Need someone to share cockpit with!

[taymas]

Well, I just had my first session on PilotEdge... it lasted 10 minutes, with me giving up after asking for clearance!!! LOL, so I politely cancelled the IFR, and need someone to give me a helping hand... I know abit about filing flight plans, but completely had a heart attack when the controller read back some LOOP6 departure thingy... (KLAX-KLAS). I don't know how to remember the sheer amount readback to me - ofcourse it would help if I knew myflight planning, and ability to multi-task managing the plane from cold and dark.

I'm using X-Plane 10, and am familiar with the 757 Professional, so I'm just after someone with the same plane to do a shared cockpit flight with to help me break the ice and have some familiarity!

Kindest Regards,
TM

[Marcus Becker]

I think you would benefit from the Pilotedge Pilot Training Program. Hop in something light and fly all of the ratings. You'll appreciate the accomplishment when you're done.

[Nelson L.]

Yep, don't jump straight into IFR. I wouldn't start out with an airliner, warm up with something like the V1 or (V3 if you know what you're doing - probably in a single or light twin). If you're completely new, the PE Workshops are amazing resources. Watching a few videos online of people flying on the network also helps build up familiarity with the radio. Just a quick little thing - try flying /A for a while when you're learning how to fly on the network, it builds up your task-management skills so that you're constantly thinking ahead (as opposed to programming a FMC and sitting there the whole time).

http://www.pilotedge.net/workshops

Edit - While I would still recommend the above-mentioned path of working your way up, if you insist on doing airliner routes right away, I would follow the I9 transcript, which is from KLAS-KLAX. However, that would mean that you skipped over the other 11 ratings (soon to be 20), so you might miss some stuff.

[zengei]

Yep, IFR LAX-LAS in an airliner is really throwing yourself into the deep end there. Start with the introductory flight and work your way through the ratings.