I'll probably get some serious ribbing for this from those who know me, but I do actually use FS2000 to check out IFR procedures at unfamiliar airports before I go there. Terrain avoidance (using GPWS), VOR and NDB procedures (yes, we do occasionally do them in a 747!), and ILSs are quite well presented as long as you use some of the better add-on software available.
And I get to crash the plane at M1.8 at the end of my little training session, which they won't let me do in the 747 sim
