Originally Posted by mistarose
I am not interviewing w/ anyone right now. I really want to work for Horizon Airlines. I am 20, working as a CFI this summer and next summer. I am finishing the last two years of my Aviation degree at Central Washington University. By the time I graduate, I hope to have about 700 total, and at least 50 multi. From there, i'll continue work as a CFI until Horizon comes over to CWU for the direct hire interviews. Thats the plan.
The reason I asked about the sim is, I have lots of down time at the airport to use the simulator, and was just curious if I should hand fly it all to stay current.
Thanks for the input, any more?
I agree with all that's been said. But don't make a career of spending time in the box now. Five hours a month is probably all you need. Follow the ATP PTS and make sure you can complete the flying tasks to standard, hand flying. I did sim checks recently on a group of new hires (we do ours in a Beech C-90 level B with motion) and had to bounce two guys out (CFI's) because they had let their instrument scan go to the point they weren't even flying to private standards. Do enough to make sure you can fly IFR night to ATP standards and you'll be fine.