...however there is a reason it is called a "procedures" trainer and not a "accurate repesentation of how the aircraft actually operates" trainer.
Exactly! That's why there is aother 30 hours (or so, depending on the type of course) of real world flying after the basic training in the synthetic training device.
And if I see that a student still has his difficuties then (and if so, it's most likely going to be the NDB approaches and holdings) we go back into the FNPT for an hour. Instead of wasting time and fuel and money doing home-made AM-radio-station approaches. That was my point. Maybe I expressed myself poorly.
Regards, max