Back to school
Well its back to study mode again. Gotta kick the rust off the old brain and buckle down for some heavy duty memorizing. The Lear training is a bit different than what I had for the Falcon. Different instructor, different hotel, different systems, different atmosphere all together. I like it.
I'm learning a lot about the Lear, but this time there isn't the extra pressure of learning my first jet, dealing with 3 weeks of training, starting a new job, being away from Erin and Jack for so long and being a "new hire". I think all of us in the class were nervous about the job back in April. Now that we've had a few months to fly the line and see how things really work, we are coming into this class much more relaxed. Its nice to be back in class with all my buddies from my new hire class. Out of the 6 in my original class, we all got called back for Lear training, but do to some short staffing, two of the guys got called out of class to go fly the line. Hopefully they'll be able to hop in the next class whenever that rolls around.
The systems on the Lear are much simpler than those on the Pig Jet. Bill Lear designed a pretty good airplane. I like the fact that there isn't an Aux Bus and associated Load Shed items so the electrical system is easier to understand. The fuel system is also simpler. No feeder tanks to worry about, just a "trunk tank" a.k.a. fuselage tank. And the memory items list is shorter and easier to memorize. Another plus is that the engine on the Lear is almost identical to the Falcon. The only major difference is that the Falcon has a fan in the rear. Other than that, its the same exact engine. The same engine that's used on the military F-5, F-20 and T-28 trainer. So when you hear a Lear take off, its just about as loud as some military jets.
The downside to the Lear is that we have 4 different models with 2 separate engine models that requires that we memorize more limitations than the falcon. Also, no two cockpits are going to be alike. Bill Lear would sometimes walk down the assembly line and go up to an aircraft that's being built, point to something and say "I think that will go better over there." Then what ever he had moved, would be displaced on that aircraft only.
Jokingly, the instructor says we'll be spending the first 30 min of the flight looking around the cockpit for all the switches.
Well I don't have much more time to write, its back to studying. The sim starts Saturday, I cant wait.
I'm learning a lot about the Lear, but this time there isn't the extra pressure of learning my first jet, dealing with 3 weeks of training, starting a new job, being away from Erin and Jack for so long and being a "new hire". I think all of us in the class were nervous about the job back in April. Now that we've had a few months to fly the line and see how things really work, we are coming into this class much more relaxed. Its nice to be back in class with all my buddies from my new hire class. Out of the 6 in my original class, we all got called back for Lear training, but do to some short staffing, two of the guys got called out of class to go fly the line. Hopefully they'll be able to hop in the next class whenever that rolls around.
The systems on the Lear are much simpler than those on the Pig Jet. Bill Lear designed a pretty good airplane. I like the fact that there isn't an Aux Bus and associated Load Shed items so the electrical system is easier to understand. The fuel system is also simpler. No feeder tanks to worry about, just a "trunk tank" a.k.a. fuselage tank. And the memory items list is shorter and easier to memorize. Another plus is that the engine on the Lear is almost identical to the Falcon. The only major difference is that the Falcon has a fan in the rear. Other than that, its the same exact engine. The same engine that's used on the military F-5, F-20 and T-28 trainer. So when you hear a Lear take off, its just about as loud as some military jets.
The downside to the Lear is that we have 4 different models with 2 separate engine models that requires that we memorize more limitations than the falcon. Also, no two cockpits are going to be alike. Bill Lear would sometimes walk down the assembly line and go up to an aircraft that's being built, point to something and say "I think that will go better over there." Then what ever he had moved, would be displaced on that aircraft only.
Jokingly, the instructor says we'll be spending the first 30 min of the flight looking around the cockpit for all the switches.
Well I don't have much more time to write, its back to studying. The sim starts Saturday, I cant wait.
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