| Home study to test your desire to join EK > This is a home course that can be practiced at home for all those who > aspire to become "long haul" Pilots. > > For those aspiring to become "ultra long haul" Pilots, increase the > time prescribed below by at least 60%!!!! > > > > Here is a home study simulator course for those who still hunger for > the romance and adventure of long-haul flying. > > It will all come to you if you practice the following at home: > > 1. Stay out of bed all night > > 2. Sit in your most uncomfortable chair, in a closet, for nine or ten > hours facing a four foot wide panoramic photo of a flight deck. > > 3. Have two or three noisy vacuum cleaners on high, out of sight but > within hearing distance and operating throughout the night. If a > vacuum cleaner fails, do the appropriate restart checklist. > > 4. Halfway through your nocturnal simulator course, arrange for a > bright spotlight to shine directly into your face for tw or three > hours, simulating flying an eastbound flight into the sunrise. > > 5. Have bland overcooked food served on a tray midway through the night. > > 6. Have cold cups of coffee delivered from time to time. Ask your > spouse to slam the door frequently. > > 7. At the time when you must heed nature's call, force yourself to > stand outside the bathroom door for at least ten minutes, > transferring your weight from leg to leg, easing the discomfort.Don't > forget to wear your hat. > > 8. Leave the closet after the prescribed nine or ten hours, turn on > your sprinklers and stand out in the cold and 'rain' for twenty > minutes, simulating the wait for the crew car. > > 9. Head for your bedroom, wet and with your suitcase and flight bag. > Stand outside the door till your wife gets up and leaves, > simulating the wait while the maid makes up the hotel room. > > 10. When your spouse inquires, 'Just what in the hell have you been > doing?' just say, 'Recalling the allure of all night flying to > romantic places.' as you collapse into bed. > > 11. If you are a purist, do this two nights in a row. > > > 12. To make this "flight' more realistic find a stranger with gas, > body odour ,who you dislike, is boring and keeps falling asleep to be > your Captain. |