Each class is about an hour and the classes include aerodynamics, airport markings, and specific flight maneuvers. You must also learn various EPs fro the DA which is usually self study. Each section was broken into a number of lessons, ranging from 3 to 9 depending on the topic.
The lessons were covered one at a time back to back with a few minutes of break every hour or so. In addition to the academic sections, there is also a list of emergency procedures. A few are reviewed each day, and are basically taught as a standup EP, though in smaller groups either with your IP or another instructor.
The flight syllabus introduces a number of maneuvers and procedures in order according to their difficulty. Most of the things you will need to know you will learn in the first four flights, the next six are practice. There is only one check ride now — at the very end of the course. You receive an overall grade for each ride as well as an individual grade for each maneuver performed. You will continue to take the test every day till everyone passes and you are allowed to wear flight suits.
There is one ground exam at the beginning of your second week. The checkride also involves a ground portion. Last, each sortie has two EPs one you brief, one you conduct like a standup plus your daily standups make EPs very important.
The check rides themselves were pretty much like any other flight. They only rode along and took notes, either mentally or on paper. The questions were not uniform, and could be anything the IP wanted, however they were not obscure or too difficult of questions. You can expect the first 4 days will be entirely in the auditorium learning about the various ins-and-outs of Doss and IFT as well as various aspects of aviation reference the schedule above to get a feel for what the first few days will be like.
There are no repercussions for failing it I did for forgetting to write in all caps , but do yourself a favor and have that information down cold by the time Day 1 comes around. Once you hit the flight line, you can expect your official duty day to start anywhere between and end at roughly unless you have a late flight.
You will begin attending Formal Briefs every day flying ops are in effect. A Formal Brief is exactly as it sounds, a formalized briefing first thing in the AM that details the days current and forecast conditions, the runways being used, any relevant information about the airport, and any other pertinent information.
The briefing takes roughly an hour and is highly formalized and scripted. The briefing will be conducted exactly the same way each and every day, and one person from your flight will conduct the brief each day.
Formal Release is a requirement to be working in an official capacity flying, studying, eating, or working out until your Flight Commander officially releases you. Formal Release can be particularly brutal during the weeks you have Formal Briefs I pulled a few hour work days during that week. The class proctor will present a specific scenario to the class and call a student up to the front of the room this is where MATL comes into play to problem-solve the emergency procedure, and, in very specific detail, discuss how they would react.
A standard flight will include a graded departure, traffic pattern work, area work, and an arrival, and will take roughly an hour to complete. The IFT syllabus also requires you to complete 14 hours of self-logged PT work throughout the training. In this section, I will provide some of my personal gouge in regards to IFT. All in all, IFT was a great experience and you should be excited to get there. While everyone I know was more than excited to get out of Pueblo and off to UPT, we all had a great time.
Well…not so fast. Lucky for you, BogiDope has your six. IFT does not provide uniforms for students. Week 1 Academic schedule…death by PowerPoint. You live, eat, sleep, workout, drink, get your haircut, study, brief to fly, take tests, etc all in the same big building During the week, you won't really go outside much except for stepping to go fly.
The dining facility is pretty decent; most days there were a few options ranging from healthy to not-so-much. And there's always the ice-cream machine if all else fails! If you have a log book or pilot license, bring that too. If your finances allow, try to get a few hours. I would say or so, personal opinion, is good because you get enough to get the basics and land a few times on your own, but not enough to develop too many bad habits.
When you're there: Keep your head up- it can get discouraging pretty easily.
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