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Originally Posted by Nate2046
Do you have any experience in airline pilot training? I do, and can tell you that we are among the most highly trained and closely scrutinized of any occupation. Commercial aviation’s safety record is testament to that irrefutable fact. Still, we’re always striving to improve on that record through better training, better practices, better standards, etc. I’m in the sim every 6 months training and being evaluated on different emergencies on the aircraft I’m certified to fly. Trust me, I’d much rather go feck about in a J3, but that’s not going to make me better at my job.
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Originally Posted by Nate2046
I believe I read that the system in question is unique to the new Max aircraft. That can be one of the challenges when you’re assigned to a fleet that spans several generations. Boeing and the airlines want to keep training requirements to a bare minimum when they certify a new series of aircraft. Typically, you’ll get what they call ‘differences training’ but the initial type certification, in this case 737, applies to all variants. I’m getting a sense that there wasn’t much awareness of this new system and possibly no training on handling a malfunction.
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Excellent posts.
"Differences training" is a really difficult task since pilots often revert to their training regimen learned and honed for years before the "difference" system is introduced.
I was an aircraft commander in a type-model-series of aircraft that had subtle, yet very important differences in cockpit layout and emergency procedures.
I nearly gooned a check ride (airborne) because I reflexively responded to an emergency procedure checklist for the TMS of aircraft I was initially qualified to fly and had the most hours in, not the aircraft I was flying.
Oops.