I suspect the guy lacks something in his life.
He certainly has a simplistic view of flying.
Lucky for us he's just a sim pilot.
I have to say having operated all the FS range
at one time or another, I could see how a
pilot might like it, after all it's useful for
maintaining a good scan when for one reason
or another you may not be flying. But for the
life of me I can't understand why non-pilots
and never-be pilots like it!
For all of those who have flown FS but not
the real thing. The key difference is the view,
no amount of RAM can match that. Also the
underlying tension which you often feel when
you fly, This tension is usually a manifestation
of the old pilot's prayer 'Please God don't let me
screw up' not fear, I leave that to my passengers!
I'm pleased to hear I'm not the only pilot who
can't land FS I suspect it's something to do with
the fact we subconscously look for cues which
are simply not available in a PC. Whereas a PC
pilot has no such preconceptions.
Many is the time I crashed an burned after faultless
flights.
I suspect that new students who have flown
FS2000 would fixate on the instruments, that panel
is all dominating.