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Guiding information for B747-400 type rating/proficiency checkout flights

(published with kind permission of B747-400 pilot Jim Brennan.  Thanks  very much.)
 

Preflight check

FMS procedures

Rejected takeoff

Normal take off, instruments, crosswind
Takeoff with an engine failure

Terminal area departure and arrival

Steep turns (45 degrees of bank for 180 degrees of turn,
one of the harder items IMHO)

Approach to a stall

Holding

Non-precision approach (generally got a vor to rwy 19L at sfo)
Rejected landing and missed approach

Normal ILS, autocoupled or flight director

Engine inoperative ILS, flight director

Missed approach from an ILS (two missed approachers were required)

Normal landing with a crosswind

Landing from an ILS

CAT 1 approach, but to a MANUAL landing

1 engine inop landing

2 engine inop landing
(at least three total landings required)

Abnormal flaps approach and landing (visual, generally we got
this to rwy 10L at sfo, with inop vasi lights).

In addition, for CAT lll certification:

The yearly proficiency checks were similar, and generally
included some (or all) of;

Takeoff at minimum visibility

Rejected landing

Engine inop landing

Visual landing in 20 kt or more x-wind component and turbulance

Hydraulic system failure

Engine fire/failure

Inflight thrust reverse

EEC in alternate mode

Cargo fire

Icing

Loss of ALL engines

Loss of ALL generators

Various instrument failures

Flaps, LE devices/ flight control problems

DME arc transition

Crew incapacitation

Evacuation

Jammed stabilizer landing

Electrical, pressurization, fuel system problems

APU fire

Autoland malfunctions

IRS fault/failure

GPWS warnings/failure
(Know all the things that cause a gps warning)

FMC failures

Door warning indications

Stalls in takeoff, maneuvering and landing configs.

Windshear on takeoff or landing.

The tolerances for these various things are:

Normal take off. Heading within + - 5 degrees,
airspeed within 5 knots, altitude within 100 ft.

Take off with engine failure. Heading 10 degrees,
airspeed 5 kts, sink before level off
ZERO!

Terminal area. Heading 10 degrees, airspeed 10 kts,
altitude 100 ft.

Steep turns. Bamk 45 degrees plus or minus 5 degrees,
airspeed + - 10 kts, altitude + - 100 ft,
roll out heading + - 10 degrees.

Hand flown ILS LOC within 1/2 dot, GS 1 dot,
airspeed + - 5 kts

Non precision approaches
Altitude + 50 feet/- 0 feet, airspeed + - 5 kts,
1/2 dot on vor.loc or + - 5 degrees on NDB bearing

Missed approach heading + - 5 degrees (+ - 10 degrees
with inop engine), Airspeed + - 5 kts,
level off altitude + - 100 ft.

Landing touchdown within TD Zone.

Normal ILS, autoland to CATlll minimums

ILS with one engine inop, flight director approach
to CAT lll minimums. (This was Hand flown)

ILS autocoupled to CAT lll minimums with a coupled
missed approach from a very low altitude.

also demonstrated the first officer duties during
a cat lll approach.