Originally Posted by
Bwipilot
I would say bad logic more than uninformed. The MAX training will have to be done in the MAX sims. There's another 15 NG sims that can handle the rest of the training. It's more about avoiding paying pilots to sit around and do nothing--even during the busiest part of the year (summer). Don't need as many pilots after August. No MAX until August or later--no need for more pilots.
Apparently the 800 sims can be software configured to train what they are expecting the mcas requirements to be.