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Old 6th Nov 2020, 08:50
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deja vu
 
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Originally Posted by Green.Dot
Wow- sounds like a pretty high workload.

Thank god we can use sims for engine out training now.
Well yes sims have been around for sometime now but there are some operators still want to behave like cowboys as Centaurus mentions,
A few years ago now while working for a small Pacific Island outfit, the airlines Administrators decided they would no longer pay for sim training since the crews did it just a few months previous. So the flight ops guys decided we would do our renewals iin the aircraft at a nearby airport a few hours prior to a scheduled service. So off we would go, a training captain and two or three candidates. ILS and land, depart with V1 cut, fly wide circuit @2000' and complete checks, now toss in hydraulic failure by turning off A & B system pumps, these would be restored when appropriate QRH items complete, S/E approach and land to full stop and new candidate to slip into seat for a repeat performance. This persisted for about 18 months until those same Administrators decided they now would no longer pay for Jeppensen chart subscription as the old charts were still in good condition.

When most of the pilots objected to this all hell broke loose, but there were some who were quoted as saying that these were only "perceived" safety issues.
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