[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by fingpilot
The stuff that actually happens in the airplane in real life is usually a non-event.

You've seen a lot worse in the sim. That's the whole point.

Some people take that swagger as pilot bravado.

I consider it the confidence that good training instills.

Michael is spot on here. With todays simulators flight crew are run through the mill by the time they get online.

They have one more aborts and missed approaches in the simulator than they ever will do in the real airplane. BTW, flying the simulator is more difficult than the real jet, so if you can handle the simulator, flying the jet is a non issue.

Good training does build a good pilot but it also weeds out bad ones. By the time you get to this level you are either good or working at Burger King.