Tribal Knowledge?

Depending on the computer skill level available at your shop, a wiki editable by mentors/p2p might be a good way to disseminate tribal knowledge. The advantage with this approach is that you would have a more collaborative effort. The more people involved in the process, the greater chance of buyin and acceptance from the pilot group as a whole.
 
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Vyse said:
Depending on the computer skill level available at your shop, a wiki editable by mentors/p2p might be a good way to disseminate tribal knowledge. The advantage with this approach is that you would have a more collaborative effort. The more people involved in the process, the greater chance of buyin and acceptance from the pilot group as a whole.
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Hmm, now that strikes me as a really good idea.
 
poser765 said:
So, I've been thinking about this for a while and wanted to run it by some more of those in the industry.

I've been through a few initial training programs and several times I've seen the PRM training video, the Method 1/Method 2 power point presentation, and the high altitude aerodynamics video with Chuck Yeager twice. I get it that stuff is good and required, but I feel like there is a very distinct lack of training that would be beneficial for actual new pilots in the 121 world.

What I've been thinking of doing is putting together a small handbook going over some of the "tribal knowledge" areas a new FO is going to have to largely pick up on their own or through an oral tradition if they happen to know someone already in the world. I know at my first airline I would have been lost if I didn't have a friend who helped me out the first couple of months.

Just basic stuff, guys...How to bid, survive on reserve, use non rev and jumpseat privileges. Stuff like that. What do you think? Is there a need for something like this?
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I think your time would be better spent putting together a training presentation for new hires at your airline, and seeing if you can get it integrated into your company's training program.
 
motormadness24 said:
@poser765, have you reached out to the pilot mentor committee at your shop? I think you might be surprised what they may or may not have already.
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Honestly, I don't think we have a mentoring program at our airline. If we do, it's not advertised and no one I know has been in contact with a mentor.

Flying Saluki said:
I think your time would be better spent putting together a training presentation for new hires at your airline, and seeing if you can get it integrated into your company's training program.
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This is really kind of what i envisioned it becoming. Just a little handout for new hires on day one.
 
Oh I misunderstood. I thought were talking about publishing some kind of book for sale. Disregard my last post an carry on.
 
Y'know, I'm no 121 guy, but it seems to me that there is a real opportunity for a subscription-based newspaper, weblog or even a dead-tree-edition BOOK to be written here and sold....

Wait! I've got a better idea!

If there was a website....somewhere....with a regular subforum or column where guys with a lot of years in could start writing these very things for newbies to the industry. If only there was such an appropriate place for people entering their 121 careers flying jets and jet-fuel powered airplanes...some place with evenhanded moderation and a vested interest in helping people learn the business...

@Derg - do you know of any place where this could be done?
 
Actually, I do think a Tribal Knowledge Subforum would be a good addition. HEAVILY moderated to prevent it becoming the Lav, I think it would be a GREAT addition for the pilots entering the 121 world - beyond the regular "Airline Pilots" forum we have now.
 
I think this entire website is a repository of tribal knowledge, hence the acronym YMMV. :-)
 
Some things I've learned over the years:

Handouts in Initial help tremendously. We had one at Skyway Airlines. I suggested it after I army crawled my way through Initial at the next carrier. At Republic, we have a mentor program. I'm not sure if there's a reason it's a secret to current line pilots, but I found out about it through a newhire. I've heard "never heard from my Mentor" so many times, I've often wondered if that's code for something else, but what I've also found to be true is that I often never hear back from my Newbies. I think that's just normal. At any rate, there's nothing quite like having a powerful resource at your side. Just having the piece of mind of support is reassuring and plenty for many, I imagine.
 
poser765 said:
Honestly, I don't think we have a mentoring program at our airline. If we do, it's not advertised and no one I know has been in contact with a mentor.

This is really kind of what i envisioned it becoming. Just a little handout for new hires on day one.
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There's a mentor program at your airline, the last email about the program went out on June 1st from ALPA.
 
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