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Old 4th November 2006 | 19:06
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aimscabinet
 
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Originally Posted by typhoonpilot
There is CBT for aircraft systems. Training is rather long compared to U.S. carriers. The first three weeks is all generic while you run around town getting all the requisit visas, licenses, uniforms, bank accounts, etc, etc. CBT, FMS trainer, Fixed Base Sim, and finally full flight sim follow. That goes for another 6 weeks or so. Line training takes another 5 to 6 weeks. People do fail, but it is relatively rare.

The training culture is very different from North America. Others, I'm sure, will chime in with their views on that. Training at EK feels a lot like this:


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What training?
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