RAH/CHQ Feb. Classes

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snap145

Are you thanking the lord because you dont like the ERJ???? I think you may be a little dissapointed if your expecting the CRJ to be like a limo

Do you have any info on CRJ versus ERJ and ease of flying/training?

 

[stooge]

Do you have any info on CRJ versus ERJ and ease of flying/training?

The ERJ has been around forever and has a tried and true training program. The CRJ is brand new and is going through multiple growing pains.

I heard the current class was split in two b/c it was too big for the instructors. The flight safety instructors that are being used don't have much CRJ instruction experience and are having trouble explaining and answering questions. Flight Safety trains you, then you have to go out to CAE in Denver where those guys have 15 yrs experience teaching the a/c to take your oral. That sounds rough to me man, so I would take the E145 if you could. However, there is a 2 month wait for IOE, so take the CRJ if you need a vacation.

 

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The ERJ has been around forever and has a tried and true training program. The CRJ is brand new and is going through multiple growing pains.

I heard the current class was split in two b/c it was too big for the instructors. The flight safety instructors that are being used don't have much CRJ instruction experience and are having trouble explaining and answering questions. Flight Safety trains you, then you have to go out to CAE in Denver where those guys have 15 yrs experience teaching the a/c to take your oral. That sounds rough to me man, so I would take the E145 if you could. However, there is a 2 month wait for IOE, so take the CRJ if you need a vacation.

Thanks for the input. Just to clarify, do you mean there's a 2 month wait for IOE in the CRJ (not ERJ) - hence the vacation? That's news about the instructors too. What happens after the oral - who's teaching the sim and where, and do they have experience in the plane? I'm assuming the training you refer to above in the systems part only?
Also, I heard something about Canada too - is that for ERJ or CRJ training? Thanks for the help.

 

[flyer172r]

Also, I heard something about Canada too - is that for ERJ or CRJ training? Thanks for the help.

A fair number of guys were doing 170 sim in Montreal. Don't know about any others.

 

[jumppilot]

I'm off to an interview Next week.

I live close in the DFW area. So I suppose that all would suggest that I go for IAH or CRP in the CR2? I like the emb 170/175's though and that would most like be a crappy commute...

Besides IAH/CRP is there any other bases you think I should look at?

Any thoughts?

What are you doing interviewing with CHQ with 6800+?

 

[stooge]

Just to clarify, do you mean there's a 2 month wait for IOE in the CRJ (not ERJ) - hence the vacation? That's news about the instructors too. What happens after the oral - who's teaching the sim and where, and do they have experience in the plane? I'm assuming the training you refer to above in the systems part only.

CRJ/E145 Indoc is done in Indy w/ CHQ instructors. All equip systems training done in STL w/ Flight Safety Instructors. The E170 is all computer based and all training in stl. Like I said, the E145 has been around. The CRJ course was thrown together and still has several bugs to work out. Some sim is being done in STL, but most is in Denver w/ flight safety's competitior. It is not necessarily flight safety's fault for the problems, since CHQ is cramming classes of 40 down there throat every month. Its just new.

This is also leading to a backup in the sim and especially on IOE, as there are only like 7 CRJ check airmen (more in training) for the approx. 100 pilots that have finished sim, thus the hold up. Good Luck

 

[racers2207]

145 classes are also sent to Houston as well. Just because the offer letter says you are going to St. Louis for systems and sim doesn't necessarily mean that is where you are going. 70% of my class went to Houston.

 

[jvrac]

I'm in training for the CRJ right now. Most of what has been said is true. The FlightSafety instructors are having trouble answering questions, but overall they do a pretty good job. FlightSafety got their CRJ sim up and running just last week, and a third of our class will be staying in STL to do sim training. The rest of us are going to Denver. Some guys will have to wait 2 or 3 weeks for the sim, but indeed the real bottleneck is IOE due to the lack of check airmen.

 

[flyinghunter]

What's going on with their hiring mins, stated is 300 ME, I don't have that much, but I'm in a 121 airline, just not flying much, would they look at me or are they hard mins?

 

[Lone Star]

My entire class went to Houston, and apparently all E145 classes are going there through May. By the way I only waited 4 days from Checkride to IOE so be ready to go.

 

[racers2207]

They are really hurting for people right now. Fill out the online application, e-mail a resume, and see what happens. They have started hiring 121 people with less than 1500 hours, but I don't know about the 300 multi.

 

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Thanks to "stooge" and all others who replied re training

 

[7humpwump]

For those who are currently in training for the CRJ, any idea how many FO's have been hired to date?

 

[snap145]

Do you have any info on CRJ versus ERJ and ease of flying/training?

dont know anything about the CRJ, except what i hear from my buddies at 9E and Comair and Whiskey. I know it is a pig in the climb up high but they all say its built like a tank and a blast to fly. As far as the CRJ training program goes, these guys are right, theyre workin some bugs out at this point. The ERJ training program, to be honest, is pretty intense and is harder than it needs to be. The guys who wrote the program back in the day are the old schoolers from upstate NY who flew the jballs and the Saabs, so there is defanatley a turboprop mentality in the 145 program. Lots of uneeded memory items and limitations. Im told the 170 program is MUCH more pilot friendly and they dont expect you to be able to tear the airplane apart and rebuild it like on the 145. With that being said if you go in with a good attitude, study your sack off during the week and have fun on the weekends....you will be ok. Hope this helps...and good luck

 

[jvrac]

For those who are currently in training for the CRJ, any idea how many FO's have been hired to date?

From what I can piece together, about 60.

 

[Vne]

all E145 classes are going there(HOU) through May

Not all. 145 class(sys) started last week in STL.

 

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thanks snap145