Sim Question
 

A few friends of mine were talking about how the sim sessions at the regionals can be tough if you don't have any glass time. Do you guys think the most important thing is having glass time (to make the transition easier), or having good CRM skills? If so what would be the most efficient way to transition to a glass cockpit airplane when never having flown one? By the way this person is not a low timer either, he has just never flown a glass cockpit airplane. I value your opinions. Thanks!

MS Flight sim...................Im not kidding either the Lear has a very similar Honeywell display as the Primus thing that most erjs have, sounds cheese y but thats really all you need, just to get familiar after an hour in the FTD or sim you will be fine..............

That's actually a VERY good suggestion. I have used MS Flt Sim for interview sim preps and have not been turned down. Flying is flying... glass does take a little time to get used to, but the scan is usually a bit easier as all the info is in a smaller space than in steam gauge a/c.

The little bit of time I have spent in glass cockpits was an easy transition for me. During sim, I had troubles just controlling the thing. They aren't airplanes and they don't feel like airplanes. Again, MS Flight Sim can help get someone used to how sims are different than airplanes.

Once you've transitioned from the "scan" to the "blank glare" you use in glass, the only real hurdles are FMA awareness and the automation involved.

I guess I should invest in MS sim X

growing up, I use to play on 3.1(so fake), 95,98,2000(loved that concorde) and that 100 years of flight one...
It did help an awful lot when i started flight training...
I even "passed" the ATP checkride with Rod Machado in the 2000 version..haha:cool:

Gentlemen, thank you for your replies. He has Flight Sim 2004 with the Lear. I have actually heard this from people before. It must really work well! Thanks again for your help! If anyone has anything else they would like to add feel free!

I suggest start using a flight director if you havnt done much flying with one. It's really easy to use but you can find youself fixating you first couple of sim sessions.

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I think the biggest thing is the scan, nothing has helped me more than the 10 months of flying bank checks in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho in the middle of winter.