Amflight or Regional (eagle)

mikecweb said:
Metro v1 cuts are actually pretty benign.
Washing out of any training at this level is more due to a lack of attention than anything else. Guys flying by themselves develop bad habits and going back into the classroom is sometimes difficult. The actually skill required is pretty low IMO.
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Metro v1 cuts turn you nearly inverted before you have an opportunity to do anything about it. Flying the metro single engine is like...well you may as well consider yourself dead.;)
 
It has NTS - Negative Torque Sensing. It's not quite autofeather. The NTS brings the props to pretty close to feather, but the pilot has to finish the job as I understand it.
 
JayAre said:
1900 generally goes 1st week is ground, sims, and vcc. Than go off with a TC somewhere and week or however long it takes until the checkride is sched. We now have an in house DE for the 1900 so its quick now. I think I flew 3 weeks waiting for a DE that had a opening. Knocked it out up in Seattle with MB. The sims you use are the same sims you use in the 99 in BUR for the 1900. I just can't wait until we get the new 1900D's in FedEx feeder paint!
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Go on...?
 
mikecweb said:
Metro v1 cuts are actually pretty benign.
Washing out of any training at this level is more due to a lack of attention than anything else. Guys flying by themselves develop bad habits and going back into the classroom is sometimes difficult. The actually skill required is pretty low IMO.
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V1 cuts in the Metro are easy unless it happens when fully loaded with tired engines, then you'll have your hands full. That's my guess only because I have a lot of hours in the stupid thing, not because I've ever experienced it.

I agree, if you've made it this far, training shouldn't be all that bad.

I agree, flying alone can breed bad habits. It's up to the pilot to keep from starting bad habits and, if you realize you have some, to change. We're all adults/professionals, sometimes we just need to step up and act like professionals even without somebody looking over our shoulders. Easier said then done sometimes, I realize, but not impossible by any means either.

I agree, the skill required is pretty low once you get used to it. Learning weather alone is the hardest part, and a year of fog/ice/blizzards/tornados/hail helps a ton. Once you have an idea what to do and what not to do with weather the job itself is really easy. The first year is the hardest, then it becomes pretty easy. but, I sure wouldn't say my first year flying freight was the least challanging thing I've ever done. There's a lot to learn with little guidance, but you start truly understanding weather.

I'm just adding my own take on your comments.
 
It's not that hard of a plane, 1 week of ground, 4 days of simulator 2 or so weeks of IOE learning how the real airplane behaves checkride..
 
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