Originally Posted by
BlueMoon
I also think sim sessions should be done with realistic radio clearances and speed. I can tell you at both 121 carriers I have worked at, 85% or more of the time we didn't even wear headsets during the lessons. So other than the PC, LOE, or MV, you weren't really talking on the radio.
I would rather spend sim time doing things that could save my butt and the aircraft. Ten minutes of calling for clearance and taxi would be better spent on three negative auto-coarsens.