Sim Training- how to survive with your ego :b
01-19-2012, 06:22 PM
#22
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2011
Posts: 1,547
Here's one for you...I start sim tomorrow after a two week "vacation" due to sim backlog. I received a phone call yesterday morning letting me know that my sim partner has "resigned" and that I will be by myself throughout. On top of that, they cut my session time in half since there is only one new FO in training now.
Without having a partner to train with at the hotel, giving each other hints and code words and such...what are some thoughts on making it through...
....and don't say study your callouts/profiles/flows....I know that much already
Without having a partner to train with at the hotel, giving each other hints and code words and such...what are some thoughts on making it through...
....and don't say study your callouts/profiles/flows....I know that much already
You may not have a sim partner, but you WILL have someone in the left seat with you - likely your instructor, who will control the sim through a remote controller. Take advantage of the fact that your "partner" will be an expert in the airplane and will be able to guide and coach you in real time.
01-19-2012, 06:23 PM
#23
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Joined APC: Sep 2008
Position: CRJ CA
Posts: 180
I was really lucky at my airline, they were happy if you knew the flows but were not anal about it, their attitude (and it's pretty correct for me anyhow) was that you'd get them all in IOE; know what they (the flows) were, but if you screwed one of them up it didn't end the sim session. They were more interested in CRM, flying the airplane (sim), and thinking. The instructors were awesome, and everything was professional. A good attitude goes a loooooong way too.
Overall it was a far better experience than my first regional where I had the sim partner from hell who sat there when she was the PNF like a lump of coal. Not a great experience; not great instructors either.
Overall it was a far better experience than my first regional where I had the sim partner from hell who sat there when she was the PNF like a lump of coal. Not a great experience; not great instructors either.
01-19-2012, 06:26 PM
#25
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Joined APC: Nov 2009
Position: AN124 FE
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Well, those really are the main precepts. In addition, I'll say that the sim wil be a bit touchy and unstable. Use a light touch and if you find yourself fighting it, relax your grip on the controls and let the sim catch up with your inputs.
You may not have a sim partner, but you WILL have someone in the left seat with you - likely your instructor, who will control the sim through a remote controller. Take advantage of the fact that your "partner" will be an expert in the airplane and will be able to guide and coach you in real time.
You may not have a sim partner, but you WILL have someone in the left seat with you - likely your instructor, who will control the sim through a remote controller. Take advantage of the fact that your "partner" will be an expert in the airplane and will be able to guide and coach you in real time.
Also having your sim partner as an upgrading Captain helps alot! Use their experience!
01-19-2012, 06:36 PM
#26
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Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: ERJ Right
Posts: 541
We would work on call outs while doing something else to distract us, eg throwing a ball, driving a car in busy downtown traffic.
Knowing your profiles and flows as best as possible saves some mental capacity for doing something else like, flying the airplane or handling the emergency.
Knowing your profiles and flows as best as possible saves some mental capacity for doing something else like, flying the airplane or handling the emergency.
01-19-2012, 06:57 PM
#27
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Joined APC: Aug 2009
Position: Captain CR7/CR9
Posts: 104
That said, when you get online, repeat this step.
When you make captain, repeat this step.
There is no ego in a consistently successful cockpit. Yes you are in command. Yes, it's your decision. But at th end of the day it is a team effort.
So, in closing, don't worry about ego. Worry about outcome. I the end, it's all that matters.
01-20-2012, 04:09 AM
#29
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Joined APC: Feb 2008
Position: FIRE ALPA
Posts: 3,097
Here's one for you...I start sim tomorrow after a two week "vacation" due to sim backlog. I received a phone call yesterday morning letting me know that my sim partner has "resigned" and that I will be by myself throughout. On top of that, they cut my session time in half since there is only one new FO in training now.
Without having a partner to train with at the hotel, giving each other hints and code words and such...what are some thoughts on making it through...
....and don't say study your callouts/profiles/flows....I know that much already
Without having a partner to train with at the hotel, giving each other hints and code words and such...what are some thoughts on making it through...
....and don't say study your callouts/profiles/flows....I know that much already
01-20-2012, 04:25 AM
#30
Roll’n Thunder
Joined APC: Oct 2009
Position: Pilot
Posts: 3,844
I don't think he's talking about a change to the approved program. He's just missing out on repeating everything on the second half of each sim session as the NFP since he has no sim parter.
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