michaelknight - the "sim" at Jerez, whilst officially qualified as an FNPT2 (MCC) is actually a full flight simulator - a qualification which the "sims" at Oxford and most other schools would not be able to attain. The kit you saw in front of you as you were "flying the Talla 5D SID with the autopilot engaged" is almost all actual aircraft kit (EFIS etc), not replicas.
Motion is not required for MCC - so few sims have it. Full systems fidelity is not required for MCC - so few sims have it.
As for the autopilot bit - have you any idea what the MCC is about? It is about working as part of a crew and the CAA/JAA require you to operate as much as possible with the autopilot engaged - the instructors are not actually supposed to teach you to fly it!!
Got personal experience of PARC have you? If so, why did you also do an MCC at Jerez?
I said before and I will say again - it is the instructors that count more than the kit. What a pity that FTE chose to get rid of the best two instructors when they needed to reduce numbers.
Last edited by arfur-sixpence; 6th July 2004 at 09:21.