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I first heard about this sim thing nearly two years ago from MC management (PO), from what he said, the sim is now overdue - perhaps there has been a change of plans but as far as I'm aware getting a sim was the answer to CAA cracking down on 'real aircraft' conversion training on 121 size operations.
Of course the other option is sending pilots to Thailand, but that gets a bit expensive after a while. I would sugest the decision will be based on the NSN fleet replacement. Certainly a sim is the best option for a 28 ATR operation, perhaps not for 10? I have no idea where the sim would come from.
Anyone from MC care to enlighten us?