Originally Posted by
paco
B@77@cks. You want to waste your money learning basics on the IR course go right ahead. The statement comes from the CFI of one of the top IR schools in the country and Europe. Always use an opportunity for free training. Another point - you want to know your way round the knobs and switches of your potential aircraft blindfold. You won't get that in a sim.
Apologies, misunderstood you there. Didn’t realise your school were offering 60 hours of free VFR, would you mind sharing a link? Would be helpful to OP and others thinking about their IR for sure!
Clearly I’m being a tad facetious but unless you’ve got an extra £10K to burn, minimum, why would you? IR is as close to playing a video game as flying gets. The sim is
perfect for it!