SimCom MCO experience... how was yours?

auw2fly said:
I'm headed there next week for TBM 850 training. I've heard they've made a lot of changes recently due to a string of fatal accidents, but as far as I can tell the only thing they changed was the addition of a "checkride" on day 6. I must say I'm a little skeptical of what it's going to be like, especially after what has been said in this thread, and the fact that I've only ever been to SimuFlite before this.
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I guess they're only barely fooling the insurance companies (still).
 
Sounds like my experience with the PC12 initial. Taught by a king air pilot that didn't really know the aircraft and it honestly didn't seem worth the money. But you have to check the box. I was also shocked that I had to help out some of the participants because they were having so much trouble. This was 10 years ago now...
 
BEEF SUPREME said:
Sounds like my experience with the PC12 initial. Taught by a king air pilot that didn't really know the aircraft and it honestly didn't seem worth the money. But you have to check the box. I was also shocked that I had to help out some of the participants because they were having so much trouble. This was 10 years ago now...
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The King Air was similar. It is an interesting experience compared to what you get at Flight Safety.
 
Cessnaflyer said:
The King Air was similar. It is an interesting experience compared to what you get at Flight Safety.
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We sent a guy there for a CE-550, Citation 2 type. He failed twice and the DO had him fly home during the 3rd attempt. So then he was my King Air FO for some awful reason and I was still on the hook to fly the Citaton. Sometimes I just don't understand aviation.
 
gotWXdagain said:
I guess it depends on who you luck into, but I've had good instructors at Simcom SDL. Dudley and Damon.
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We had one of the most racist instructors known to man. I thought he was going to be retired when we went back again and again and... :( Miserable experience and everytime the answers are different.
 
Anand said:
I went to the Scottsdale location for a high altitude endorsement. They are basically the only gig in town for it (except for Falcon Field which incorrectly requires (depending on who you speak to at the moment) a ME rating to do it in the King Air-you don't have to be PIC for the endorsement). That being said I had a great experience. I will say, at least my experience, it was very geared to owner/operator which I am. I did have to do it in the old CE500 sim because the Mustang wasn't fully operational just yet, but my instructor Peter was great. He taught me a lot of real world scenarios plus just a bunch of knowledge he gained from flying through the years (even just flight planning advice on routes to CA to minimize turbulence and avoid ATC delays). As an owner/operator I obviously don't fly as much as professionals and I found the instruction, and general aviation advice to be very helpful. I am a physician so a lot of the knowledge stuff was second nature and they didn't waste time with me covering that. Even though the CE500 sim is old I still had a great time and found it to be pretty useful. We even shot the Canarsie approach into KJFK during the high altitude training because I noticed the lead lights while descending during the training,and we had extra time to kill. I can't speak for professional pilots but I can say if you aren't and need training they are great!
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You're a dr flying a mustang? Do you have a brother that's a surgeon in Denver?
 
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