Originally Posted by
CaribPilot
Yea for years Ive been an MS FS2004 junkie, and can now properly program routes, departures, arrivals, holds and etc into the mock FMS's that come with all the popular third party addons (PMDG 737, LEVELD 767, FEELTHERE CRJ & ERJ). Ive pretty much got the scan to a comfortable level, but what ive always wondered is how will this help when it comes time to do a sim eval on an interview???
Any insight??
It will help with scan, situational awareness, and instrument procedures. You still need to know how to fly a real airplane, MSFS is not realistic in that regard.
For this to work, you need to select an airplane with similar speed and instrument layout to the sim you will be flying. The concord will not help you prep for a frasca or ATC simulator....
A real sim like a frasca would be better prep, but MSFS is cheaper. Ideally do some MSFS first then get some real sim time. If you work at a school that lets you use the sim for free, do that instead instead of MSFS.