So those who might laugh at nerdy PC pilots miss the point, I suggest .. it all comes back to horses for courses.
Exactly right. If you fly an aircraft that has a high fidelity add-on available for use in MSFS (747-400, 737NG, 767-300, ATR72, MD-80 to name a few) it would make a lot of sense to use it as a tool for personal study. One ATR operator I know of was considering using the MSFS ATR as part of their training programme, it's systems simulation being so good.
New pilots now being trained are from the video games generation. They may well have been/still are nerdy PC pilots too.
