CQT and recurrent check "gouge"

[Zapphod Beblebrox]

At my company, who shall for now remain nameless but it can be figured out, there are a few web sites created by pilots that cover recurrent training. There are detailed reviews of check-ride maneuvers and what approaches and scenarios are in use.

My first impression of these web sites was that they were simply cheat sheets and would prompt the company and FAA to change the training. However after using this particular site for years it is now mentioned by some check airman during the opening briefing, as in "have you reviewed Airbusdriver.net?" The consensus I have found to date is that the check airman like the site and like the fact that the crews come very well prepared. It allows them to train to a greater level of detail and not have to repeat maneuvers due to surprise factor or a lack of familiarity with an approach or procedure.

If a pilot knows what is coming and has the basics down, they can concentrate on the finer points of a procedure or event. I invite readers to visit Airbusdriver.net and then CQ overview (click here in blue) then line pilot simulator comments in red. Airbus driver.net is titled as an UNOFFICIAL AIRBUS STUDY SITE. It is not supported or endorsed by the company. I understand there is one for Boeings also but I am not familiar with that one. Do you have something like this where you work? discuss??

 

[Cptnchia]

At Delta, there is the Delta Instructors Guide, DIG, which breaks out all training senarios, who’s supposed to fly it, and the standards. The only thing that isn’t broken out are the First Look Maneuvers.

It is required study prior to any sim ride. There are no suprises, and the instructors cannot go “off reservation” and start doing their own thing.