Geoff,
Absolutly agree with your initial comments, the negatives that I allude to were there to support your initial comments.
I am now however confused
"Peroni - I'm afraid that when a new type comes on the market you need SFIs right away, maybe earlier, and they will NOT have any serious time on type. It's not feasible to expect any other scenario and because that situation will pertain for a number of years you will get a situation where low-time SFIs are teaching and that can be acceptable if all the other elements in his preparation, mentoring, supervision and standardisation are in place".
So what you are saying is that the manufacturer only wants to spend the minimum amount of money on their FSI's, it is not just the operators!
My AW experience showed anything but standardisation between FSI's
Don't you have test pilots who have extensive experience on type when first certified?
As I don't like to just mention negatives I would like to add a positive.
The simulator is a great tool and the AW139 is a nice machine to fly