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IMHO the best solution when teaching how to manage the FMS you have to take account of the CUSTOMERS own day-to-day operations. This teaching process is very context sensitive. The way you use the FMS/AP/FD to manage the altitude will be different according to the requirements of the CUSTOMER'S jurisdiction and you don't have much time to get more than one solution across given the parlous IFR skill levels we encounter.
If it's possible to do the IFR section at the customer's local airport then this option should be considered if the outcome would be more favourable. The problem with this solution is that the simulator and it's software are so flakey that 50% of the time moving away from the tried and tested Rome runways ends in a disastrous capitulation to the Lord of the Windows (thank you Bill!!!)
Irrelevant training is almost a total waste of time - even though it may facilitate the ticking of a box - so the more relevant we can make a lesson the greater value it creates. If the customer works in an environment where 'dive and drive' is 'de rigour' there seems little point in teaching him an alien procedure he may never use. Notice that I used the word 'teach' rather than 'deliver'. There's a little too much 'delivering' going on out there and not enough 'teaching. I think you will agree that teaching requires the SFI to be able to recognise, understand and deal with the customer's faults and shortcomings rather than just tick-boxing your way through a list of manoeuvres.
G.
Last edited by Geoffersincornwall; 17th Oct 2013 at 07:38.