Originally Posted by Ijustlikeflying

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.