Originally Posted by
Scoop
From the article:
"Recent studies show that the effect of surprise is the subject of little, or no, simulator training," says the BEA. It is recommending to the European Aviation Safety Agency that surprise effects be introduced to training scenarios to help pilots react to them and work under stress.
How do you study for surprise in a simulator when most guys are constantly expecting to be surprised?
Quite the conundrum.
Scoop
I've been inadvertently surprised in the sim and it was quite the eye opener. Briefed and prepared for a specific maneuver and you're expecting it to come at any moment and it doesn't... then something else happens.
A lot of times, this has been by accident. My favorite, and most recent example, was an engine failure being set for the wrong speed by the instructor. I was expecting the takeoff to turn into a reject... it instead turned into a V2 cut. Caught me off guard and I'd say I actually gained a lot more from it than had it actually ended up being the planned RTO.