Originally Posted by
el_duderino
Besides the obvious of study being a priority, would it be worth the effort to bring snow sport equipment to training? Is there a reasonable chance of getting a day or two to hit a mountain? Also, what are the chances of getting MIA sims, is that a rare occurrence, or something frequent? And on that note, ballpark of when during the 2 months of training is the sim portion?
You'll have a couple days off here and there...usually weekends. There's usually a decent gap between the oral exam and sims as well.....4-5 days depending on the schedule you get. MIA sims aren't common and usually go senior as they cover hotel/travel costs, unlike the Denver sims. You and your sim partner will bid for sim schedules early in the training footprint. The most senior of the 2 of you (age based) will bid and that's how sim schedules are awarded in the training classes.
Schedule off the top of my head: About 3.5 weeks of ground school followed by 6 FTD’s, oral exam, 8 sims, checkride, loft. Total time probably averages about 8 weeks as you will bid on different sim schedules with different exam dates. (disclaimer: this very well may have changed since last year but I expect its somewhat the same)