Same experience here, LO. In the early days of JSF there was a lot of talk about transfer of flying hours to the sim. The studies at the time suggested a minimum 'live-fly' which didn't give the numbers that the bean counters were hoping for - that 'floor' was nowhere near as low as they expected even with a massively hi-fi simulator (and extensive use of linked sims for package training). The other big hurdle was the cost of the sims and the fact that they could only demonstrate the capability to offer around 4 slots a day (with servicing and turnround).