Originally Posted by Hovernut

The LAS 88 sim is working pretty decent for once. The 82 supposedly is having to be re-programmed after the panel was reconfigured, then re-certified by the FAA. There lies the bottleneck, but several PanAm instructors are being certified to train NH's both in LAS, & MIA. Class of 43 just getting into sims, & first 6 of next staggered-start upgrade class started 2-week Ground this past Mon. I'm guessing IOE guys are over-capacity now, too!!