Ask21 - Just for curiosity - how many -sim hours are required to become a captain? How many of them will be spent training actual catastrophic scenarios? (not only avoidance of them).
Upgrade program had 24 hrs of sims. Normal emergencies(fire, engine failures, brake problems, flap problems, bleed problems, etc, etc). Not sure what you mean by "catastrophic". Some 'extra' stuff, nil braking, extra low vis, etc. Line experience was 21:04 and 11 flights.
For my company I was a relatively inexperienced upgrade. At time of upgrade I had 7350 hrs TT, 200 hrs sim, 900 hrs in type, 3300 hrs w/company, 6.5 yrs with the company. Upgrade was my third type rating at the company.
Minimum upgrade experience now is probably 12,000 - 15,000 hrs TT. So when some people say "experienced" others think "maybe not that much".
