C175, I'm sure it will take way more than one hour to learn what you can do with the FMS and use it all of its features to your benifit in real world flying.

There's a difference in learning what you need to know, and mastering the FMS. At CAE we didn't spend much time in the sim on the FMS... did the usual initialization, and normal usage... but that's it. And that will get you by. But you'd be really amazed at what the Collins 4200 can do once you really sit down with a CBT and spend a few days playing with it. It's really an amazing unit.

...What you need to know is sufficient. Do the rest on your own.

Tell me, show me, let me - correct me....That's the learning philosophy I prefer. The extras are FYI and good to know but at a later time...


-LAFF

What do I need to know about labor/management relations as an airline pilot?

:rolleyes:

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha ROTFLMAS
Have you READ any of the forum yet?

Very true indeed... but my instructor at CAE had a different mentality. He was more like "Hit the CBT, learn it there, know it by the time you're in the box... if you screw up or have questions, my cube is down the hall". Which worked fine for me. Sat down with the manual and the computer, and figured it all out. I guess that's when I developed a disease called curiosity, and started discovering all the crazy stuff you can do with this thing. I was glad I did it, because on checkride day... err, night, it was like midnight... they did make life a whole lot easier and really impressed the examiner.

Only this.

The more time you spend worrying about this, the less time you'll have to devote to flying the jet...and the more disgruntled and unhappy you will likely be.