Originally Posted by
acepilotmurdock
yeah a big part was that Oxford were doing....and might still be doing the MCC/JOC for 3K. Now my advice to you would be do an MCC as cheaply as possible as it is a hoop which you have to jump through. It doesn't matter if it is done on a 737, airbus or fixed box FNPTII, as long as you get the certificate.
Might I suggest replacing that last word with "
right quality of training"?
MCC is not a type rating, nor is it about having a go on the fanciest sim in the world - it is about getting decent training in non-technical skills (human factors, CRM, SOP use, monitoring, supervision, support, challenging and assertiveness etc).
Our sim is fixed base yet is an excellent training tool - advanced enough to stretch you a bit but no so complex that you spend the whole course fiddling with an FMS when you should be concentrating on what the crew and aeroplane are doing. In the past I have conducted MCC courses on more sophisticated devices but have come to the conclusion that with sims for MCC it really is a case of "less is more".