Last time I wrote here I was still in ground school. Now I have been flying the line for two and a half months. Right now in a hotel room in Tallin - on a layover, which we have plenty.
I started my ground school in March and started flying in May. The simulator training was covered in two weeks and it was a very intense period. This was also because I was flying with another captain, so we had to learn the First Officer procedures as well. Talking about procedures, my company is using pretty much the Boeing procedures. Many new things and concepts came up, such as the system where we do a procedure by heart (e.g. After Takeoff Procedure) which after the corresponding checklist is completed by the Pilot Not Flying.
Perhaps the hardest thing for me was to learn that the go-around button was now replaced by the autothrottle disconnect switch. In all previous aircraft I've flown, the button under the thumb on the thrust lever was the go-around button, but not on the B737. Imagine the difficulty of learning to find the go-around button under your index finger and not your thumb! It meant that during my first go-arounds in the simulator I would disconnect the auto throttle every time, instead of setting the auto throttle and flight director in go-around mode.
Gotta go running now. Later....
I started my ground school in March and started flying in May. The simulator training was covered in two weeks and it was a very intense period. This was also because I was flying with another captain, so we had to learn the First Officer procedures as well. Talking about procedures, my company is using pretty much the Boeing procedures. Many new things and concepts came up, such as the system where we do a procedure by heart (e.g. After Takeoff Procedure) which after the corresponding checklist is completed by the Pilot Not Flying.
Perhaps the hardest thing for me was to learn that the go-around button was now replaced by the autothrottle disconnect switch. In all previous aircraft I've flown, the button under the thumb on the thrust lever was the go-around button, but not on the B737. Imagine the difficulty of learning to find the go-around button under your index finger and not your thumb! It meant that during my first go-arounds in the simulator I would disconnect the auto throttle every time, instead of setting the auto throttle and flight director in go-around mode.
Gotta go running now. Later....
