Upgrade to captain

[Skyerr]

Dear colleagues, could you share information about the Upgrade to captain programs in your airlines. I am interested in the simulator training part. Thank you.

[despegue]

5 sessions...

3 training
1 Captain check
1 Captain LOFT

During the 3 training sessions, a high workload review of abnormals and realistic combination of failures. High emphasis on crm, prioritizing, airmanship and basic stick and rudder.

[5 APUs captain]

2 sessions:
The training will normally comprise of 2 training sessions including LOFT and combined operator/licence proficiency check taken from the left hand seat.

[Basil]

Perhaps a recent Cathay upgrade would care to comment :E

[Denti]

Four sessions cocpit procedure trainer plus eight sessions full flight simulator of which the last two are AWO training and a LOFT exercise followed by another session as OPC. Each session is four hours, two hours briefing before, one hour debriefing after it. And then around two to three months of line training.

Doesn't matter from which fleet the applicant comes, so cross training from boeing to airbus (and soon new to embraer 190) or vice versa is common.

[Skyerr]

What do you think about 7-11 FFS upgrade to cpt?

[parabellum]

The full syllabus for the type rating, (around seven session of SIM), done in the LHS followed by a base check and IR. Possibly six or seven circuits in the aircraft. Sixteen sectors LHS with a trainer in the RHS, intermediate LC, if successful eight more sectors LHS with FO in RHS and trainer on the jump seat. If recommended for final LC then Final LC with CP or Training Manager.

Varies according to company, some requite 150 sectors of Line Training!

[Denti]

No zero flight time training? Anyone ready for upgrade should have enough time for that.

[Clandestino]

With my current outfit command upgrade training depends on one's status; whether it's "the chosen one" or "common peon". Being part of the second group and sent over to new type in our fleet, I was dispatched over the Atlantic to training facility which is nowadays outsourced yet still located next to the production line. In a month we got 10 days of ground school, three days in cockpit procedure trainer and 12 sim sessions, final check included. Instructors were pretty good but training was mostly aeroplane oriented, with not much time spent on loft or command decision part. We were sent to learn how to fly specific make & model and that's what we did. Syllabus was the same for 10 000 hr veterans and 200 hr fresh recruits, sink or swim. 6 circuits followed and then off to line training.

Now, same facility provides right to left seat conversion which (allegedly) takes just one sim session but being "thorough", we chose to send already rated guys through full ordeal, including groundschool.

"Chosen ones" were those who did not leave MRJT fleet and got first command in their type, just did a short stint in sim, circuits and line. Some of them found out the hard way that upon culling the jet fleet their status was downgraded without notice.