Surviving your first 121 initial training
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JordanD
Chinese Food Enthusiast
All this.
It always seems like there's a bunch of people in both classes I've been in that showed up with medicals that were going to expire or j
This. One or two other people maybe, but "group" study sessions ended up just being a lot of goofing off or two people trying to one up each other on how smart they are.
+1 on the relaxing. If you have a day on a weekend during ground where you can spend most of it NOT thinking about airplanes, I feel like it helps. Maybe still study an hour or two, but my class would try to go out for some beers/catch a movie/baseball game, on occasion when we had time off.
Screaming_Emu
Joe Conventional
I’m the same way. But group study is still good as a way to double check your understanding of things and to help anyone in the group with questions.
Or, at my last new hire training, a way to get drunk and write off studying all together.
Screaming_Emu
Joe Conventional
My brain is in my elbow. If I write it down, it has a better chance of sticking in my brain. Don’t even need to read it.
Skåning
Well-Known Member
Study the memory items and limitations before you even show up for class (if you can get them). That way you can just focus on flows and systems. Also, study hard during the week and stay late after class with an instructor to ask questions or have them talk you through a system - that's what I found to be most helpful.
Lastly, go home on the weekends! Guys will stay and you'll come back Monday and they hadn't really gotten much done. Go see the family and get your head outta the schoolhouse for those two days.
Lastly, go home on the weekends! Guys will stay and you'll come back Monday and they hadn't really gotten much done. Go see the family and get your head outta the schoolhouse for those two days.
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
Well, on the CRJ (Embraer 175) (Brasilia) (145)...
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
Son, back in my day, we sent people home from Upgrade for that.
With the understanding that some things in this business will never make sense and then accept the answer at face value.
CoffeeIcePapers
Well-Hung Member
They'll tell you what you need to know. Do the work.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
This might just be the bad advice of somebody with a near photographic memory, but I say relax and don’t overdo the studying. Find time to chill. The guys who always did the worst in my classes were the guys who studied nonstop and were constantly stressed. Be The Dude.
trafficinsight
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The hotel had implements you could check out, which is how I got the slow cooker.
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BigZ
Well-Known Member
Yup. But also near photographic memory.
Nark
Macho Superpilot
When we fly together if those words are ever uttered, you’ll be banished to all takeoffs and landings!
JDean3204
Well-Known Member
I’m no genius and made it through 2 121 training programs in a year. My number one nugget of advice is to not overthink or get lost in the details. Everyone I watched stumble through training stressed the small stuff too much. There is going to be a ton of info thrown at you in a small amount of time, you will not learn it all. If you try to learn it all, you will fail. You have time after initial to learn all the details in the FOM and SDM/AOM. I would say out of all the manuals you are required to study and demonstrate knowledge in the FSM is the bread and butter. As said before, if you get flows before class know those down cold before showing up to class. The people who don’t just play catch up the whole time, then wash out and have to start all over again just because they didn’t take the time to learn the first time.
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
There are airplanes not made by Airbus? merde!
BEEF SUPREME
Well-Known Member
Lots of good advice here. Show up well rested. Study for at least an hour preferably two. Errryday. Do things that make you happy. For me its getting lots of exercise in the form of mountain biking. Easier said than done but doable.
Don't drink too much. Without revealing anything about the person. Someone I know got black out drunk and may have ruined his career after getting arrested for being drunk on the weekend. While in newhire class. Don't do that. That would be very dumb. Beer is good. Too much beer is bad.
One thing that has gotten me through procedures and call outs is getting a tennis ball and throwing it against a wall and practicing my call outs. I even go through all the calls during a procedure like an ILS approach while riding my bike on a rowdy downhill. This kind of connects the hand eye and memory for the sim. At least for me.
Don't drink too much. Without revealing anything about the person. Someone I know got black out drunk and may have ruined his career after getting arrested for being drunk on the weekend. While in newhire class. Don't do that. That would be very dumb. Beer is good. Too much beer is bad.
One thing that has gotten me through procedures and call outs is getting a tennis ball and throwing it against a wall and practicing my call outs. I even go through all the calls during a procedure like an ILS approach while riding my bike on a rowdy downhill. This kind of connects the hand eye and memory for the sim. At least for me.
BigZ
Well-Known Member
You must be a blast to stay next door with in a hotel
You know what helped me a lot? Is recognizing the concept of “is this testable?” There were always people in ground school that asked too many questions or got mired in off-track minutia where I’d panic and wonder “what the deuce? I need to know this?”
Most likely not.
Keep an open mind, stay on topic and remember to work out and drink a couple brewskies when able. It’ll really help.
Most likely not.
Keep an open mind, stay on topic and remember to work out and drink a couple brewskies when able. It’ll really help.
