The waiting game

So yesterday was my last simulator session. Now we wait for our examiners to arrive so we can have our flight test on Friday. So today and tomorrow will be spent relaxing, studying and maybe even playing tourist.

Yesterdays sim session was a no-abnormals day. A day to fly the simulator as if we were flying the plane normally. Not having to worry about engines failing, or explosive decompressions or flying into mountains. We did a flight from Calgary to Vancouver and then over to Seattle all in the simulator. It was pretty cool. The graphics do somewhat resemble the areas, but the flight is more to see all the normal things that go on with the airplane. We had time to play with things in the cockpit and really see how the airplane operates on a normal basis. A great way to end the training.

On Friday we'll get back into the simulator for 4hrs and go for our flight tests. I'm feeling very confident in the aircraft and don't foresee any problems. I hope I haven't jinxed myself there. :)

I've met a lot of great people while being here. We had a large class in our ground school and they were from all over the place. There was only 1 American in the class. There were people from Belgium, Switzerland, Costa Rica and Brazil. All of them with varying levels of experience. Aviation is different in every country and so it was great to hear stories from all of these people. Quite amazing some of the backgrounds of these folks. The instructors are also a great bunch of people, and they know these airplanes like the back of their hands.

So while I have been getting a little tired of living out of a hotel for 3 weeks, the time has been well spent molding this aircraft securely into my head.