Originally Posted by
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Good morning!
The best training for the initial lessons is a procedures trainer. There is a good reason why our authorites forces all IFR/CPL/ATPL FTOs to buy FNPT II training devices. And why the first 30 (or so, depending on the training scheme) hours of instrument training are flown on such devices. Apart from providing an excellent training environment, they (ours at least) goes at less than half the hourly rate of the cheapest IFR equipped single. So it is not about taking the students money, but about making the most of his money!
And since the procedures trainer has a worldwide database of aerodromes, we can start with simple procedures and move to more and more complicated ones during the training without having to invent anything ourselves.
Regards,
max
You absolutely want to nail down all of the procedures in the sim before you get near the airplane, however there is a reason it is called a "procedures" trainer and not a "accurate repesentation of how the aircraft actually operates" trainer. I find this is especially true for NDB training as the ADF needle actually points at the station in the procedures sim. Great for picking up the theory of NDB tracking not so great for managing all the various real world errors that affect the ADF plus the added pressure of actually flying a real airplane not sitting in a quiet room. Every instructor develops their own style but in my opinion the good ones have an open mind to new ideas.....the less good ones just ridicule anyone who doesn't follow their preconcieved notion of the "right "way to instruct.