hello(real pilots),I was wondering how many times a year a pilot have to do there Prof. check???? It means: Flightsimulator training, handling all failures that can occure and etc.How many times a year a pilot has to do that???Thanks,

Hello,As far as I know its very six months. Not flying the line yet so please correct me if I am wrong.Regards,Stephen

>hello(real pilots),>>I was wondering how many times a year a pilot have to do there>Prof. check???? It means: Flightsimulator training, handling>all failures that can occure and etc.>How many times a year a pilot has to do that???>>Thanks,The 100% technically correct answer is "it depends on the operator and the operation". In the US, airlines flying under part 121 have one set of rules, charters flying under part 135 have a similar-but-different set, and anybody flying their BBJ under part 91 is probably driven more by the rules set by their insurance company than by the FAA rules.With that disclaimer out of the way, it's typical to have a line check (where a check airman observes an actual revenue flight) at least every six months, and an intensive simulator check less frequently (perhaps annually). The sim check is where the focus is on abnormal procedures, emergencies, issues that have popped up across the organization on line checks (i.e. most people are forgetting to reset the standby altimeter when descending or something like that). The line check doesn't do any abnormals (unless they arise during the flight) but does focus on adherence to company procedures and good crew resource management.Speaking personally, for the part 135 ops I do, I have an annual written exam on the Caravan covering systems, weight and balance, and normal and abnormal procedures, plus normal "flying" stuff like rules and regs, navigation, etc. Then there is a semiannual instrument proficiency check flight with a check airman (to fly under Instrument Flight Rules), which also meets the requirement for an annual check flight (for VFR). There's a line check requirement too, but that gets rolled up into the instrument flight. So every six months a check airman rides along nd we cover all the requirements - it's nowhere as complicated as it sounds.On top of that, to keep insurance rates low (and improve pilot safety as a by-product), each of our pilots goes through a sim refresher course (typically by FlightSafety), where we get deep into the abnormals and weird ways to hurt yourself that you would never try in the real airplane.Hope this helps

It sure does, thanks for the reply's.But wat I wan't to add is that KLM does there sim. trainings every three months. I readed that a while ago, but that could be the line check???

Hi !Since the title "question to real pilot" . can i include another question for 737-400/500/6-900 ?a. when the pilot start to use the auto pilot?

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>It sure does, thanks for the reply's.>But wat I wan't to add is that KLM does there sim. trainings>every three months. I readed that a while ago, but that could>be the line check???It's possible, but most airlines can't afford to rotate their crews through a couple of days of sim training every 90 days, so it's more likely that they're observed flying the line that frequently.

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