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Flight Sim Coach

We emphasize the benefits of simulators, encouraging instrument pilots to use them in their training. But what if you don’t know how to effectively make use of ‘em?

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Key Takeaways:

  • Flight Sim Coach (FSC) is an online training service that connects pilots with professional CFIIs who are also avid flight simmers, leveraging home simulator setups for instruction.
  • A core component is the "FSC Link" software, which allows instructors to monitor a student's flight and inject failures or scenarios in real-time, simulating challenging conditions for scenario-based training.
  • The service aims to provide rigorous and engaging training, covering essential skills like emergency procedures, ATC communication, and IFR, effectively supplementing real-world flight instruction.
  • FSC is valuable for instrument students, pilots needing to refresh skills, or even proficient pilots seeking to add structure and purpose to their home simming to become better pilots.
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Flight Sim Coach (FSC) is an online training service started by Mike Catalfamo, a former airline pilot and Boeing engineer. Mike concluded long ago that many of the skills we need to master as pilots don’t necessarily require an actual airplane—emergency procedures, ATC communication, and pretty much most of IFR training can be all (or at least partly) accomplished in a simulator provided a knowledgeable instructor is in the “right seat” to guide you. So much the better if that simulator is at home. But here’s the rub: How many CFIIs are both great instructors and savvy flight simmers?

Enter Flight Sim Coach

That’s where FSC comes in: All the FSC CFIIs are not only professional pilots but avid simmers too; they’ve gone through the same journey you’ve gone through (or you’re about to undertake) and understand the various “simisms” you’ll encounter. They also know how to work around most of those issues.

Alexander Sack

Alexander Sack is a Commercial IFR pilot out of N90. And despite the record-breaking summer heat he has been enjoying, nothing makes him sweat more than a good-old fashioned, text-only ODP.

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