Originally Posted by PositiveRate20

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)

Originally Posted by TOGALOCK

You’ll have weekends off in ground school and days off during sim. You’ll definitely want to take some time for yourself to unwind and mentally decompress. 24/7 cramming never usually turns out well. So, if snow sports is your jam, go for it.

MIA sims are usually offered in limited numbers and bid for when you bid your sim schedule. The most senior to bid it will get it. It’s just me, but be mindful of where others in you class live. I had a junior person in my class who lived in MIA with a newborn at home. Despite making it known to people that he really wanted MIA due to his situation, he was outbid by a couple of senior people who wanted “a vacation and per diem”. I always though that was a pretty crummy and selfish move, but I guess seniority is seniority.