Yeah let’s centralise everything in the cities and close down regional areas. People who live in the country areas are vermin
Noone is saying that but when you have a facility that people commute into it really should be in a big city. All this is going to do is drive the cost of using the simulator up as you have to have a two sector flight, then you also have less competition for hotels etc etc. As mentioned before it's not just the RFDS but every GA operator with a King Air will have the same costs.
How long before some bean counter declares using a sim is too expensive? I'm surprised an RFDS accountant hasn't already choked on all the extra costs that will be incurred using this thing.