RANT was very useful when I did my IMC a while ago.
I've never been able to get on with FlightSims (of different types) - they seem too far away from 'real' flying.
Now a 'real' flight simulator - that's different!
any dip**** in the left seat with all that fancy equipment .... and the plane would do everything else for them !!
An 18 year old said quite seriously that he could land a Tiger Moth on the back of a moving truck and wouldn't believe me when I said the most expert pilot couldn't do it.
He probably thought pilots were wasting thousands of pounds getting a commercial licence!