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Old 4th Oct 2010, 12:11
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Have they actually done CRM Facilitators courses or are they reserved in airlines simply for those running group hug CRM ground training?
It doesn't matter with some instructors what courses they have or don't have attended, there is no shortage of bored instructors who firmly adhere to their belief that the best way to "train" a pilot in the simulator is to swamp the candidate with multiple unrelated emergencies or scenarios just to see how he reacts and copes.

They take a secret delight in then pointing out at de-briefing minor "errors" of technique, judgement and application. This type of "teaching" technique is very rarely picked up in the instructor's own annual proficiency simulator check. In any case, few companies will go to the expense of have a check airman conducting an observation session for the main purpose of assessing an instructors technique. At least not once the instructor has passed his sim instructor qualification test. Like incompetent school teachers, there are also incompetent simulator instructors who seem quite oblivious to their own inadequacy.
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