> Thanks for your reply. My research is being conducted on a couple flight
> courses that are taught here at ERAU with the beech 1900 sim and the 737 sim.
> What I am researching is the crews that are being trained in the left and
> right seat simultaneously performing first officer and captain duties during
> their training session. What they do is flip-flop positions after about an
> hour or so in each seat during their traing session. I am trying to depict
> whether this is the most beneficial way or not to train these pilots. Keep in
> mind most of these pilots in the training are low time, low experience pilots
> that have never flown a complex aircraft that required a crew of two to
> operate. Is this the best method of training or should they concentrate more
> on first officer duties then take a different course for left seat duties.
> Any other studies you know similar to this would be a great help.
>
> Regards-WClark
From my experience with the above system of training, it provides the
opportunity for one of the trainees to observe the detail without pressure to
manipulate and also the chance to observe a better way of carrying out a
particular function.
The functions in the seat not being trained for are not emphasized but give a
rounded view of overall cockpit responsibilities. After all we are training as a
crew aren't we? We find that the surplus knowledge will disappear quickly without
reiteration of any more training in that position.
I believe a more important point which we have addressed recently is the lack of
PNF training in the given seat position. All the training is centred on achieving
proficiency in handling as PF to pass the required flight test. It comes as some
surprise the first check back in the sim with a normal crew that PNF duties in an
emergency feel so strange!
Keep up the good work,
Steve Smith B737