Sim versus Aircraft time for the IR
I am in the process of deciding on which school to do my CPL/IR and ME.
A fair few of these schools offer both SIM and time in the aircraft, although some lean heavily on sim time when compared to flying time with the IR. Others offer virtually no time in the sim, all being time in the aircraft.
My gut feel is that although some sim time is OK, too much is a bit of a cop out. This rash statement comes from my IMC, where I trained before each flight using Elite at my school. This was OK for practicing a route, SID or STAR but it was nothing like the real thing. Of course, going round the hold again because I screwed something up cost money, but somehow flying the aircraft made ones experience better.
It also seems that some of the most expensive schools offer the most sim time? How does this work?
I'm not interested in what people say about what employers look for, just the feelings of Sim time versus real IR work in the aircraft, and if it affected your decision in any way. Additionally, any ideas of the right sort of mix between sim and aircraft time would be appreciated.