Amex
I was talking 'generic sim assessment' rather any particular company's profile. Again, it doesn't matter if you fly a profile once or three times, they can assess your learning curve as the profile goes on; Do you get the hang of the trim, are you still struggling to get a suitable power setting for straight and level 300kts 15 minutes into the sim? Is your handling improving as the profile progresses etc etc.
Again, we're talking basics; flying ability on 'steam driven instruments', but more importantly I think (in no set order)
Command presence
Capacity
Scan rate and therefore accuracy
Ability to follow SOPs (perhaps some they sent you a few days before)
Airmanship/ decision making ability
Safety
CRM
Personality
Appearance
Attitude
Learning curve
Self assessment/ facilitation
Identification of errors and course of action taken
And I am sure the list could go on. My point is they don't have to put an Airbus rated pilot in an Airbus sim to find out whether he/ she possesses these skills, they just won't expect the 'flying accuracy' related ones to be as good in an unfamiliar sim.
The over-riding factor in my opinion though will be cost and sim availability. I am sure this comes into the planning process when deciding what sim to use for the assessments.
PP
Last edited by Pilot Pete; 28th Jun 2004 at 20:28.