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Tockeyhockey From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 932 posts, RR: 0
Posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 2680 times:

Do any airlines offer a "fantasy camp" where regular guys with no flight experience can get a few days training in a big jet or on a flight simulator?

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Mhodgson From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2002, 5047 posts, RR: 29
Reply 1, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 2621 times:

BA lease out their full motion sims to a company called 'virtual aviation'; you can buy sim time on them. It's expensive, though you can club together with friends. They are only available to EU passport holders though.

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IRelayer From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 1071 posts, RR: 2
Reply 2, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 2582 times:

This is an interesting idea...the closest I will probably ever get will be FS9. I would like to know if there are more things like this though, particularly on our side of the pond.

-IR

HAJFlyer From Switzerland, joined Sep 2005, 1466 posts, RR: 10
Reply 3, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 2561 times:

Quoting Mhodgson (Reply 1):
They are only available to EU passport holders though.

You mean they don't provide training to Saudi Arabian terrorist trainees ? I am shocked.
Wink

Gofly From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2004, 1727 posts, RR: 46
Reply 4, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 2521 times:

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HansieAMS From Australia, joined Dec 2003, 129 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (7 years 7 months 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 2346 times:

This sounds pretty cool too:

http://www.ab-travel.net/flug-flugsimulator.html

UAL747DEN From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2225 posts, RR: 13
Reply 6, posted (7 years 7 months 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 2246 times:

Used to be able to go over to the United Flight Training Center here in Denver and play in the simulators. Now after 9/11 I don't think that is allowed anymore...

/// UNITED AIRLINES

Sabena332 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 7, posted (7 years 7 months 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 2233 times:

An interesting "trip report":

FRA-FRA/FRA/FRA - LH A342 (by Andreas Apr 30 2003 in Trip Reports)

Patrick

UAL747DEN From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2225 posts, RR: 13
Reply 8, posted (7 years 7 months 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 2221 times:

Here you go, below is the link to the United Services site. They have all the information for flight training. It also says they will discount your travel to and from Denver if you are willing to pay thousands!!!

http://www.unitedsvcs.com/training_flight5.html

When I look at the list of simulators they have in operation I am amazed. I have always known UA had some of the best training facilities in the world but I didn't know that they had so many simulators. Does any other airline have facilities like this?

/// UNITED AIRLINES

797 From Venezuela, joined Aug 2005, 1821 posts, RR: 26
Reply 9, posted (7 years 7 months 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 2216 times:

Geez!

I went to their place the only day I could when I was in London a couple months ago, and they told me "There's no space today mate"... I was planning to pay the huge-amount of money they were asking, but no chance...

I was going to fly a 757...... banghead

Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is what's dangerous!

Symphonik From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 154 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (7 years 7 months 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 2074 times:

UAL747DEN, yeah, that stinks. My dad won a silent auction to benefit a women's shelter in Colorado—the prize was a flight in the UAL trainer at DEN.

That was August 2001. Then September 2001 came and went, and well...

(sigh) hissyfit

Qxeguy From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 81 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (7 years 7 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2057 times:

Try www.b737.com

Its a pretty neat program. You get to experience a couple days of what airline training is all about, and you get a couple hours in the real simulators. When I did it it was at UAL Training Center in Denver, but now it is at CO in Houston I think.

I fly boxes. Boxes don't bitch. Boxes don't barf. Boxes don't get drunk and do a number 2 on the beverage cart.

FCYTravis From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 1191 posts, RR: 6
Reply 12, posted (7 years 7 months 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 2010 times:

One of the instructors at our college (an earth sciences professor, actually) is a private pilot... he went through the United Services pilot training course a few years back and then actually checked out and flew in the left seat of a United Airlines 733 as a fully-licensed Airline Transport Pilot.

That was before 9/11, of course... but he still keeps the ATP rating current.

USAir A321 service now departing for SFO with fuel stops in CAK, COS and RNO. Enjoy your flight.

Bennett123 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 6363 posts, RR: 1
Reply 13, posted (7 years 7 months 6 hours ago) and read 1821 times:

Do European Aviation still provide these "trips" in BIA.

BMED From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2004, 854 posts, RR: 7
Reply 14, posted (7 years 7 months 6 hours ago) and read 1809 times:

Don't air luxor do something. I read it in airliner world about people been crew and having a full roster and they had to fly a certain amount of hours as crew.

Living the jetset life! No better way to be

Byrdluvs747 From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 2148 posts, RR: 1
Reply 15, posted (7 years 7 months 3 hours ago) and read 1717 times:

I'd settle for a "fantasy camp" where I can wash airplanes.

Nothing can be more satisfying than buff-shining a 747 to a mirror like finish.

The 747: The hands who designed it were guided by god.

Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16888 posts, RR: 51
Reply 16, posted (7 years 7 months 1 hour ago) and read 1656 times:

How about an airline "fat camp", where those folks who want to lose weight become rampers during the summertime at a hot weather airport?

Expatmatt From Liechtenstein, joined Oct 2004, 113 posts, RR: 0
Reply 17, posted (7 years 6 months 4 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1566 times:

A few airlines offer the chance for you to fly their flight sims, but many airlines have gotten much stricter with security and eligibility for this after 9/11.

UA used to have a fundraiser in DEN every October for United Way charity, but after 9/11, I believe it wasn't offered again.

If you want to experience a "fantasy camp" in a different setting, you can participate in a 5-day course where you fix a failing airline using a business simulation model and a case study - IATA runs a class called Airline Management Integration//Air Mercury - it's on their website (http://www.iata.org/ps/training/courses/talg03), but it isn't cheap though.

Malaysia From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 3185 posts, RR: 0
Reply 18, posted (7 years 6 months 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1515 times:

Quoting IRelayer (Reply 2):
.the closest I will probably ever get will be FS9.

FS10 should have been due out by now, Maybe it can only be run on a Level D simulator?

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