A post from michaelknight explaining his background:
Posted 9th July 2003:
....."I am basing these opinions from my experience working in the airlines as a pilot and have in the past been directly involved in the recruiting process myself".....
So watch out chaps!
then he should have a better idea of what MCC is about. The CAA would have you fly everything on autopilot if possible - including take-off and landing. You DO NOT have to fly the aeroplane with an MCC - you are in fact actively discouraged from doing so - because you are supposed to be learning how to work together as part of a crew using a airline-type SOP.
If you want to fly the sim, then hire it for some extra hours. In fact, for anyone going on to do an interview I would reccommend doing just that.
Another thought - if you do your MCC as part of an integrated course you only need to do 15 hours. If you do a modular one it is 20 hours. Those extra 5 hours make a HUGE difference.
MK - the sim manager at Jerez manages to piss of EVERYONE - especially those students who fly with him!
I stand by what I said before - the instructor counts for more than the sim.