Originally Posted by
Geoffersincornwall
Just to make matters worse the authorities will allow complex types to be used for TR conversions without ever using a Level D Simulator. The pilots are then qualified on type despite never having observed ANY system failure in the way it would be seen for real.
Just to mention that a level D sim is not exclusively required. A level B/FTD3 is just as good in every practical respect. The differences are minor and can be found by looking at the tables near the back of this document:
http://www.jaa.nl/publications/jars/..._sec1_0508.pdf
Last edited by HeliComparator; 7th Nov 2013 at 23:40.