R2F's American Eagle Training Updates

ready2fly said:
But if they're boring you, let me know and...
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Yep. Pretty boring stuff. I'll just keep faithfully plowing my way through them. Hurry up and get to the checkride where I won't have to read these boring posts every day.
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ready2fly said:
Day 26

We did stall in the following configs:
In cruise - clean - autopilot engaged;
In takeoff config - 20 degree bank
In approach/landing config
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Pretty much the same thing we do except the cruise has FD, no AP and the approach/landing has AP and FD.

First, we did what I hope NEVER happens = dual engine flameout!! We started at about 11,000 ft. and had the checklists run and both engines restarted by 6,000 ft. In real life, I was informed - chances are, we'd probably (a) never have a dual engine flame out (God willing); and/or (b) if we did, we'd probably not be able to re-light.....(nice). :insane:
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They gave us this in the CPT the other day. From what they've told us, if you can keep the N2 spinning, you SHOULD be able to pull of a windmilling re-light. You just have to more or less dive at the ground and some point to get the N2 up enough.

Cleared that up, came into the ILS for 36R at MEM, broke out, went visual and - TADAAAA - aircaft on the runway (there was actually a simulated 727 positioned and holding - that'll wake you up! :D )
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Damn FedEx pilots think they own this place. :) That was something that wowed me the other day when we had to do a go around; an honest to god provisioning truck just pulled out on the runway in front of us!

I hope those of you who have stayed around long enough to read these - enjoy them. I enjoy tellin' ya'll about my lessons. But if they're boring you, let me know and......well.... tough. :D I only have three more and a wake up and it's checkride day so deal with it!! :D
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I'm enjoying the compare and contrast b/w the two airlines. It's nice to see some similarities and some differences. Hope ya don't mind me popping in with my two cents.
 
got some good news on my front. I passed my checkride in the airplane at ft. myers. pretty cool flying the plane at night empty and all. now i have a week off and i start IOE in san juan next tuesday.

adam
 
crashmbern said:
got some good news on my front. I passed my checkride in the airplane at ft. myers. pretty cool flying the plane at night empty and all. now i have a week off and i start IOE in san juan next tuesday.

adam
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OUSTANDING, Adam!! Way to go!! Enjoy your time off!! Great to meet you!! Best of luck down and SJU....and as a word of advice from a former Floridian......BUY SUNSCREEN..not just 8 SPF, bro....35 bro!! :cool:
 
Day 27

Today was V1 Cut day.

First hour of the lesson was great!! V1 cuts were a non-event.

Second hour of the lesson, I kind of lost focus and BAM .....single-engine work = no focus= plane almost upside down. :p

Did about 4 to 5 V1 cuts just to get "comfy". Then did engine failures after V1....after T/O.....in second stage......etc. Fun stuff.

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Day 27

Today was V1 Cut day.

First hour of the lesson was great!! V1 cuts were a non-event.

Second hour of the lesson, I kind of lost focus and BAM .....single-engine work = no focus= plane almost upside down. :p

Did about 4 to 5 V1 cuts just to get "comfy". Then did engine failures after V1....after T/O.....in second stage......etc. Fun stuff.

Quote of the day:
Re: Aerodynamics 101 = swept wing
"It's not anything you need to know...but, you do!"

WTF?????? ;)

More later
R2F
 
Major hurdle passed today.....the oral.

After studying my butt off for three days, it was more or less a "What? That was it?" That being said, I probably woulda been over my head if I HADN'T studied so much. To start things off, the guy said "I'm going to ask you things you probably don't know on purpose because I need to know you know where to go to find the information." Basically, they want to know that you know where to look up all that info you "used to know" when you were in training once you get on the line and forget it. :)

Performance problem wasn't too bad. Gave me an airport, a temperature, and had me compute zero fuel weight, t/o weight, stab trim setting, V1, Vr, V2, t/o thrust, climb thrust and cruise thrust. Then hit me with "Okay, rain showers pop up right before you take off." So, he had me re-figure V1, Vr and V2 (which really was only re-figuring V1). Followed by "We have to abort at 95 kts. How long do we have to weight before taking off again? What if the BTMS is inop?" Then that was it for performance.

Next was memory items and limitations. If quoted vebatim, they tend to give up pretty quickly. :)

Then he pulled up a slide show of walkaround items and I got the standard "What is this?" "What are we looking for?" questions with an occasionaly systems question thrown in.

For the systems stuff, it was either worked in with limitations, touched on in the walkaround, and I got about 4 or 5 straight up systems question.

That is it. Total took maybe 1 hour and 15 minutes, and the guy actually pulled off doing two orals at once. One guy computed the performace problem while the other guy was getting questioned, and then we switched.

Now that all of that is out of the way, it's on to the sims on Sat. 10 sim sessions, then my checkride, then LOFT.
 
kellwolf said:
Major hurdle passed today.....the oral.

After studying my butt off for three days, it was more or less a "What? That was it?" That being said, I probably woulda been over my head if I HADN'T studied so much. To start things off, the guy said "I'm going to ask you things you probably don't know on purpose because I need to know you know where to go to find the information." Basically, they want to know that you know where to look up all that info you "used to know" when you were in training once you get on the line and forget it. :)

Performance problem wasn't too bad. Gave me an airport, a temperature, and had me compute zero fuel weight, t/o weight, stab trim setting, V1, Vr, V2, t/o thrust, climb thrust and cruise thrust. Then hit me with "Okay, rain showers pop up right before you take off." So, he had me re-figure V1, Vr and V2 (which really was only re-figuring V1). Followed by "We have to abort at 95 kts. How long do we have to weight before taking off again? What if the BTMS is inop?" Then that was it for performance.

Next was memory items and limitations. If quoted vebatim, they tend to give up pretty quickly. :)

Then he pulled up a slide show of walkaround items and I got the standard "What is this?" "What are we looking for?" questions with an occasionaly systems question thrown in.

For the systems stuff, it was either worked in with limitations, touched on in the walkaround, and I got about 4 or 5 straight up systems question.

That is it. Total took maybe 1 hour and 15 minutes, and the guy actually pulled off doing two orals at once. One guy computed the performace problem while the other guy was getting questioned, and then we switched.

Now that all of that is out of the way, it's on to the sims on Sat. 10 sim sessions, then my checkride, then LOFT.
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Sweet kell!! Congrats on that!!

Both of you, KEEP POSTING! I love hearing about this!!!
 
This is great to read about to guys who not that long ago were pursuing the private cert. and beyond ... and are now posting about their training experiences at regional airlines.

Congrats on persevering ... enjoy the experiences and keep 'em coming!
 
First and foremost = MAJOR congrats to Kellwolf!! Way to go, bro! Gettin' past that oral was a huge step in my journey too!!!

Day 27
Recovery from unusual attitudes was the phrase of the day. Fun stuff - EXACTLY like it was during PPL/IR training. Put your head down, wait for the signal - look up and recover. One was from an inverted configuration. FUN!!! :D

After that, we basically worked on cleaning up some of the single-engine work. ILS, VOR, DME Arc approaches.....missed approach profiles. That kind of thing.

The flying is really the easy part. It's these damned profiles - remembering what to call for and when to call for it. What checklists to ask for and when to ask for them. I'm getting there, but it's not been real easy.

Tomorrow, however, is Stage Check time, then a day off, then it's checkride day. So, I HAVE to have it by tomorrow...so....back to the profiles.

Going Missed
Set Thrust
Flaps 8

Positive Rate
Gear Up
Set Missed Approach Altitude

Climb Mode
Heading(NAV) Mode
Autopilot on

Etc., etc., etc......Amen! :D

More tomorrow.

R2F
 
ready2fly said:
First and foremost = MAJOR congrats to Kellwolf!! Way to go, bro! Gettin' past that oral was a huge step in my journey too!!!
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Thanks, dude. HUGE load off my shoulders.

Going Missed
Set Thrust
Flaps 8

Positive Rate
Gear Up
Set Missed Approach Altitude

Climb Mode
Heading(NAV) Mode
Autopilot on
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Looks like AE and PCL differ quite a bit on the profiles. Here's our GA:

TOGA switch
"Go Around, Go Around Thrust, Flaps 8/20 (we have both types)"
Positive Rate, "Gear up" (Missed Approach altitude was set at DH/MDA on the approach)
200 AGL - Speed mode (CLB mode, same thing)
400 AGL - HDG/NAV mode
600 AGL AP on

Okay, so not so different now that I type it out. :) Good luck on that last sim.
 
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