RJ Course

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29singlespeed

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Is the RJ course worth the time/investment? Curious if any companies really 'care' about the course and if it does help someone? Only applicable to regional?
 
29singlespeed said:
Is the RJ course worth the time/investment?
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I'd say a firm NO.

A better investment of your time and money would be in: High Altitude Aero, High Altitude Physiology, Turbine Engine Theory, Advanced Meteorology, CRM theory, and an in-depth understanding of transport category aircraft systems and performance.

THEN, when you go to an airplane school, and they cover the above information topically, you already have the depth of knowledge to understand what they are telling you. At that point you can worry about how THAT bleed system works, not what a bleed system is.
 
There's no gaurantee your first job will be in a CRJ anyway unless you know for a fact you'll get hired at Air Whisky, PSA, ASA, etc. If you have the money for that, I'd put that into multi time no doubt.
 
I agree, not worth it.
Its not full motion (even though the videos online are shot to make it look like it is), not a real "check ride" or type rating, and the ground school is a joke.
Spend the same amount of money and get a real 737 PIC or Citation type rating. Then at least the airline will know that you have what it takes to pass a real 121 systems and sim training.
 
Good information.

Polar742 -- great recommendations, I have all of that with my degree -- granted a long time ago in the late 90's.

BTW - I am not looking to go for myself, I was just curious since the banners on here have now changed promoting it with their 'new' minimums for Eagle.
 
Well it looks like at least one regional likes it enough to offer reduced mins so far. They also split the course up into two flavors now: One is a bit cheaper and does not cover emergency and abnormal procedures.
http://www.atpflightschool.com/airline_training_programs/regional-jet/index.html

I guess I am biased because I took the course. Even though I fly a turboprop now, it did alot to help me prepare for airline sim training. I would agree that if you don't have 100 multi, you should go get it and worry about something like this after that. If you are at 500/100 and want to work for a company like Eagle, have $2500 to spend, and don't want to instruct another 300 hours or so, have at it.

Are you looking at something besides a regional? If so, ask the potential employer what they think. No one on this forum will have that answer.
 
Taking an abridged "jet course" that skips emergency procedures so that you can go to American Eagle with 500/100
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29singlespeed said:
Is the RJ course worth the time/investment? Curious if any companies really 'care' about the course and if it does help someone? Only applicable to regional?
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Most regional HR depts are run by non pilots. They like "advanced" training on your resume. This course can only help if used for the right reasons. It's really up to you, if you are used to checklists and procedures then this will be a waste. If you're coming from a mom and pop type training then this is highly recomened.
 
"If you're coming from a mom and pop type training then this is highly recomened."

I don't see why. I was as mom and pop as they come and I never had any trouble with airline training.
 
I heard rumor with the RJ Course they might allow sim time reduced from min ME time. This was about 4-5 months ago, not sure now. Also heard recruiters have changed too.
 
From what I've read, the cert course--which is required to take advantage of the reduced minimums at Eagle--does include emergency procedures.
 
Don't do the RJ course! Try to find an internship and go through their ground school class. I did one with CommutAir and got the full experience, including 16 hours of Dash 8 sim time, at no cost to me.
 
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