AERO 4250 - Professional Pilot V

3 credit hours

Prerequisites: AERO 3240 with minimum grade of C (2.0); students must hold a Commercial Pilot Certificate with a Multi-Engine Rating. Capstone course in the Professional Pilot concentration sequence. Course meets for six hours per week using a lecture and flight training device (FTD) format. Provides students with an experiential view of the duties of a professional pilot. Topics include turbojet aircraft systems, advanced avionics and flight management systems, transport aircraft flight techniques (including operations in all flight regimes and in difficult operational conditions), and stall and upset recognition and recovery in transport category aircraft. Crew resource management skills, aeronautical decision making, and professionalism developed. Turbofan aircraft training conducted in the Advanced Qualification Program (AQP) format employed by air carriers to include Maneuvers Validation and Line Operations Simulation scenarios in the department’s CRJ-700 flight training device. Fee required.

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