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I just logged my 500th hour on the Garmin G5000 sim and the muscle memory for the FMS is finally automatic.
After forcing myself to run through the same start-up and navigation programming drill for twenty minutes every morning before my shift in Dallas, I stopped having to think about each button press halfway through the checklist.
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ryan1836mo ago
Yeah, and it's weird how that automatic feeling changes your scan pattern in the real plane too. You stop staring at the box and your eyes just drift back to the windows more, which is the whole point. That extra mental room lets you actually listen to the radio calls instead of just hearing them while you're busy button-pushing. It turns a system you have to fight with into just another part of the background.
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the_hugo6mo ago
Honestly, that's the best feeling. Tbh it stops being about remembering steps and just becomes part of your hands, like typing without looking. I found once it clicked, I could finally focus on the bigger picture stuff during the sim, like weather diversions. That muscle memory frees up so much brain space.
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