One of those days in the sim

Lee D said:
After 6000 ish hours of 121 time and a healthy amount of days in the SIM, I still usually find the SIM to be a higher stress environment than actual flying WHEN things are going wrong. There's something about having your job and records in some level of jeopardy. It makes my palms sweat like I'm back in high school, on a first date with Wendy Pfeffercorn (What movie?). :)

I've had moments like that too. You prep like hell and then still have remedial moments once you get in the box. Lately I am finding that getting several nights of solid sleep before SIM really helps keep the extra stupidity at bay.
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Sandlot?
 
No worries, Zap. I remember during a recurrent PC at my former company (in the airplane, even), forgetting to feather the prop after a simulated engine failure. The check airman pulled the motor to idle, and I went back into "jet mode," planning to secure it at 1000'. I found out how difficult it was to even reach 1000' with the prop windmilling. ;)

Still passed...I had a good reputation with the check airman, so he just made fun of me a bit once I figured out why we weren't climbing! :)

I'd gotten overconfident about the training events though, and hadn't prepared as well as I should have. Lesson learned after some necessary ego bruising.
 
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