Personality and Flying
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From: Outlawed
Just to clarify one point PP, which is a bit off topic. You said a couple of guys failed their sim test because they couldn't fly a 737 accurately. I don't understand why anyone would be expected to fly well on their first jet hour. I assumed that what the training captains would be looking for on that test, is the ability to be 'taught' if that makes sense. Flying jets obviously isn't an innate skill.
Any white papers knocking about on the subject?
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From: Egcc
Strafer
Perhaps my choice of words didn't reflect what I was trying to put across.
The sim profile is sent to an individual some days/ weeks before the sim assessment. They expect you to learn this profile and the SOP calls inside out. Remember that when flying the actual sim your excess capacity will be severely diminished, so you have to get the calls word perfect under stress.
The accuracy of your flying of the profile is what I was getting at. You are right, they do not expect you to fly the jet sim perfectly on any of your attempts. What they do look for though is an ability to recognise your own mistakes, come up with a solution to them and then apply that to your next attempt, perhaps with some input on what they would like you to concentrate on putting right this time round. They may even give you another crack at the same profile and yet again they are looking for an improvement. What this shows them is that
a. You are halfway to rectifying your own mistakes if you can recognise them.
b. You can assimilate training input.
c. As a consequence you will cost them less money to train.
Hope this clarifies what I was trying to say.
Regards
PP
ps I know of at least two UK airlines who use Myers Briggs in their profiling, and that's just out of those that I have sat.
Perhaps my choice of words didn't reflect what I was trying to put across.
The sim profile is sent to an individual some days/ weeks before the sim assessment. They expect you to learn this profile and the SOP calls inside out. Remember that when flying the actual sim your excess capacity will be severely diminished, so you have to get the calls word perfect under stress.
The accuracy of your flying of the profile is what I was getting at. You are right, they do not expect you to fly the jet sim perfectly on any of your attempts. What they do look for though is an ability to recognise your own mistakes, come up with a solution to them and then apply that to your next attempt, perhaps with some input on what they would like you to concentrate on putting right this time round. They may even give you another crack at the same profile and yet again they are looking for an improvement. What this shows them is that
a. You are halfway to rectifying your own mistakes if you can recognise them.
b. You can assimilate training input.
c. As a consequence you will cost them less money to train.
Hope this clarifies what I was trying to say.
Regards
PP
ps I know of at least two UK airlines who use Myers Briggs in their profiling, and that's just out of those that I have sat.
