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Definitely useful for IFR procedures and such, but so much of basic skill is VFR, looking outside. Last I tried a sim on screens, it was like watching a movie through a keyhole. I guess VR goggles are finally an option now, but even then, you don't get bodily feedback. Can you really learn turn coordination without having felt it in the seat of your pants?

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Well, in the end there is some real world flying to be done. But seat of the pants flying is the easiest part. The hard part is all the procedural and system knowledge you need to fly professionally. Unfortunately, I'm out of the game now. But if I was still active, I'd be really interested to see how far I could take a student using nothing but some basic XPlane setup.

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