[777forever]

Originally Posted by woodreau

IOE will initially be very rushed but as it goes on it gets easier as you figure things out.

I thought 30 or 40 minutes was plenty enough time to do a turn, but found out that it's a little bit more involved at first if you have to get clearance, program the box, and deal with catering. I had just come from an airline that only scheduled 10 minutes for turns at the outstations, so once you've been doing it for a while you get good at blocking in, shut down, chocked, deplaned, refueled, reviewing the release, boarded and pax safety briefed, doing a manual W&B, doors closed, chocks pulled and engine starting in about 4-5 minutes, with an moderately experienced crew you could do this without rushing. If nobody got off or on, the turn could be done in 1 or 2 minutes without rushing. Of course with new crews, things were a little bit slower.

To add, it all becomes a piece of cake after about the 8th time you done it. You'll be able to finish up all your paperwork, cockpit set-up, walk around, bathroom break, and still have sometime to go chat with the FAs before the passengers come to wreck the day hehe. Just playin on the last bit.