Thats one of the most common ways if you're transitioning into a single pilot aircraft, learn things from the right, then transition to the left.Odd question, but understand I'm really only familiar with GA.
How does someone typically get trained to operate a plane like the Caravan? Assume prior experience is nothing more than 172's.
Do outfits hire you to fly right-seat, even though only 1 pilot is needed???
Thats one of the most common ways if you're transitioning into a single pilot aircraft, learn things from the right, then transition to the left.
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How does someone typically get trained to operate a plane like the Caravan? Assume prior experience is nothing more than 172's.
At my company you get, 4-5 days ground school, 4 training flights, 135 checkride, 2-4 days IOE with a line pilot observing. Then you're on the line. In 2 weeks you'll be fully up to speed. In 2 months, you'll be bored silly.
The 208 is a VERY easy airplane to master. It handels EXACTLY like a 182. The systems are somewhat more complex, but it very forgiving of routine mistakes. Once you master it, you can really horse it around and have some fun. "Sure I can make the the runway from 4,000 on downwind."
One major thing to watch out for is Ice. The ice protection system on the 208 is very good, but it is only there to buy you time so that you can get out of iceing conditions. Just because you are burning kerosene dosen't mean a thing to mother nature.
....you'll want to study hard before going to the 5 day training class - the classroom training goes over quickly before you know what happened.
I wasn't super-impressed with Flight Safety's Caravan presentation. It seemed more like 5 days on "look what the Garmin 530 can do" with a few "oh that's a limitation just memorize it" or "oh that's a memory item just memorize it" or my favorite "oh you don't need to know that" (only to get that question on my 135 oral).
Unless things have changed in the past 11 months I'd recommend hitting the books hard before going so you know the systems, limitations and memory items and have questions all ready to be asked when you get there.
One cool thing was going over to the mx training facility to actually see a ripped apart PT6. I hadn't seen that before, so that was very fascinating.
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I'm pretty sure that was the problem. I got some "re-training" when I got back from Wichita and our instructors knew the plane inside-out. Far better training, IMO than the Flight Safety "team". Made the checkride easy.It's a good thing Airnet has their own sim now. I did the training at flight safety, but with one of our instructors. I keep hearing how bad it is with the flight safety guys.