Julie HafenJul 6, 20215 minPrivate Pilot Training... What is it?I know a lot of people that follow me are not pilots yet, but want to be, so I thought I'd break down what your initial Private Pilot...
Julie HafenJun 28, 20215 minPhase 6: Transoceanic Operating ExperienceIf you fly a domestic aircraft, you will only have OEs (refer to my last blog post for info on the OE). If you are hired into an...
Julie HafenJun 7, 20215 minPhase 5: Initial Operating ExperienceInitial Operating Experience (IOE, or some airlines shorten it down even more and call it OE) is where the fun stuff finally begins-...
Julie HafenMay 25, 20213 minPhase 4: Simulator TrainingThis post was written after I finished initial simulator training on the 757/767 at a major airline. After procedures training comes the...
Julie HafenMay 18, 20213 minPhase 3: Procedures TrainingAfter the systems portion was complete, I had just over a week to learn all of the procedures in the Flight Training Device, or FTD. The...
Julie HafenMay 11, 20213 minPhase 2: SystemsAfter my first two weeks of ground school were complete, I was sent home with a USB drive with the systems and a bunch of study material...