A day in the life:

0730 – wake 

0800 – have breakfast 

0900 – study 

1100 – rest, Facebook, TV etc 

1200 – study 

1300 – go to supermarket for dinner supplies, return and make PB&J 

1400 – gym (cardio) 

1500 – Nap 

1600 – Gym (resistance) 

1700 – shower, iron shirt

1800 – 1st dinner 

1900 – study 

2030 – head to training center 

2130 – briefing 

2300 – Sim 

0100 – break, dinner 2, Red Bull 

0130 – resume sim 

0300 – drive home 

0400 – sleep

The sim

So in short, because it’s 3am, this is what a takeoff, three TCAS (traffic collision avoidance system) activations, two approaches, two go around and a rejected takeoff look like. 1.5 hours time lapsed into 18 seconds. ​

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