Microsoft Flight simulator as trainig aid -- for real?
A chap i talked to said he used the Microsoft Flight Simulator integrated with some extra software (named Level-D [sic]) for his B767 typerating. It was not an official part of the training, but he used it as a personal aid, said he could reproduce allmost everything they did in the real sim. I thought he was joking, but apparently he wasn't.
Now, I have tried the Microsoft game several years ago and to me it appeared to be just that: a game. Don't know how it is these days though. Do some ATPL pilots actually use the application in this way?