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Old 9th Jun 2014, 22:37
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Probably just an admission of my own inadequacies when it comes to being perceptually on the ball ... after a few minutes in the (now old) sims, I fell into the trap of (very nearly) forgetting it was a sim and treating it (very nearly) like an aeroplane.

Admittedly the 727 was not up to that but, for my 737 endorsement - around 30 years ago - the only real differences I noticed in the aeroplane for the check to line training were

(a) it was more fun and the hosties were much better looking than the sim instructor.
(b) the visuals, certainly, were much better
(c) the aeroplane was a tad easier to fly than the sim

Sure, sims are computer driven boxes bolted to the floor.

The realism was more than adequate for me and, from such sim instructing as I have done, for most of the pilot folks ?

Surely we now are at the stage of very much diminishing returns ?

I would pose the question are we better off putting our efforts and money elsewhere in the safety and standards equation ?
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