Originally Posted by
aviatorhi
Unless you're red/blue-screening the simulator I highly doubt anyone would fail simulator training based solely on landings... simulators are terrible for learning anything more than procedure and the mechanical motions required to fly the aircraft.
It's a little more difficult to judge the ground moving towards you in the flare, but not some super-human feat either. The most problems I've seen (while landing) usually stem from making inputs mechanically, rather than based on what's shown. I've seen lots of bounced landings from FTDs to Level Ds, I've also seen and made enough good ones to know it's not impossible. It's simply vertical descent rate and forward speed.