead but that kinda made me chuckle.

 

[CitationLover]

...man, one of yer guys was rippin 2 poor souls this week:smash:...with the door open...I kinda felt for these guys...and it was preflite stuff...groundspeed zero...guess we all got'em...cheers!

can you describe the instructor?

 

[Spidey]

can you describe the instructor?

...kinda a grey haired guy, I can't remember anything else distinguishing-I only looked in passing... if I see him again, I'll look longer...he wasn't speakin Spanish or Russian, not AT, so I figured he was MW...3rd door on the right as ya walk outta the box.cheers!

 

[likeitis]

...kinda a grey haired guy, I can't remember anything else distinguishing-I only looked in passing... if I see him again, I'll look longer...he wasn't speakin Spanish or Russian, not AT, so I figured he was MW...3rd door on the right as ya walk outta the box.cheers!

Only 1 guy who fits that description and no way in hell would he ever act like that. The only rooms we use are 2nd door on left out of the sim room and our office near the parking lot door.

 

[FlyWolf]

I agree with likeitis, we don't have anyone who would act like that, could it be Delta guys? I think they use the 73 Sim there.

 

[CitationLover]

...kinda a grey haired guy, I can't remember anything else distinguishing-I only looked in passing... if I see him again, I'll look longer...he wasn't speakin Spanish or Russian, not AT, so I figured he was MW...3rd door on the right as ya walk outta the box.cheers!

as likeitis stated we normally do not use the briefing rooms near the 717 box hallway. the only grey haired instructor i can think of here would not act like that. he also has a star on his alpa pin from eastern. your comment on "preflight" items also tells me it wasn't one of ours as our preflight talks / briefings usually take place in a place serving cold ones the night before.

perhaps it was someone else.

 

[FlyWolf]

your comment on "preflight" items also tells me it wasn't one of ours as our preflight talks / briefings usually take place in a place serving cold ones the night before.

Citation, shooosh, don't give our secrets away.. lol

 

[Spidey]

I agree with likeitis, we don't have anyone who would act like that, could it be Delta guys? I think they use the 73 Sim there.

...yeh, it could be...they speak English...

 

[Spidey]

as likeitis stated we normally do not use the briefing rooms near the 717 box hallway. the only grey haired instructor i can think of here would not act like that. he also has a star on his alpa pin from eastern. your comment on "preflight" items also tells me it wasn't one of ours as our preflight talks / briefings usually take place in a place serving cold ones the night before.

perhaps it was someone else.

...there was a spilt beer on the table...so nothing's ruled out...and I didn't look long enough to recognize any pins...just passin by...cheers...

 

[Murphy]

Great experience at the training department. Be prepared and have a good attitude. No problems. You'll be a hero.

 

[BSkin]

Sorry. Call me Beavis or Butthead but that kinda made me chuckle.

I'm betting he meant the interrogation/question part. Same occurred w/ me on a PC, if he finds out early that he knows you know what you need to know, you know (had to), he goes into teaching mode. Same goes w/ D.U. the following year.