R2F's American Eagle Training Updates - Page 9

Mr_Creepy · April 15th, 2006, 21:28

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Originally Posted by ready2fly

Day 29

Checkride = PASSED!!!

The Phase Check was actually harder than the ride....believe it or not.

Today's profile was: DFW - MEM. Took off from DFW in RVR 6 conditions, climbed out to 17000, then set up for maneuvers.

First came the stall series. Started out with the arrival stall. Did that pretty well, then moved straight into the departure stall. Recovered nicely...took a little longer than I prefered to get `er trimmed out, but gotter done...and we were done with maneuvers.

Vectors to the ILS 36R at MEM. Screamed down to 3000, set up for the approach, flew it nicely, ALMOST landed and a freakin' "FedEx jet" pulled onto the runway.

Went missed.....came back around, did the VOR/DME, went missed - out to the hold....did that, then the GPS for 27.

Flew that okay...left alt just a tad early, got down to MDA, didn't see the lights, went missed AGAIN......back around.....autopilot "failed". Hand-flew the same approach to wheels down - including the nose....when "Eagle Flight 801 - ( say it with me) go around!"

Didn't get the thrust reverseres deployed, so we could do the go around. Just as the wheels came off - DING DING DING DING DING (Master Warning), plane yaws right, I correct - go straight into the V1 cut profile and fly that like a champ.

Came back around, did the same approach again (GPS), hand-flew it this time - single engine....down down down.....landed.....Thrust reversers deployed.......Ahhhhh.

Repositioned the aircraft .....knew what was coming.....Set thrust.....80 knots.......(wait for it)........EVERYTHING goes dark on the PFD, MFD...everything..."Abort, Abort, Abort"....yoke forward....contact ATC....

...and we're DONE!!!

Taxi back in. Do the After Landing, Parking and Terminating checklists....up to the debrief and I hear "Congratulations. You made it through. You pass!!"

Tomorrow is LOFT (Line Oriented Flight Training) in the sim. It was originally supposed to be from 8 pm to Midnight on Sunday....but they changed it to (get this) 4:30 AM .

So...no hangin' with JH and the boys tonight.

Tomorrow though......it's ON!!!

IOE starts Tuesday. No rest for the weary. Haven't been home since March 3rd. FINALLY get to go home next Friday - the 21st. WHEW!!!!

More later!

Peace!
F.O. R2F

Welcome to the council Young Jedi!

KLB · April 15th, 2006, 21:34

Jeez! It took you long enough to post this......Having everybody on here sweating bullets for yah. j/k

I guess I owe you a few beers. Two from last time we hung out plus one!

Congratulations!

Captain_Bob · April 15th, 2006, 21:41

Congrats Stan!

The loft is really not that bad... just remember CRM and you'll do fine.

Bob

kellwolf · April 15th, 2006, 21:53

Congrats, man!

I was hoping to at least start sim training today. Got to FSI and found out that our Sim #1 was cancelled. Still got a sim scheduled tomorrow, but I don't know when they're gonna squeeze that extra sim in later. I was miffed since scheduling didn't even bother to call either my sim partner or me. Livin the dream, I guess.

pavelump · April 15th, 2006, 22:08

Hey, congrats on the checkride! Have fun getting up at 3 in the morning. Sheesh, that sux. I don't know about LOFT as we didn't do it in the Saab, but wait until that first IOE flight. That's when the learning begins...

Dave

ASpilot2be · April 15th, 2006, 22:27

Congrats

I bet you are looking forward to some rest

shooter13 · April 15th, 2006, 23:13

Way to go Stan!!! Mega beers for you when I see you again!

blee256 · April 16th, 2006, 01:27

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Originally Posted by kellwolf

Yeah, my sim partner and I had that discussion the other night. So far, we've gotten three different responses from three different instructors. One said PNF always bugs, one says you bug when the AP on, and one said the PNF bugs when you hit APPR or NAV mode on the approach. Guess it's gonna be up to individual crew. All agree that the PF doesn't TOUCH the altitude pre-select bug. That's grounds for getting your fingers amputated.

On the line, If the PF is handflying his hands are never to reach the FCP, the PNF sets everything. However you will see some capt reach up there once in a while to set the speed or something. But for the most part itshands off. If "george" is flying the FCP is all yours except for the altitude select. The one who takes the radio call for Alt. change, selects the altitude. Which is normally the PNF since he is handling the radios. But sometimes the PF maybe handle the radios if the PNF is making a PA, on comm 2 for some reason, or eating lunch =p. so because the PF took the radio call, he will change the alt.

But yeah, thats exactly what IOE is for. I heard that new-hires how have to do x amount of FAM flights in the jumpseat. That should be helpful. Or negative learning, haha. Since what happens on the line doesnt exactly mimic the sims, ifyou know what i mean.

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Originally Posted by kellwolf

I was hoping to at least start sim training today. Got to FSI and found out that our Sim #1 was cancelled. Still got a sim scheduled tomorrow, but I don't know when they're gonna squeeze that extra sim in later. I was miffed since scheduling didn't even bother to call either my sim partner or me. Livin the dream, I guess.

HA, its livin the Pinnacle nightm...err....dream. Your training schedule when all is said and done is going to look nothing like the sched. you recieved at the end of ground school.

B767 · April 16th, 2006, 01:50

Huge CONGRATS R2F!!

IFly85 · April 16th, 2006, 02:32

Congrats on passing the ride. Good job

crashmbern · April 16th, 2006, 09:01

congrats stan. it weird, i don't start IOE until wednesday, and you started two weeks after me. I was lucky though i have a week off before IOE, the capt. in my class are doin it now.
congrats again man and good luck.

adam

Bigey · April 16th, 2006, 17:21

Gosh dang dude!

A BIG CONGRATS!!!!

I love reading this stuff...continue to keep us updated!!

Raskolnikov · April 16th, 2006, 18:23

Way to go dude!

NW004 · April 16th, 2006, 19:47

Wow Stan, i've been reading this whole post throughout the time you've been there, and all i can say is congrats man, i hope to be in your shoes in the near future, i hope you have lots of fun flying as an Airline Pilot.

aloft · April 16th, 2006, 19:57

Atta boy, Stan. Rock on!

p.s., just noticed this thread has had 6,000 views. Amazing!

ready2fly · April 16th, 2006, 21:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by aloft

Atta boy, Stan. Rock on!

p.s., just noticed this thread has had 6,000 views. Amazing!

Unfriggin'real! to be honest! I kinda thought nobody was reading until I looked at the "views" number and BrianDeJESUS!!!!

I'm seriously humbled!

Ok....L.O.F.T.:
(bare with me...Herreshoff hung with me today by my hotel pool and we killed a (certain number of beers)....well....me more than he...he was the responsible one..

THANKS JH!!!)

Anyhoo...

Our flight was from SAT (San Antonio, TX) to MMMMMMMMAMFRIGGINMYAM....whatever.....MMAS/AGU (Aguascalientes, Mexico)...like I'll ever go there in the CRJ...but, it gets me qualified for MX flying.

The Capt. that I did LOFT with took the first leg which gave me time to "hone" my PNF skills = i.e., work the radios (biotch!!

).

Pretty good flight. "Real" time with an extraordinary tail wind ala our instructor.

30 minute break, then it was my turn.

Flight plan was from AGU to SAT.....HOWEVER...just abeam MMMY/MTY (Monterrey, Mexico) we had a DC Bus caution...meaning.. we had NO means of fighting an on-board/engine fire should that occur= land IMMEDIATELY at the nearest suitable airport.

So....off we went to MMMY/MTY.

Pretty standard stuff...but we had to keep in mind the screwey Mexican Airspace/Speed limitations.

"At or below 3000' AGL within 10 NM of any airport.......200 KTS
At or below 10,000 MSL within Mexico Airspace...........250 KTS
At or below 10,000 AGL within 30NM of any airport......250 KTS"

(same thing for takeoff, but I failed to mention that....I blame beer)

Shot the ILS into MMMY/MTY, at about 300 AGL, went visual...cut off the Autopilot around 150 AGL.....bounced the F*** out of the landing

and came to a complete stop.

Had an approximate 20 minute debrief and.......ground/sim training was officially....sigh....OVER!!!

I have tomorrrow off, then Tuesday, I fly the real deal with real PAX. Cannot WAIT!

Stever/Kellwolf = hang in there bro! You'll get your sim time in. I'm rootin' for you!!

Everybody = THANK YOU for the congrats!!! I greatly appreciate it! I'll fill ya'll in when I fly the real plane. Thanks for reading!!

I'm not done yet!

PEACE

R2F

ASpilot2be · April 16th, 2006, 21:42

Congrats

You wouldnt have happened to snap any pics during training would you? Of course you painted a picture in my mind. Once again, congrats

B767 · April 16th, 2006, 22:04

Congratulations again! Do you have to see a certain number of flights from the jumpseat before you begin IOE or on Tues. at o'dark-thirty do YOU fly the passengers right off the bat?

caliginousface · April 16th, 2006, 22:04

Holy crap that checkride sounded intense! Congrats.

Mr_Creepy · April 16th, 2006, 22:12

Quote:

bare with me

Young Jedi, council members do not "bare" anything!

Aero_Engineer · April 17th, 2006, 01:38

Congrats, all the best of luck to you.

ready2fly · April 17th, 2006, 17:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by B767

Congratulations again! Do you have to see a certain number of flights from the jumpseat before you begin IOE or on Tues. at o'dark-thirty do YOU fly the passengers right off the bat?

No jumseating for this guy. We go straight to the right seat...flying the real plane...with paying pax.

crashmbern · April 17th, 2006, 18:06

stan whats your IOE schedule like???

ready2fly · April 17th, 2006, 18:28

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Originally Posted by crashmbern

stan whats your IOE schedule like???

April 18
DFW TUL
TUL DFW
DFW TUL
TUL DFW
DFW DSM

That's right folks! My first night as an airline pilot will be spent in....Des Moine.

April 19
DSM DFW
DFW LBB
LBB DFW

April 20
Repeat same sequence as the 18th

April 21
Repeat same sequence as the 19th

HOME!!!!

April 24
ORD HPN
HPN ORD
ORD XNA

April 25
XNA ORD

HOME!!!!

Then.....on Reserve....forever.

saxman66 · April 17th, 2006, 19:56

awesome. Makes me excited to come to eagle! You must be stoked to fly your first leg tomorrow. I be flyin out of DFW tomorrow too, yet i'll be over on the E terminal. Have fun

Chris.

April 15th, 2006, 21:41	#203
Captain_Bob Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: DFW, based in ONT, wishing I was in Maine Posts: 3,853	Congrats Stan! The loft is really not that bad... just remember CRM and you'll do fine. Bob __________________ My head is in the clouds and my heart is still in Maine... but my devotion and love belong to my wife and children. Pics!

April 15th, 2006, 21:53	#204
kellwolf Old Skool Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 13,368	Congrats, man! I was hoping to at least start sim training today. Got to FSI and found out that our Sim #1 was cancelled. Still got a sim scheduled tomorrow, but I don't know when they're gonna squeeze that extra sim in later. I was miffed since scheduling didn't even bother to call either my sim partner or me. Livin the dream, I guess. __________________ "I'm The Doctor, by the way. Run for your life!"

April 15th, 2006, 22:27	#206
ASpilot2be Old Skool Join Date: May 2005 Location: Paradise:) Posts: 4,437	Congrats I bet you are looking forward to some rest __________________

April 16th, 2006, 01:50	#209
B767 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: COS Posts: 267	Huge CONGRATS R2F!! __________________ You can count on me to always be two beats behind every conversation! Superman owns a pair of B767 pajamas "Well, they built the 2006 Dodge Caravan to replace the 2005 and earlier Dodge Caravans, but they're still on the road..." - DT

April 16th, 2006, 18:23	#213
Raskolnikov Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 266	Way to go dude! __________________ Our score was two to two too!

April 15th, 2006, 21:34	#202
KLB Old Skool Join Date: May 2005 Location: DFW Posts: 2,522	Jeez! It took you long enough to post this......Having everybody on here sweating bullets for yah. j/k I guess I owe you a few beers. Two from last time we hung out plus one! Congratulations!

April 15th, 2006, 22:08	#205
pavelump Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 790	Hey, congrats on the checkride! Have fun getting up at 3 in the morning. Sheesh, that sux. I don't know about LOFT as we didn't do it in the Saab, but wait until that first IOE flight. That's when the learning begins... Dave

April 15th, 2006, 23:13	#207
shooter13 Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,952	Way to go Stan!!! Mega beers for you when I see you again!

April 16th, 2006, 02:32	#210
IFly85 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Live in MEM but commute to RDU Posts: 462	Congrats on passing the ride. Good job

April 16th, 2006, 09:01	#211
crashmbern Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 506	congrats stan. it weird, i don't start IOE until wednesday, and you started two weeks after me. I was lucky though i have a week off before IOE, the capt. in my class are doin it now. congrats again man and good luck. adam

April 16th, 2006, 19:47	#214
NW004 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: USA Posts: 273	Wow Stan, i've been reading this whole post throughout the time you've been there, and all i can say is congrats man, i hope to be in your shoes in the near future, i hope you have lots of fun flying as an Airline Pilot.

April 16th, 2006, 19:57	#215
aloft Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Inside your OODA loop Posts: 6,737	Atta boy, Stan. Rock on! p.s., just noticed this thread has had 6,000 views. Amazing! __________________ Commercial Pilot, ASEL/AMEL/IA Chief Pilot, aerial mapping company Mountain-qualified Search & Rescue/Disaster Relief Mission Pilot, Civil Air Patrol 900+ TT/25 ME B.S., Psychology, University of Utah

April 16th, 2006, 21:42	#217
ASpilot2be Old Skool Join Date: May 2005 Location: Paradise:) Posts: 4,437	Congrats You wouldnt have happened to snap any pics during training would you? Of course you painted a picture in my mind. Once again, congrats __________________

April 16th, 2006, 22:04	#218
B767 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: COS Posts: 267	Congratulations again! Do you have to see a certain number of flights from the jumpseat before you begin IOE or on Tues. at o'dark-thirty do YOU fly the passengers right off the bat? __________________ You can count on me to always be two beats behind every conversation! Superman owns a pair of B767 pajamas "Well, they built the 2006 Dodge Caravan to replace the 2005 and earlier Dodge Caravans, but they're still on the road..." - DT

April 16th, 2006, 22:04	#219
caliginousface Old Skool Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: san jose, ca Posts: 2,026	Holy crap that checkride sounded intense! Congrats. __________________

April 17th, 2006, 01:38	#221
Aero_Engineer Old Skool Join Date: May 2005 Location: California, USA Posts: 2,035	Congrats, all the best of luck to you.

April 17th, 2006, 18:06	#223
crashmbern Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 506	stan whats your IOE schedule like???

April 17th, 2006, 19:56	#225
saxman66 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: JFK Posts: 214	awesome. Makes me excited to come to eagle! You must be stoked to fly your first leg tomorrow. I be flyin out of DFW tomorrow too, yet i'll be over on the E terminal. Have fun Chris. __________________ http://homepage.mac.com/christow

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