Sim assesments

[cortilla]

Just a question that passed through my head today. Sim assesments, are they flown from the left or right hand seat. I'm assuming left hand, but seeing as most of us are going for right hand seat jobs, why not. Just a question

[EGAC_Ramper]

Well I flew sim assessment other day and I flew from the right, other guy being ex-captain from BA wanted to fly from the Left and there were no complications.


Regards:ok:

[120class]

I originally posted this as a reply on another forum but this is a brief account of a recent BA Sim I flew for a DEP postion.

Sim Test was on the 747-400. The sim was run by a Captain and SFO although not in our case from the 747 Fleet. In general the conduct was very friendly and straightforward. It was up to us as which seats we occupied for PF or PNF roles.

Briefing - Covered basic aircraft systems, radios, navaids and autopilot use (not A/T). The brief also covered what was and was not being assessed (landing etc). Issued jetplans, weather & approach plates for the first leg;we were then allowed about 15 mins to plan the sortie choosing suitable divs etc.
Before each leg the respective PF was given an unassessed take-off, approach and landing prior to the Test.
Profile - Brussels to Heathrow (for me as PNF) followed by a break during which we received the next leg details which was Heathrow to Stansted as PF. We were expected to follow the relevent SID & STAR with of course timely interjections by ATC. We did not get a diversion on either leg. We had a few questions such as being asked to calculate ETAs etc.

At the end, we asked to debrief ourselves on the good and bad points. All in all the test took about 6 hours including briefs, breaks & chat.

Hope that helps.

Cheers

[Troy McClure]

BA Connect - your choice of seat
BMI Regional - right seat (if you're applying for FO - maybe opposite for a DEC?)

[Jinkster]

Right seat generally for FO.

But being an instructor I nearly asked to do my IR renewal from the right seat :p

[Floppy Link]

BMI Regional - right seat (if you're applying for FO - maybe opposite for a DEC?)

Correct! :ok:

[no sponsor]

I recently had a sim assessment for a LCC carried out at CTC. There were two of us in the box, and both of us elected to fly from the RHS when it was our turn to do the PF role, so we swapped when half way through.