tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post1218612687246239795..comments2024-03-27T08:36:31.252-07:00Comments on Flight To Success: General Aviation verses Airline FlyingKarlene Petitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-82563307602865089462012-02-07T22:14:19.785-08:002012-02-07T22:14:19.785-08:00Ramiel, you're so right. There is so much that...Ramiel, you're so right. There is so much that can be for both. I'm learning that during my instrument training too. Not to worry... we all lose a little attention now and again.Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-4185906750188581202012-02-07T22:02:11.985-08:002012-02-07T22:02:11.985-08:00Ramiel, what an excellent comment. I'm very im...Ramiel, what an excellent comment. I'm very impressed with the training you're receiving at your flight college. This is exactly what is needed to prepare you for the airlines. I understand now why the FAA and the airlines look so highly at your type of school. They are training you for the real world. <br />Not that general aviation can't learn and train with the same mindset, they can. But the value of what you're getting... I know you're very grateful. <br />Thanks so much for the comment!Karlene Petitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910702587514001827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-25631797947717492612012-02-07T22:01:06.044-08:002012-02-07T22:01:06.044-08:00funny how i mention something about paying attenti...funny how i mention something about paying attention to every little detail yet missing the word "attention" in there...<br />haha!<br /><br />and as for sharing my experience...i meant to say that the differences can also mean similarities. other than the very technical aspects of flying large aeroplanes, a lot of airline thinking can be used for GA flying and vice versa!Ramielhttp://innercortex.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352377410388410195.post-50859081601023060372012-02-07T21:22:30.138-08:002012-02-07T21:22:30.138-08:00I like this topic. And you have covered a lot in t...I like this topic. And you have covered a lot in this post.<br /><br />One of the main things I will always appreciate with my training at my flight college is the exposure of many different things.<br />Being a college that 9 times out of 10 graduates people with the mind of airlines means a lot of training.<br /><br />In class we had everything from SMS phases, CRM training, TEM training, Human Factors and a lot of other things that someone from a regular flight school might not get, or at least not too in depth.<br /><br />In the airplane we get to practice mostly GA flying, doing our flight planning, VFR then IFR. We learned SOPs from the very beginning, and after getting our PPLs, our solo flights became mutual flights, to allow the experience of having someone completely different but doing the exact same thing as the other person.<br /><br />In the simulator, I expanded most of my training to have more real-world real-life scenarios. We had multi crew training of air taxi operations flying a twin in the middle of nowhere, pressured by clients and the company. We had literally taken old SOPs of an airline and applied it to our CRJ200 training, where we get a flight plan and check it over and fly the airplane. <br /><br />The only thing that I kinda wanted was more Single Pilot IFR Line oriented flight training. I probably should have done my thesis on that because a lot of us could very well go into something like that.<br /><br />As for GA preparing you to the majors. I believe having that mindset of saving your own behind is the same. It allows you to pay into every little detail no matter how comfortable you become with the airplane or operations. Only in the majors, saving your own behind can and usually mean saving hundreds more behinds...behind you ;)<br /><br />RamielRamielhttp://innercortex.comnoreply@blogger.com