Originally Posted by
dany4kin
I'd really appreciate people's thoughts on this.
I've always wanted to be an airline pilot
Am I mad to consider spending a third of the cost of a PPL to not be able to 'fly' but to be able to 'fly' a 737 instead? I'd really appreciate your thoughts.
I've tried to understand what your question really means. You say airline pilot, but as has been pointed out the SIM isn't the same as the job. And it is a job, which you, like many others, don't have the qualifications for.
If you want to fly, then you'll have to pay for it. Again there are cheaper options like gliding and micros. But they're not airliners.
Playing on a SIM, in your bedroom or on a full motion 'proper' one, can only ever be playing without all the experience and training that qualified atpls have. To think otherwise is delusional. Mad, if you want to use that word.
You've posted your question on a pilots forum. What sort of answer would you expect?
Ask yourself if you really have a passion for flight? If you do, then you can make it happen. Best of luck.