Remember you must pass the sim first - so don't worry too much about "real life flying" - if you can pass the sim, you earn the fun of finding out real life
The point is, the sim
does fly a little differently (a lot differently, if you have an old one) - but that is the game you are judged on, that is the game you play.
In that sense - quite a few sim instructors get excited about learning "target values" like 58.5% for this, and 2.3º for that - and that is because they sit in the back on exercise after exercise in the same sim, at the same landing weight, at the same wind.
Yes - the real world is a bit different every time. Yes - in the real world, you set whatever power gives you the performance you want (and I don't even LOOK at the gages.) BUT remember - you aren't IN the real world.
Your job now is the "OIC" method of learning... When the sim instructor says "Fly the single engine approach at 5.2º and 56.5%, you say "Oh! I see ..." fly the numbers given, pass the sim, and go on knowing that trying to remember THAT level of accuracy is totally unnecessary (and counter-productive) in the "real" world.
... it's not all rubbish, though. 60% power and 6º of pitch will get you out of most situations.
737 single engine handling tip - think of the thrust levers as your feet. Right thrust lever up by 10% (of available travel)
= right foot forward on the rudder pedals by 10% (of available travel). That'll keep you pretty much straight on the single engine flying bit.
