Hi Smokey,
Interesting system. I've heard that SIA has a very interesting, graduated system of training new cadets.
First they do the type rating in the sim - 16 sessions
Then 2 sessions of Base Training on the aircraft
Then they are allowed to operate on the line witha safety pilot but can only handle the aircraft above 10000 ft
After some time at this stage they came back to the sim for another 5 or 6 sessions of non-normals after which they can fly the aircraft above 5000 ft
After some time at that stage they do some more Base training on the aircraft and a sim check and can then operate the aircraft from takeoff to landing.
Can you confirm that the training is something like this? It seems a very carefully planned way of introducing the trainee to normal line ops little by little.
By the way, thanks for all the useful information especially on performance issues.