* * * * * Scotty and I finished ground school - passing all our tests - then spent a couple days on the cockpit mockup; drilling on the checklists and learning the location of all items. Following this we embarked on our instrument flight simulator training. I’ll never forget that first night we sleepily inserted ourselves inside the 747 simulator – a life-sized, computer-driven replica of the cockpit - at one A.M. in the morning. Why so late, dear reader? On account of only TWA crews got “banker’s hours” (9 to 5) in the simulator. All other crews from contracted airlines got the shit hours. As I slid into the right seat – dazzled by all the lighted instruments, knobs, dials and switches - I frankly discovered it to be fairly...