Originally Posted by
gloopy
Interview sims are a joke. Throwing someone in a sim, particularly in an airplane/sim they have no time in, doesn't reveal secret pilot potential. All it does is prove who got the gouge or possibly who is having a good day getting lucky flying a new jet they have zero hours in. Mostly who got the gouge.
FWIW DL supposedly has had very good luck with the generic cog tests they use in lieu of a sim. I don't think there is any tangibile benefit to using them…unless you own the sim and can rent spare capacity to interview prep companies...
Respectfully disagree.
As any ex America West pilot will tell you, they had a difficult but valid sim. No, they didn't bother with complex approaches and IFR procedures like Alaska.
Instead, you flew an old school 73-1 in a constant airspeed climb and descents while doing constant rate turns between two heading bugs. Then you would slow the airspeed while climbing while continuing to do this. 250 down to 210 and then 160.
One might ask, ***? A good portion of the candidates would stall in the slow airspeed climb with the turns. They were hoping they would. Because here is where they could see their instincts. Did they recover? Did they do it naturally?
Basically, how did they perform under stress and resolve it. As you said, "does it reveal secret pilot potential." Naw. Valuable insight into the skills and critical thinking. Yes
In conclusion. The people we hire today Gloopy are gonna be sitting next to you. We are screening pilots with less and less experience than the 90 and 2000 hires. Still think it is a bad idea?