Originally Posted by EWRflyr

...I happened to be one of the pilots who had this on my schedule. Think these were randomly assigned based up on availability of slots. The first day was the standard full motion simulator with evaluation of critical maneuvers (RNAV RNP, CATIII, autoland, reduced visibility takeoffs, V1 cuts, SE approaches, etc.).

The second day we used the -800 visual FTD for the LOE. I will say that, yes, it was different to get in there. However, for the scenario given this past year, I found the FTD to be sufficient in what needed to be accomplished and evaluated...

...I do think there is either a misconception or misrepresentation or whatever you want to call it when reading the article. It is made to sound as though all sorts of critical maneuvers are being conducted in the FTD...

...Would it be great if every session was conducted in a full-motion simulator? Of course it would!...

...I don't believe that pilots doing an LOE in an FTD makes them less qualified to fly the line...

...Given another scenario I might say 100% definite that we should be using only full-motion simulators.