"Jack Harrison" wrote in message
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Certainly we had simulator training for microbursts, but that was
about as far as it went apart form the ability to simulate general
turbulence.

As for rotor, reversed winds, etc, that tended to be "on the job"
experience with a training captain. For many years, I was a training
captain myself, so with my particular interest in meteorological
effects (not shared, I should add, by all training captains - mind you
unlike some trainers, paperwork was never my forte), I would always
try to explain and if possible, demonstrate when appropriate by flying
the approach myself.

snip fascinating account

..... many thanks for all that: I bet the palms sweat a bit the first
time you have to do it on your own responsibility!

Martin.