RJ Transition

[orangeskysurfer]

Hey everybody, Ill hopefully be starting training with Air Whiskey in about a month or two in the crj 200.. This will be my first experience in the rj.. Ive got experience in the dash 8 but no straight jet time. I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions on what i might be able to do to help prepare myself for the training. Ive considered everything from buying a $20 study guide off the internet to a $2000 course(a bit expensive) with ATP to studying my old mans FMC manual for the 73 to boring myself with flight sim.. From what ive heard so far the most difficult thing will be learning the FMC and the feel for the RJ as compared to props.. Thanks for reading. anything helps!!

 

[IdRtherBsailing]

DO NOT SPEND $2000 on anything. Just come to training, study, chair fly, and study. We have a good program here, instructors are good, examiners are extremely fair. Just come on over and have fun. And don't worry about the FMS, you'll get the hang of that on the line. Same with the ACARS.

 

[check6]

Yeah, I hear flying a jet is easier. If you can handle a V1 cut in a Dash, you're golden.

 

[LearLove]

from your profile it looks like you've been thru some kind of 121 structured training atleast twice (G73t=Chalks, Dash=carib sun or PDT). I wouldn't worry about the "jet" thing, its no big deal. As far as the transition to glass basically the same thing - no big deal. With the FMS don't worry about knowing every little function, just learn what you'll need in the sim and checkride then the rest will come as you use it day to day on line. If your anything like most of us, once you learn the first few things about the FMS/glass the rest will come by common knowledge. Other than that is noting you haven't seen before.

All 121 training is some form of this:

Indoc - no brainer

Systems - take note/make flash cards - study (ask questions- but not 5 minutes before lunch or the end of the day)

Memory items/flows - take some time with the paper trainer, no biggie

Sim - take alittle bit of idoc, alot of your scan/inst skills, all your memory items and flows and some of your systems knowledge (mostly limits), get in the box somewhere between 4 and 8 times, don't f up too much and before you know it Mr. Checkairman is saying, "good ride" but knitpicking for little errors like always ans telling you to call crew sked to set up IOE.

IOE - show up on time, don't miss the van, do the preflight and get the ATIS/clearance and in about a trip or 2 your released to the wonderful world of reserve.

the end

 

[n757st]

Training is no problem here, study and chair fly and you will be ok. We have extremely fair examiners (especially now that CM and JO are outty) and the actual sim course, though very rigorous, is very very do-able. Have fun in ATW, its a fun place, just don't throw the awac name around downtown... a lot of those bars and such are owned by AWAC alumni... Just be cool, have fun, and you will get through no problem. This is an attitude company in training, good attitudes pass no problem, bad ones don't.