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Old 1st Dec 2013, 00:58
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RetiredTooEarly
 
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Weird way to assess a potential employee!

I've got some 6,000 hours as a sim instructor/check captain on heavy jets and as already said, have never heard of any DECENT airline that throws a total Newbie into a Sim for assessment.

Possibly it will be 'no motion' making it a little easier to control but many a potentially great pilot could fall at this first obstacle due premature exposure to a machine than can bring even the most experienced pilot down - literally!

If the guy running the Sim uses common sense and just says stuff like 'put the little aeroplane wings on the yellow line and try to hold I there' then maybe it might show some signs of ability ......... maybe!

I'd be a bit suspicious of the airline itself for using such a non standard means of pilot assessment on a guy who has never been in a cockpit before!

Good luck anyway!
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