Originally Posted by
beech1980
I know a 25 year retired Air Force pilot and instructor who almost washed out because he was so focused on V1 cuts and other minor things, he neglected the flows and procedures. You will learn to fly the RJ or whatever plane when you do ioe. The mode control panel and FMS is what most guys get lost on. Second is the flows. They want those down pat as it will make things go much smoother.
Just flew with a person who was very experienced but out of the cockpit and didn't touch controls for 10+ years. Used only X-plane CRJ sim to get back into the scan and learn the panel, went through training with no problems.