Originally Posted by
nickler
Are we seriously still considering in 2021 that acting as a TRI/TRE in the sim is less important than flying the machine itself ? Do airlines seriously prefer to invite for assessments people that could have potentially flying like cowboys in their previous operators but with “a flight in the past 12 months” rather than somebody who spends dozen of hours in a training environment ? And same goes for the trainees... I’d rather assess somebody who’s been in the sim doing LOFTS as he/she doesn’t have a job. Sorry for the rant hope you can shed some lights. Cheers.
Yes I would hope so. Sitting in the back of a box pressing buttons and watching someone else perform is no replacement for actually flying an aeroplane.
Let's consider also that the vast majority of us aren't "cowboys" and are pretty good at doing what we do.