The ground instructors, CBT and facilities in IAH were horrible. The entire purpose of the first two weeks was to pass a ridiculous rote memory test where many of the questions/answers were either wrong or wholly ridiculous and unnecessary. I learned more from a set of flashcards than I learned from the instruction given WRT systems. The ground instructors were ill prepared to answer real questions. Worst I've seen in 20+ years in this industry.

The flight instructors were on average very good. In particular, the F/O instructors (the newer ones) were far better than the "Line Check Airman" type that we had for the later sims. General instructor continuity was unacceptable. Shouldn't have a new instructor for each day. The Miami sim was somewhat unreliable, and there was zero support structure WRT the Miami operation. Fortunately, the hotel didn't suck, and there were lots of good food options close to the new hotel. Shouldn't matter but it does. Much better than IAH under the 15L departure path, and limited food choices. Overall, I preferred MIA.

Finally, the last week was a waste of time. After the MV, we did the IOPS loft. Poorly presented, poorly executed. I hope that guys are getting more from the route check than we got in the sim. Pretty weak.

Then, we did the LOE prep. What a horribly designed sim session. The first leg made sense, but the whole MMEX leg was a cluster. In our case, the instructor was rushed as we had lost time due to a sim issue. Not a good experience.

Finally, we had exactly one sim session that even remotely represented what actually happens on the line WRT Acars 2.0 and Sabre. It happened in FTB something. No continuity. Lots of negative training. "Our airplanes don't do that" was spoken numerous times daily. Fun.

Enough?

Scott