Thank you for your reply, really helpful.
No, I'm not planning on becoming a real-world pilot as I already have a job and I'm perhaps too old to choose another one...
If you were wondering about the high post count, it's almost completely due to Silhouette Thread addiction...
I like flight simming from time to time because, apart from aviation in general, I have a passion for delving into the inner workings of almost any given item, procedure or subject.
I often enjoy more the planning phase than the actual flying which, when done on autopilot, is not all that exciting.
Doing the occasional "click-click, click-click" from time to time though.
