Because of the nature of my job, I receive a lot of emails and phone calls from pilots wondering how best to prepare themselves for advanced training. This applies to any advanced training (beyond the instrument rating) from checkouts in high-performance aircraft to turbojet type-ratings. Now, there's one disclaimer I need to make here and just so you don't miss it, I'm going to put it in a box to emphasize it:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/features/from-the-cfi-4-some-advice-on-movin-on-up