BPF .... surprisingly, there are still people who are convinced to the core of their soul that training in the aircraft is superior to certified Full Flight Simulator based training.
I weep for them BPF .... I weep because they have obviously never experienced a properly delivered approved zero-flight time training program presented by a properly qualified and experienced training pilot with lots of time in "running the box."
The integrated program should include ground training program, SOP and emergency assignment the day before the session, preflight briefings, a set program profile, proper use of freeze to correct errors rather than reinforcing them, and corrective debrief and assignment of the next day's material.
Too bad all too few pilots have had a properly delivered program .... a classic case of they don't know that they don't know anything about what they should know, because they don't know what they should know ..... but don't.
All too frequently, the poor candidate is flown around collecting hour credits toward the minimum number of hours expressed in the Company Ops Manual. They are clueless that a long list of certain specified exercises are also required to be performed to an acceptable level of proficiency and it is generally highly unlikely that they can be accomplished in the minimum number of hours .... not impossible in a highly structured program, but highly unlikely.
The training "program" is .... "What do you feel like doing today?" .... and they have the audacity to be proud of "their training program" when they don't even understand the meaning of the term.
Tee hee
The Old Fogducke