Fedex Sim Busts

[Shisha]

in fairness

its basic airmanship..and people still bust it...nerves play a huge part...go figure

okay, here's your quote. Still not sure what you meant. Rather than get into a "he said, I thought" ramble...I'm glad you started this thread and hope it helps a future candidate.

Luvfan's quote is right on.

Was overseas when i got the call...tried to get sim prep and they laughed (it was 11 months after 9-11). I worked hard on my own in our military sim...it was nothing like an A-300 but I tried to replicate the same maneuvers and worked on my crosscheck for countless hours doing these maneuvers. Even though it wasn't a heavy I really think it helped. We had 3/5 pass the sim the day I interviewed...so I guess it just depends. I am convinced the only reason I passed the sim was all the extra practice...and the only reason I passed the interview was Albie.

Do the prep if you can...if not find another way to make sure your scan is strong...where there is a will there is a way.

 

[stonewall]

Was overseas when i got the call...tried to get sim prep and they laughed (it was 11 months after 9-11). I worked hard on my own in our military sim...it was nothing like an A-300 but I tried to replicate the same maneuvers and worked on my crosscheck for countless hours doing these maneuvers. Even though it wasn't a heavy I really think it helped. We had 3/5 pass the sim the day I interviewed...so I guess it just depends. I am convinced the only reason I passed the sim was all the extra practice...and the only reason I passed the interview was Albie.

Do the prep if you can...if not find another way to make sure your scan is strong...where there is a will there is a way.

Shack. I didn't do sim prep, but I had 737 sim time. I also went across the base and flew about 3 hrs in an F-15C sim. I had 'em load it up with full gas and a full load of missiles. I also told 'em to turn off the CAS, whatever the heck that meant. I don't know much about Eagles, but I know that's bad. Anyway, it was different from what I was used to and I had to work on my crosscheck. Flew HUD off. Dang near an emergency procedure in my book. BTW, the Eagle standby instruments are in really odd places.

Still, I thought it helped. Crosscheck, correct, crosscheck, correct....that's what they're looking for. I heard one instructor comment regarding the DC-10 sim (which I did in Sep 04). I said KC-10 guys obviously had an advantage. He said "Yeah, they know how to adjust the seat." Meaning they tweak the sim to make it hard to fly (CG, etc). They want corrections, plain and simple.