If you jump back a couple of pages there's a bit of a discussion about just that. From post #912 onwards (page 46 of this thread, at least in my browser. My response is #913)
I've not got much flying experience, nope. The little I do have was definitely extremely useful, but didn't feel disadvantaged by not having had dozens of hours. I think having at been at the controls of an aircraft at least once is a very enlightening thing. The first time, I certainly worried that if I didn't enjoy it it'd blow all my lofty ideas out of the water. Thankfully, I bloody loved it. I don't think any amount of FSX can prepare you for that initially attack on the senses (yes, all of them). I do have a friend who had been fascinated with flying for years but, after their first lesson, never wanted to get anywhere near the controls again. He's now a dentist. Frankly, I think that's far more terrifying!
Pop back to the earlier part of the discussion, I wasn't the only one with a handful of hours.
