Originally Posted by
DAL73n
One of the things that should be addressed is training in general. I have been in the SIM with just me and the instructor - it's horrible. With the instructor trying to fill two jobs it is the worst of both worlds. I also believe the two captains or two FOs doesn't even work very well. An FO sitting in the Captain seat doesn't make a very good Captain and a Captain (unless he's a LCA) doesn't make a very good FO. I also agree that the DGS "You'll get it on the line" isn't a very good way to train anybody. Everything we do in the SIM should be the same as on the line (except of course the EMERGENCIES we never want to see on the line
).
Delta does not allow the instructor to serve also as a seat filler. Not even sure how he could make it work. It would be almost impossible to run the sim panel and sit in the copilot or captains seat. They require a seat filler for a sim with a incomplete crew. If they have tried that with you then you need to call the fleet captain and stop the training. Its not allowed by policy so you will be backed to the hilt.