mattc206
Well-Known Member
Always love these types of discussions as someone always mentions something that they do that is efficient or really helps with studying/preparing. The question is how or what is your way of preparing for training (Whether it be Systems, procedures trainer or sim), specifically perhaps a new type rating.
I generally will set goals for each day/week of studying and will always alternate documents with what I am studying during that day but always take a few minutes to go thru emergencies/limitations in between other documents - e.g start the day with SOPs or systems for an hour or two, then coffee break and go over emergencies/briefings/limitations than start on the FOM or whatever other "big document or online training " that has to be done, another coffee break and a few minutes on emergencies/briefings than back to whatever else, you get the idea. Usually go 50 minutes reading/10 minute break to get up- walk around, get a coffee
At my shop, we have access to all the online tech ground school videos (at my shop its only online tech ground school, no in-person systems stuff), the FOM, aircraft operating manuals, electronic copies of the QRH's, aircraft posters for flows, or in some cases having to create your own graphical flow documents when the company didn't provide any.
For all the emergencies/limitations/briefings (we have emergency briefings that are done verbatim at the start of every crew pairing for RTO, engine failure at V1, and emergency descent) /flows- I always create my own document basically cutting and pasting the required memory items/briefings into a single PDF and print it out so I can go over them without having to be looking at the iPad or computer screen, and having it accessible in one single source, flashcards both in paper form or the electronic apps I've found handy as well.
For aircraft systems, I've always created "systems 101" types of documents with the highlights "high-level overview" of each system/limitation and any other info that may be applicable to that system, graphics put into the document as required.
So I pose the question, What are your preferred training/study methods? Discuss and have a good day!
I generally will set goals for each day/week of studying and will always alternate documents with what I am studying during that day but always take a few minutes to go thru emergencies/limitations in between other documents - e.g start the day with SOPs or systems for an hour or two, then coffee break and go over emergencies/briefings/limitations than start on the FOM or whatever other "big document or online training " that has to be done, another coffee break and a few minutes on emergencies/briefings than back to whatever else, you get the idea. Usually go 50 minutes reading/10 minute break to get up- walk around, get a coffee
At my shop, we have access to all the online tech ground school videos (at my shop its only online tech ground school, no in-person systems stuff), the FOM, aircraft operating manuals, electronic copies of the QRH's, aircraft posters for flows, or in some cases having to create your own graphical flow documents when the company didn't provide any.
For all the emergencies/limitations/briefings (we have emergency briefings that are done verbatim at the start of every crew pairing for RTO, engine failure at V1, and emergency descent) /flows- I always create my own document basically cutting and pasting the required memory items/briefings into a single PDF and print it out so I can go over them without having to be looking at the iPad or computer screen, and having it accessible in one single source, flashcards both in paper form or the electronic apps I've found handy as well.
For aircraft systems, I've always created "systems 101" types of documents with the highlights "high-level overview" of each system/limitation and any other info that may be applicable to that system, graphics put into the document as required.
So I pose the question, What are your preferred training/study methods? Discuss and have a good day!
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