Rough night in the sim. Different instructor. I went first. Departed from KPSP (Palm Springs) on 13R with the Cathedral 9 departure. Very busy departure with turns and climbing to avoid terrain. We briefed it using conventional (no FMS) navigation and how busy it is. On takeoff I was able to use the FMS but [...]

Day 3 was somewhat easy. Precision approach day….errr night. When I arrived the sim was down. It had been down all day. The previous crews were now a day behind. We did our briefing hoping it would be fixed. Literally 3 minutes for our sim session it was fixed. Nice. APU fire at the gate. [...]

Day 2…err…Night 2 in the sim was a little better. Started normal. Captain took the first leg this time. Leveling off at FL330 we had a rapid cabin depressurization. On the mask went. The Captain inititated an emergency descent while I reached for the QRH (Quick Reference Handbook) to run the required checklist. Noisy. The [...]

The title should increase my hits…..ha! Those who have been reading this blog for a while know I have one superstious ritual on check ride day. The McDonalds McGriddle. I’ve eaten one each check ride day and have yet to fail an event. Of course this month I’ve been eating fresh food. I seriously debated [...]

Passed my written today. I had to make an 80%. I missed one question. The question I missed was on the fuel system and transferring fuel. If I had been in the real plane I could have seen what would happen in the scenario presented. Eh. The entire class passed….yes including the new hires. A [...]

Oral is getting closer. Getting past an airline interview is just one of the many steps to getting the job. The new hires have a wide range of back grounds. Some CFI, some pure general aviation, some military. One is from another regional. There is an ever growing division visible to myself and the other [...]