Yes, sometimes you can build experience for nothing more than volunteering your time. CAE SimuFlite in Dallas Texas offers what they call the "Right Seat Program". The program is for pilots that can come and sit in the right seat of corporate jet aircraft, act as a copilot and run the checklists for the Captains. If you don't know already CAE SimuFlite is a simulator based company providing simulator training for pilots in multi engine turbine and jet aircraft.
You may ask why does CAE SimuFlite have a "Right Seat Program"? When a flight department sends a pilot to train with CAE SimuFlite, the flight department may not always send a flight crew of two pilots to train together. Many times a flight department can only send one pilot at a time in order to have enough pilots available to fly the company schedule What CAE SimuFlite does is pair up all the single pilots that come to train first. This means that every class could have a single pilot without a training partner. In this case CAE SimuFlite will use a right seat program pilot to fill the copilot position. Also when two paired up pilots have different required training programs a Right Seat Program pilot will be used. One pilot may be required to complete a FAR 135 check ride after completion of the entire training program, while the other pilot training under FAR 91 is allowed to do a progressive check. A progressive check means that once a maneuver or system failure is completed satisfactorily the task is check completed and the pilot does not need to perform this task again. In this case the pilot will complete the FAR 91 evaluation during the normal training sessions. In this case one pilot may leave to return home while the other pilot needs a copilot to complete the FAR 135 checkride.
SimuFlite "Right Seat Program" minimum requirements:
1. 300 Total Flight Time
2. Hold a Commercial Multi Engine Airplane Land rating and an Instrument Airplane Rating.
3. Live within 2 hours of either DFW Airport in Dallas Texas or live within 2 hours of Morris Town New Jersey.
Three Day Right Seat Orientation Program:
Day One – Flight Director, Standard Operations, Jeppesen Chart Review
Day two – Miscellaneous procedures
Day Three – Crew Resource Management
Right Seat Program pilot will sit threw an initial ground school and flight training on the aircraft chosen. The ground school and simulator training will take from between 14 and 21 days to complete.
After completion of the initial ground school and flight training course the pilot will be ready to start the “Right Seat Program”. If the Right Seat Pilot completes within a 24 month period 80 events of acting as a copilot, SimuFlite will complete your services with a type rating in the simulator for free! Some pilots complete this requirement in as little as four months.
How to sign up for the program:
Email a resume meeting the requirements to: scmsimuflite@cae.com
A couple of bad thing about the program is at the time of writing this article SimuFlite had a 120 pilot waiting list in the program. Pilots are selected in the order resumes are received in most cases. The other bad thing is training is conducted 24 hours a day. So you may spend some late night in the simulator.
Robbie Johnson
Chief Pilot
http://www.aviationtraining.us
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This is really a great article! I am moving to Dallas in the near future and will be able to take advantage of this program after I complete my Flight Instructor rating.
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ReplyDeleteVery nice information of program. I will suggest this to my friend who is in the aviation programs i think it will be helpful to him.
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