You got exactly to the point. Every lesson has to be filled with useful content.
Just flying the autopilot and reading checklists locks all the attention to satisfying the guy in the aft seat.
Real descisions make pilots beeing commanders after time. This requires real time pressure to the brain.
In fact this high amount of time in the sim will be done on a thumb sitting duck simulator having the level of micro+*#.
If they use a real airliner full flight sim we are talking about 400 - 500 dollars/h about 2 times the price of a training twin. Where is the business case - in a class room with 30 PC's.
happy landings for those having a yoke or stick (dont weigh the sequence
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