Originally Posted by
MoonShot
For those that come to upgrade prepared, you'll want to take the ride after sim 2. 4 sims are very realistic if you are already qualified on the aircraft and have done your homework.
I agree...that's probably true for most.
In addition to having the Captain flows, and maneuver profiles and callouts down, I recommend folks hand fly some departures and approaches. One recent failure came when the candidate was unable to maintain altitude within tolerances.