As it would be known, im on the 1900 - so I have never done any training events with Bob. What i said above, i would tell anybody walking out of the training center asking. I just gave a run through of the stuff i would study up on for a check ride.
Every ride will be diffrent, but if yuo pull out the PTS for a Type ride, and look at the required items on your initial check sheet in your training folder... it pretty much outlines what will be covered.
Pre-hiring frenzy, people spent enough time teaching, that they began to figure out what makes good test material and what doesn't. Heck, i practicaly knew what questions were going to be asked of me when i went up for mine. These days, when people have only done 2-300 hours of instruction, they don't seem to have that "sense" so either they've only learned to study like they were taught... or they blanket everything and go crazy.
Not fault accelerated programs, but all the info is spoon fed to you, you don't have to pull anything out of a book yourself, so you learn how to study for "their" checkrides.
If you paid attention in ground school, and at least wrote down the highighted topics from each chapter of the FOPPM, and systems, you will be fine. Focus items were such for a reason. I would also expect, with the new book out, there will be a "small" level of uncertainy about it. Normaly in those times questions seem to stick to material covered in groundschool. Although, it's been out for a while, so i doubt that is an issue.
I also tried to give examples as to thinking beyond the initial problem... and the only saab one i knew of was because a crew forgot to dissable the takeoff warning inhibit, didn't catch the hydralic failure, and went off the runway/taxi way when they tried to turn... thinking they would have steering/brakes. Had the gear gone up and cycled the switch... they would have known about the hyd. pump... but then again, i guess it's a checklist item. oh well
the rest... thats just the questions i would ask. FO duties... cause, well... have you learned what your job is? thats no tougher to figure out than required personal items... prob. get asked that... or what events require a report be made to company? common sense stuff to study. - and stuff you would get asked at nearly ANY initial pc at any company.
