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There’s a light at the end of the tunnel and we’re both pretty happy training is almost over.
Today was the first day of “Line Oriented Training” where we tie together normal procedures (preflights, cockpit prep, taxi procedures) that we learned in “Procedures Training” with non-normal procedures (abnormal aka “holy sh**, something’s BROKE!!!) trained during “Maneuvers Training” and make it as if it actually happened unexpected on line.
The first leg was my leg and the captain was the non-flying pilot. Pushback from gate 4 at JFK, taxi to KK for a intersection takeoff and then the fun started. Smoke in the cabin, cargo fire, rapid/emergency descent for the ILS 31L approach at JFK. Very busy, but the 757 is so flyable, it wasn’t an issue at all.
We did another takeoff and practiced jammed flight controls, hydraulic system failures and a few other things.
The next leg was a departure from SEA towards SLC, we had a rapid depressurization over a high MEA/MOCA area and did some mountain familiarization training in terms of descending rapidly to the ‘grid MORA’ and then direct to a known airway with better terrain clearance. We did a couple jammed stabilizer and partial flap landings and called it a day.
The hardest part of the day was getting up at 0345 for a 0500 brief and 0630 fly time in the simulator. Yowza.
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