another thing that i found helpful was to not always fail the same instruments. This really give them an understanding of where to grab the information that they need.

The biggest challenge I found when teaching someone anything in the Frasca was getting them over the bs "this thing is too sensitive" "its not realistic" "this sim sucks". The captain i was paired with on my last PC failed and wouldnt shut up about how sensitive and unrealistic the sim was. Who cares? Shouldnt we be able to hop in a completely different airplane and still do BAI?

If you are able to hop in the sim and do stuff PP with no problems, explaining to them that you are not good at the sim because you are proficient at it (cause really you get less sim time then youre students) but you are good because your scan is good, that will go a long way. It is also difficult for students to understand that it is a good thing that the sim doesn't move because you are going to be blocking out those feelings completely anyway when you're in the soup.