[FSIPILOT]

From the horses mouth. Have a friend who heads initial interview sim rides for a regional and its by no means good these days. To spoon feed significantly under qualified beginner pilots through a lax interview to keep airplanes flying the interview ride has gone something like this: day VFR, no wind, both engines working properly, no abnorms/emergencies of any kind, allowed to use all tools AP and FD if desired, take off to clean vectors to a 15 mile final, speed/configuration and checklists for landing get spoon fed, just simply fly the ILS. According to him even getting close to passing this pre-employment airline sim ride is few and far between. Can an applicant get an airplane off the ground and back down in the most perfect of perfect conditions; the out come is as one with open eyes would expect.