Originally Posted by
MikeF16
I'm glad we had these tests. If DAL hiring were to instead insert me into a realistic simulation where I have to taxi the jet from the gate to the runway I'd have failed for sure. I figure there is a 10% chance of me actually getting to key the mic to get out of the ramp. 50% chance I'll understand my clearance once it is passed to me, 50% chance I read back what I think I heard, and 25% chance I'll hear my callsign when ground calls to change my clearance. By my math that's like a 6% chance of successfully taxiing once I can finally get a word in edge-wise. I'd be flying rubber dogshlt out of Hong Kong if that had been the test.
I explained it to my friends and family...they teach you about 20 things in the sim that you have to do to get to the runway...then you hit OE and find out it more like 100 so you eat humble pie for the first few hundred hours until you reach a point that you don't have to think about every button push on the fms while planning your next radio call so you don't make it on guard like last sortie.