Originally Posted by
leica typ240
...on my last trip, i flew with an fo who will be upgrading on this bid w/ 1k hours of company time and a total of 2300.
he was the pm on the trip, i asked him to calculate our fuel and come up with our "bingo" fuel as our dispatcher was busy with other flights during a hold. his response, "I DON'T KNOW HOW"
Although he should take initiative and study on his own. I had plenty of instructors in the sim center that gave the STANDARD response when I asked how to calculate fuel in holds many of times over:
“Well there’s many ways to do it. Don’t worry about it now, you’ll learn what method you like on the line.”
...which leads me to believe most of the sim instructors themselves don’t even know how to do it.