Narrative:

I had my first flight on the max [to] ZZZ1. We found out we were scheduled to fly the aircraft on the way to the airport in the limo. We had a little time [to] review the essentials in the car. Otherwise we would have walked onto the plane cold.my post flight evaluation is that we lacked the knowledge to operate the aircraft in all weather and aircraft states safely. The instrumentation is completely different - my scan was degraded; slow and labored having had no experience w/ the new nd (navigation display) and ADI (attitude director indicator) presentations/format or functions (manipulation between the screens and systems pages were not provided in training materials. If they were; I had no recollection of that material).we were unable to navigate to systems pages and lacked the knowledge of what systems information was available to us in the different phases of flight. Our weather radar competency was inadequate to safely navigate significant weather on that dark and stormy night. These are just a few issues that were not addressed in our training.I recommend the following to help crews w/ their introductory flight on the max:email notification the day before the flight (the email should include: links - training video; psob and qrg and all relevant updates/faq's)sme (subject matter expert) observer - the role of the sme is to introduce systems navigation; display management; answer general questions and provide standardized best practices to the next generation aircraft.additionally; the sme will collect de-identified data to provide to the training department for analysis and dissemination to the line pilots regarding faqs and know systems differences as well best practices in fly the new model aircraft.

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Title: B737 MAX First Officer reported feeling unprepared for first flight in the MAX; citing inadequate training.

Narrative: I had my first flight on the Max [to] ZZZ1. We found out we were scheduled to fly the aircraft on the way to the airport in the limo. We had a little time [to] review the essentials in the car. Otherwise we would have walked onto the plane cold.My post flight evaluation is that we lacked the knowledge to operate the aircraft in all weather and aircraft states safely. The instrumentation is completely different - My scan was degraded; slow and labored having had no experience w/ the new ND (Navigation Display) and ADI (Attitude Director Indicator) presentations/format or functions (manipulation between the screens and systems pages were not provided in training materials. If they were; I had no recollection of that material).We were unable to navigate to systems pages and lacked the knowledge of what systems information was available to us in the different phases of flight. Our weather radar competency was inadequate to safely navigate significant weather on that dark and stormy night. These are just a few issues that were not addressed in our training.I recommend the following to help crews w/ their introductory flight on the Max:Email notification the day before the flight (the email should include: Links - Training Video; PSOB and QRG and all relevant updates/FAQ's)SME (Subject Matter Expert) Observer - the role of the SME is to introduce systems navigation; display management; answer general questions and provide standardized best practices to the next generation aircraft.Additionally; the SME will collect de-identified data to provide to the training department for analysis and dissemination to the line pilots regarding FAQs and know systems differences as well best practices in fly the new model aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.