About us
The Sim guide
We specialise in training professional pilots in the simulator with our well-trained and highly experienced instructors/examiners.
Our highest priority is to create a friendly, relaxed and professional learning environment to enable you to perform at your very best. Our number 1 priority is to meet your needs and help you to achieve your goals. Let us guide you through the process and provide support throughout and help you return to the flight deck or get your first airline job.
Covid has been a brutal time not just for our industry but for travel as a whole and pilots have been through a significant period of suffering both mentally and financially. This has placed huge pressure and burdens on families and home life as well as our identities and roles of being a pilot.
You may have been forced into another job, falling back on an old profession, on lower pay in order to cover the bills. Now it is time to get you back to the flight deck and return to the office with unrivalled views of rivers and mountains. The path back will require hard work, dedication and commitment. You will need to dust off the cobwebs, brush up and rebuild your confidence to ace your next sim check or valuable sim assessment. We understand the stress this has caused and our instructors teach with empathy and a student focus to help you achieve your goals.
We have teamed together with some of the best instructor and examiners around Europe to provide training and checks at all levels from Type Ratings to TRE courses on multiple types and locations.
Courses Provided
Capt.Christian Keegan
former Deputy Training Manager and Flight Ops Inspector
I’ve had the pleasure of working with David in many roles over the last half-decade.
His flexible approach and innate ability to focus on the student’s needs means he is one of the first people I call.
Simply put, David is one of the very best, regardless of whether it is training, checking or development you are looking for.
There are no airs or graces, no feeling that you are on a mass-production line-this is quality service that leaves a lasting impression that your skillset has been enriched.
Camillus McLaughlin
First Officer Boeing 737
Over my 15 years’ experience flying jets in Europe and working as a bush pilot abroad, there is one lesson I have learnt. When you find a good instructor and or examiner, NEVER LET GO OF THEM. There’s not many. David Mather is one of these rare few. He understands the industry, the theory, and more importantly, will understand you, what you want, and what you need. He also has the rare skill of teaching you all of this in YOUR language, not instructor language. He helped me achieve my dream. He will do the same for you. He is easily one of the best.
Fergus Rac
Base Chief Captain
LTC, LCC, TRI
I have known David for 6 years as a colleague and I can confidently state he is one of the most passionate trainers I have come across in my near 30 years in aviation. Training pilots is his thing. He has all the attributes you would hope for in a trainer but above all, he always has the trainees best interests at heart, imparting confidence and improvement at every encounter.
His professionalism, management and communication skills all contribute to his robust integrity as an examiner.
A highly recommended aviation professional.
Our dedicated services
We cover the following Types
B737, B737 MAX, B777, B787, A320, A330, A340, A350.
LPC Renewal/Revalidation
TRI-SFI-course
TRI Refresher Seminars
TRES Course
TRE Refresher Seminars
AoC and EAoC for Instructors and Examiners
Type Rating Courses
Skill Test
Airline Interview Preparation
English Language Assessment
by David Mather (SE/TRE/TRI)
The 737 SIM Guide was created to help all pilots from enthusiasts to experienced pilots to achieve their very best performance in the simulator time and time again. With the use of free videos, tutorials on malfunctions from inside the Boeing 737 simulator and step by step guidance to perform at your best for recurrent checks, assessments, or interviews or just to maintain your skills to the highest standard.
Watch these tutorials on Engine Malfunction on Take off with a step by step guide on how to fly and manage this manoeuvre. This video has been filmed from inside the simulator by experienced instructor/examiners.
Engine Malfunctions are challenging, even though we are likely to have practiced many throughout our careers for each recurrent sim check. With enough practice and repetition through simulator training and reviewing video presentations and study guides will make this demanding manoeuvre look smooth and polished with the confidence of knowing if you faced it for real, you will be able to handle it.
Below is real video footage from the safety of fully certified, full motion simulators with 4k visual displays that makes the manoeuvre and handling as close to the real aircraft as you would like to experience for yourself. This is demonstrated by very experienced pilots/examiners.
Evacuation Procedure
Real Simulator footage of trained pilots demonstrating the Emergency Evacuation procedure in the simulator with a tutorial on how to perform the manoeuvre.