Originally Posted by
DeltaT
Daunted by sitting in a jet sim and not flown one before, and for many their first multi crew situation.
The only way to know what to do, as in telling the other pilot to desist, is to either know someone who has been through the process before (and knew what to do), or you have read it here.
So it would seem a preselection process is in place doesn't it...may as well go back to more blatant who you know and not what you know selection like they used to have...oh wait a minute...
This sim stuff is being blown out of proportion really. You hop in a sim after being briefed on some basic thrust/pitch settings and go flying. No one is expecting you to ace it, everyone is aware that you've probably never flown the type before and maybe its your first jet. You pole the thing around the sky doing various tasks that anyone with an instrument rating should be able to do while they have a bit of a chat. If your brain needs some space for the flying stuff then you stop chatting until you can talk again. It was the most low key sim ride I could imagine having.