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Old 24th Feb 2010, 13:09
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The Dominican
 
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I saw you were comming from Pinnacle (CRJ´s). Did you find adaption to a B767 difficult?
No, not particularly. The 767/757 have a great reputation as "pilot airplanes" and it is well deserved, they are great flying platforms and very enjoyable to fly. What is a bit difficult is to understand what is it that they want, you will hear expressions like "You must work on timing" but you don't really know what that means so you change the tempo of you calling for check lists and adjust the way you do the maneuver until they are happy with it, that is really the challenge of the training here. Once you understand that is has nothing to do with a safe operation but rather it is a rehearsal for a performance in front of the JCAB inspector, then it will become a lot easier to do the maneuvers. Adaptability and patience more than good flying skills are the key to pass training here, don't ask why or get frustrated with changes during training (and things will change midstream) just play along, if you fight it or start trying to show a "better way" or "this is how we used to do it at my previous airline" and you are digging a hole for yourself
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