What an absolute tosspot. Thomas is a 'pilot wannabe', and the general public and people like Joyce are allowing him to indulge publicly in his fantasy and obsession. Every time he speaks he gets the facts, details and methodology of aviation wrong. There are many long serving pilots struggling to eek out an existence or progress to larger aircraft who would give their left nut to have a spot in a 777 SIM, and instead this grey haired plonker from WA gets the priveledge! I guess its good if you can get it, but I weep for some of the decent younger kids who would benefit from such a rare session.
What next, perhaps CAsA will fund him an A380 endorsement if he writes nice things about them???