Originally Posted by
LeeFXDWG
I have no doubt that the mighty $ is at the root of this. Is CAL training center equipped to up their recurrent training requirements to all full up sims on I believe you said the 777 and some 737 training? If not, I think you have your answer there.
Lee I doubt it's a volume issue as CAL has been doing this on the 777 for years. I did one cycle myself and found it unrealistic, but didn't see a big problem since we did the MV in a FFS the previous day. Definitely less than optimal, but I think they simply figured it costs less (maintenance, electricity, etc.) to do it in a FBT than FFS. One thing that might be driving this is I've heard we're going to the legacy UAL training module where you come in for two or three sims depending on the airplane and where you are in the cycle, instead of the one or two as is done at legacy CAL. Doing the LOE in a FBT might be the compromise in cost vs. training between the two programs.