Originally Posted by
Doug Masters
Believe it or not most people can prepare for a checkride without the use of Microsoft. Maybe you should ask your training department for some additional training?
The "one size fits all" probably isn't accurate. Perhaps there isn't a training department? (i.e., contract job).
I used Microsoft (successfully) to learn the B737-300 before doing the assessment sim ride in one. I had never flown one previously.