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Old 14th Nov 2017, 02:49
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CurtainTwitcher
 
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A long long time ago, in a galaxy far away CurtainTwitcher had a conversation with a chief pilot in Asia and he told me an interesting story about a candidate and his sim ride.

Two years had elapsed since his airline had collapsed, and he hadn't flown since. The Chief Pilot decided to do the assessment sim himself, and expected a poor show, however he granted him the ride simply out of courtesy & respect for their shared history.

To his utter amazement he was blown away by the performance, the best he had seen, consisting of V1 cut, vectors for a single engine LOC approach, all RAW DATA, without being briefed beforehand.

In the debrief, he was quite concerned that the candidate was not being completely honest about his two years without flying and questioned further. It turned out that after the collapse, he decided to nurse his dying mother until she passed away. HOWEVER, during that time he kept up his skills on MS flight sim, with two hours a day practice, EVERY day with every complex IFR challenge he could dream up.

The Chief pilot accepted the explanation and immediately offered him the job.

The lesson of the story is PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE the hard stuff in your own time at home to master the skill for when the pressure is on. Really, is there an excuse when the technology to do this is so cheap and readily available?
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