Torture Chamber

As of the end of this evening I'm all done with the flight simulator - finally; thus ending 2 months in the school house learning the 737. Tonight I cranked up the in the -700 sim. and received differences training. Which basically means there's lots more gee whiz crap to keep a pilot occupied. As you can imagine simulator training includes many abnormal & emergency situations that replicate real life scenarios that a pilot hopes to never actually see in a career, as well as normal maneuvers & procedures (i.e. very low visibility takeoffs & landings) that are best suited for practice (trail & error) until highly proficient. And while these machines are very close to actual conditions (realistic snow, turbulence, ramp personnel, etc.), there is obviously no danger involved except deflating one's fragile ego. And while initial costs are high for the airline to purchase a flight simulator, the costs pale in comparison to what it would take to go do this type of training in an actual airplane.

The end result being that I await the training scheduler to assign me a actual flying schedule, which'll probably happen tomorrow - screwing up my racing plans for Sunday (though hopefully not) and taking it to the unsuspecting WA Cup leaders (or at the very least getting a good pic from Amara - which is all that really matters).