Follow the advice from Sasless...Once the
'can't see anything outside' becomes more or less 'comfortable'..The procedures become just that! ...Procedures...With the 'uneasy' element removed...
We used to 'dry fly' the procedures in the kitchen... Take a chair,app plate and stopwatch, and visualize yourself hitting the fix and turning outbound.intercepting the loc etc...follow thru with the full actions as the approach progresses...
If you can get a couple of buddies around with beers and pizza...Get one to play ATC...another to call malfunctions......'DME just dropped out' etc...If you take it seriously, you can get to the point where the procedural actions are really second nature. eg. You just passed the OM and the wx goes below minimums...can you legally continue or not?
Dry fly this 3 times in the kitchen and you'll never forget on a sim check,real life etc.!...All of which helps you to reduce the amount of available RAM needed to do the basic job, and leaves you with most available RAM for real life problems...such as the phone call during approach, telling you the limo won't be there for the boss! ...
Could be worse than a flame out
You can build up pretty complex LOFT programs in the comfort of your own home. You call out what your doing, and the guys will critique your actions... Fun for all the family!
Probably sounds pretty primitive today. But it works and doesn't cost a dime...Beers and pizza excluded ..170