I've finished the first week in Widerøe,
and as expected everything is well organized. Very
much a different world from my previous experiences
with the aviation industry. With pay during training
and practically everything paid for by the company,
life is pretty good here.
Kristian and I came home from Scotland on Thursday
last week after having celebrated Christmas and
New Years there. Sunday we flew up north to Bodø
and started the company course Monday morning.
The first week has consisted mainly of introduction
and the start of the techincal course on the Dash-8
(100 and 300 series). School starts 8 in the morning
and finishes around 4pm, resulting in pretty long
days in the classroom considering it's been a while
since last time.
We are 6 pilots on the course, and the experience
level streches from first commercial job to F-16
pilot.
The course is finished in mid February, with every
weekend off. Next on the program is a day as an
observer on the jumpseat following the day-to-day
routines, followed by the simulator training at
Gardermoen. After completed skill test I'll start
the line training (flying with training captains
on normal passenger carrying flights) before I get
released to normal operations.
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There are not many hours of light in Bodø this time of year
Instructor Joar showing us the 100 series
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