".... and FLY anything..." Sorry to disagree with you so very much. There is a very great difference in the term "FLY" and as I term it "drive". Call it "drive' and I can agree, but "fly" is reserved for something more.

Simulators PROGRAM a pilot-to-be. In my learned experience of 41 years professional aviation, military and airline, including 5 years (2 tours) as an instructor in T-33 and then T-38 aircraft, I firmly believe that a simulator-only trained person is only an airplane-driver. Only after a time period of really learning the real life experiences of actual flight can one proudly call him/herself PILOT. In addition I have flown models, CL, FF, and RC for some 65 years, including instructing RC since 1971.

Today at almost any RC Field it only takes a few minutes to sit and observe the differences between RC Pilots and RC airplane-drivers. It's displayed in the ATTITUDE much more than ALTITUDE. The airplane-driver generally has none to very little flight-line discipline, seldom if ever adjusts his flight profile to accommodate other fliers, and usually thinks only of himself. His skills can be excellent in positioning HIS aircraft, but his "fly anything" personality definitely places him in the ranks of airplane drivers.