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05-01-2021, 10:39 AM

#111

MGuy

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5 sims is plenty. The program is robust leading up to those rides.

05-01-2021, 11:06 AM

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CLE to IAH

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Originally Posted by sailingfun

5 Sims before your checkride? That’s the shortest program for the Airbus I have heard about. I thought the FAA knocked that garbage off after Valuejet! Are there a whole bunch of part task trainers used for FMS and basic procedures before you get in the sim?

maybe it’s not for you??

05-01-2021, 12:32 PM

#113

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Originally Posted by sailingfun

You must have not heard, we use to do 4 sims. I didn't think it was an issue. TBH, it was easier than my previous regional when we had 10 sims.

05-01-2021, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by CLE to IAH

maybe it’s not for you??

He is at Delta, 5 sims is 5 too many for a Delta pilot.

05-01-2021, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by CincoDeMayo

He is at Delta, 5 sims is 5 too many for a Delta pilot.

The program recommended by Airbus is 7 full flight simulators followed by a checkride and then a LOFT period. A additional 10th sim is recommended for low vis operations.

05-01-2021, 02:39 PM

#116

CincoDeMayo

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sailingfun

The program recommended by Airbus is 7 full flight simulators followed by a checkride and then a LOFT period. A additional 10th sim is recommended for low vis operations.

Airbus is also a plane that’s used as a zero to hero plane,
so I don’t think it’s a “one size fits all” global playbook.
Spirit has a very high pass rate going back to 4 sims, and now with 5 sims, it still remains high.

Now if I was coming from 200 hours TT in Europe,
10 sims would be helpful.

If I was hired at 2300 TT from a job fair, maybe I would like more sims.

We haven’t had issues with pilots succeeding in training, Spirit isn’t hiring based on faces they want in the terminal, I’ll leave it at that.

05-01-2021, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MGuy

I was in training Spring last year and there was a washer and dryer at the Sheraton. Quick walk to Publix to grab what you need. Roof top pool rocks.

Oh cool, that definitely helps then.

And yeah, the FTD's are basically sims, you're just not on motion.

05-02-2021, 07:21 AM

#118

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Originally Posted by Rocinante

Oh cool, that definitely helps then.

And yeah, the FTD's are basically sims, you're just not on motion.

they changed the hotels for training recently. Plenty of the things you need for an extended stay are available around the new hotel(s) I’m told.

05-02-2021, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by sailingfun

The program recommended by Airbus is 7 full flight simulators followed by a checkride and then a LOFT period. A additional 10th sim is recommended for low vis operations.

Maybe the boys over there at Delta who put an Airbus into ALPHA floor recently shoulda gotten that 10th sim too 😂😂😂