Well, I've been on-line on the 757 fleet for about a week now and if I hadn't had my couple of years of turbo-prop experience before this, I would have been up the proverbial creek without a paddle.
Hats off to the 200hr cadets who pass a line-check having come straight off a Seneca, operating into Spain, Canaries, Balearics, France, Greece etc with all the eccentricities that go with 'em. I don't know about the 'Bus, but the 757 can be a handful at times - with far less power available than their equivalent Seattle cousins, I suspect Toulouse' finest aren't a cakewalk.
Having said that, those who bypassed the TPs or the instructing route have missed what is probably the best pax type flying they would ever have done.
I remember an old post by WWW saying something along the lines of the 'last place I would want to see weak or low-hour candidates is in the RHS of a turbo-prop on a winter's night into Little Chortling' or something similar. Perhaps you were right mate, but I found the stately pace of these machines easier to get to grips with.
What am I saying ? Nothing really, other than any job's a good 'un when you're starting out and I'll leave you with a thought from one of my recent line trainers. "You can tell a bloke whose done turboprops - works hard, thinks ahead, flies quite well, but doesn't have a fekking clue how to slow down."
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For PC, substitute lady/gentleman whatever for bloke.. his words, not mine. WWW - on line yet ? Saw you in the Gatwick sim and we demolished your bottle of Southern Comfort. New name to hide old sins, and I guess I owe you some drinks for draining your last remaining source of solace !