I spent half an hour in a B737 simulator a few years ago. Takeoff and flying around was OK but the best I can say for my two landings was that I didn't crash it. It wasn't that easy, mainly because the sight picture was so different to what I was used to. Luckily I didn't tell the instructor I had my own plane so avoided that embarrassment. I suppose we have all wondered how we would cope if asked to volunteer in an emergency. I would rate my chances of pulling off a landing in a real emergency with no instructor sitting beside me at about 1 in 10.
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I spent half an hour in a B737 simulator a few years ago. Takeoff and flying around was OK but the best I can say for my two landings was that I didn't crash it. It wasn't that easy, mainly because the sight picture was so different to what I was used to. Luckily I didn't tell the instructor I had my own plane so avoided that embarrassment. I suppose we have all wondered how we would cope if asked to volunteer in an emergency. I would rate my chances of pulling off a landing in a real emergency with no instructor sitting beside me at about 1 in 10.