Originally Posted by
AirWillie
Actually it is relevant because sim training is the only way to weed out potential applicants. Stall recover of a 172 is basic knowledge. Stall recovery of an airliner is not basic knowledge, it's pretty advanced stuff.
Oh really? You can't be serious?
I've flown two airliners (a heavy with sweptback wings and a medium sized airliner with tiny little wings). I've also flown a business jet, the beechliner, and a trainer. Conventional wings and sweptback wings. All of them had the same recovery as my little Cessna 152.
I don't know what is so advanced with Add Power, Relax Pitch, Gain Airspeed??? Perhaps there are some aircraft out there that throw in a few tricks up their sleeves, but I don't know them.
Their airmanship and situational awareness were extremely poor that night.