Originally Posted by
Callyman08
During initial type rating, what part of training did you find most difficult to translate from sim to line ops? Not the obvious technical items, more the subtle stuff that only clicked later
For me it wasn't the flying, it was the workload management. In the sim everything happens when the instructor wants it to happen. On the line you're juggling weather, delays, passengers, ATC and random curveballs all at once. That mental pacing took way longer to learn than any procedure.