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Old 13th Mar 2014, 07:53
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Originally Posted by mabuhay_2000
Now we're getting some pilots casting aspersions about the unfortunate captain because he liked to play about with FlightSim on his days off? Seriously?
If you look at the profile of the one casting those aspersions, you'll find an 'artist' and not a pilot. Actually, a lot of pilots were infact saying it's normal for pilots to be passionate about their jobs and use flight sims at home. I use one when it's close to my proficiency check and yes, it does help to home in on those manual flying skills since most of the time when we fly on the line, the aircraft is on automatic pilot.

Originally Posted by mabuhay_2000

Casting aspersions about his actions and character, without a shred of evidence, is in very bad taste and people should know better.
Totally agree, and you'll find those who were defending the captain with his home flight sim, are infact pilots and regular posters on Pprune. Unlike the many "one post wonders" who are now swarming this thread with their far fetched and ridiculous Hollywood movie script conspiracy theories.
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