Reporter back from recurrent training B757 cites lack of training on FMC equipment poor to nil and c...

Narrative:

Just returned from recurrent training on B767. I was expecting training on the new pegasus FMC. I received none. Comments from the ground school and simulator instructors were that they had heard that pegasus does this and that but it appeared to me that they had not received any training either. Now on some rtes I can fly in manual and stumble through the rest of it but somehow I do not think that the FAA in a jump seat would be too impressed. I do not think that stuffing a revision in our mailbox and sending us a pile of appended messages is adequate preparation for the knowledge this piece of equipment requires. From the military, I know that accidents are seldom caused by one item but several contributing events. Let's not let the massive differences in the new pegasus FMC and the lack of training be a contributor. This was the last trip flown by this pilot before recurrent training. Has not flown since.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR BACK FROM RECURRENT TRAINING B757 CITES LACK OF TRAINING ON FMC EQUIP POOR TO NIL AND CREATING A DANGEROUS ATMOSPHERE FOR FUTURE INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

Narrative: JUST RETURNED FROM RECURRENT TRAINING ON B767. I WAS EXPECTING TRAINING ON THE NEW PEGASUS FMC. I RECEIVED NONE. COMMENTS FROM THE GND SCHOOL AND SIMULATOR INSTRUCTORS WERE THAT THEY HAD HEARD THAT PEGASUS DOES THIS AND THAT BUT IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY TRAINING EITHER. NOW ON SOME RTES I CAN FLY IN MANUAL AND STUMBLE THROUGH THE REST OF IT BUT SOMEHOW I DO NOT THINK THAT THE FAA IN A JUMP SEAT WOULD BE TOO IMPRESSED. I DO NOT THINK THAT STUFFING A REVISION IN OUR MAILBOX AND SENDING US A PILE OF APPENDED MESSAGES IS ADEQUATE PREPARATION FOR THE KNOWLEDGE THIS PIECE OF EQUIP REQUIRES. FROM THE MIL, I KNOW THAT ACCIDENTS ARE SELDOM CAUSED BY ONE ITEM BUT SEVERAL CONTRIBUTING EVENTS. LET'S NOT LET THE MASSIVE DIFFERENCES IN THE NEW PEGASUS FMC AND THE LACK OF TRAINING BE A CONTRIBUTOR. THIS WAS THE LAST TRIP FLOWN BY THIS PLT BEFORE RECURRENT TRAINING. HAS NOT FLOWN SINCE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	439197
Time
Date	199906
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Reporter back from recurrent training B757 cites lack of training on FMC equipment poor to nil and creating a dangerous atmosphere for future incidents and accidents.