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wiedehopf | 4 years ago

Yeah i know it is what you want.

I'm just asking if it's really a reality as i previously got the impression airline training wasn't quite at that level. As in mostly you get an engine out because that needs training every time. And if the unexpected scenario is an engine out most of the time ... it's not really unexpected.

I wonder how often stuff like static port blockages and even maybe the flight director being wrong during takeoff are trained in an unexpected fashion. I'd expect quite rarely if at all. That's ok i suppose as it's rare failures, but the descriptions here kinda suggested a level of random scenarios being thrown at pilots ... which isn't quite realistic i think due to limited simulator time alone.

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hungryforcodes|4 years ago

I just fly small planes, so I don't know much about commercial airline sims except from what I've read -- but I think if you have just a limited time in the simulator then for sure you'd want to be hitting up flight failures more frequently to test yourself. These things are complex, so I'd imagine there would be discussions after of how it could have gone better etc, rather than just a pass /fail.