Pre-Oral Done

Actually wasn’t so bad. I think the key is being able to sequester yourself, no television, no computer (except for budgeted amounts of time to check in on Jetcareers) and keeping a positive attitude.

The systems review went great, there’s just a couple of things that I need to crank down on and review which is normal and we might even get done early which will allow me to fly home and see Kristie for a little over a day, but we’ll have to see.

We had a total of three instructors, one in the cockpit procedures trainer, one for weight & balance and MDM (mechanical dispatch manuals) and another for the pre-oral.

I think I noticed something interesting about the social mix here around the training center.

And it’s about buttons.

Generally, if you wear anything from the company “Duck Head”, chances are you “mash” the button when you describe something.

If you have a really flat “continental” (geography, not the airline based in Houston), generally you’ll “press” a button.

But if you’re the rebellious southerner, you’ll most likely “smash” the button.

The 757/767 has a series of buttons and switches (some call them ‘wafer switches’) so I’ve heard a variety of “smash”, “press” and “mash”, it’s slightly entertaining.

All twelve of us have pretty high morale over the material, we all do our one-on-one “systems validation” (aka “oral”) tomorrow, have a day off and then start with the FTD’s, or ‘flight training devices’.

It’s not quite a simulator, but more like a “super Frasca” with all of the buttons, switches, screens, controls, except it doesn’t have motion.

Gonna go grab some food, perhaps more rambling later.

Thanks for reading.

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