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Old 03-29-2008 | 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by ToiletDuck
Depends on your instructor. My instructor focused completely on maneuvers and flows where I was never taught the FMS. I ended up having to get a spare sim because when I did my checkride I was unsure how to use several of it's functions. The computer trainers were broken and since my instructor didn't cover it I had no knowledge of it.

There's no shame in not making it. There is shame in working so long to make it this far then to quit.
Best advice right there.

Never, ever, ever give up.

Some people have the talent to learn and retain new tricks and procedures on a whim. Others need to see things a different way before a concept is grasped. This all goes back to Fundamentals of Instructing for the CFI.
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