Originally Posted by sandrich

Couldnt have said it better. One thing about the written. Look over the legend for the Jepp approach plates. Theres atleast 7 questions that ask about a specific approach, and some ask what/where things are on the actual plate. On my written, I'm pretty sure it was ILS or LOC/DME RW 32 at Buffalo, NY.

Originally Posted by sandrich

Id say out of the 14 hours flying the sim, 8 of it was single engine. It really varies from instructor to instructor, and you'll have probably 3 or 4 different ones. To get signed off for the checkride, theres 137 areas you have to have satisfactorily completely at some point in the training. You'll experience every single type of annunciator/failure/error from GPWS, dual engine flameout, to a simple Cabin Door. Sometimes they will give you a failure, you identify, then they take it away, just to show you what it looks like. Others they make you troubleshoot and fly/shoot an approach with. There is 1 or 2 NDB approaches, some raw data, and LPV approaches. If theres one or two areas that I'd say were stressed the most, it is the V1 cuts and nonprecision approaches (specifically single engine). Trying to climb out of a V1 cut with a stuck gear, stuck flaps, and a non-feathering propellor is a b**ch.

Originally Posted by sandrich

Trying to climb out of a V1 cut with a stuck gear, stuck flaps, and a non-feathering propellor is a b**ch.

Originally Posted by Cruz5350

To be fair that's not on the checkride due to multiple failures, but..... it's good to see how the plane will fly.

Non-Precision approaches whether single engine or not were hit hard. I'm glad they did too because up here it only took 3 weeks before I had to do one at a BFE airport.