Originally Posted by
effortless
I devoutly hope that we, as a nation, will realise that there is no substitute for hours in the cockpit.
Quite, simulators might behave exactly like the aircraft but that is no guarantee that the aircraft will behave exactly like the sim.
The Sim can't kill you, the aircraft can.
You can see the result of firing at a target in the Sim. There is no guarantee the the real target will behave the same way. Or that a missile will launch as intended.
Sims work well as procedure and systems trainers but are no substitute.