Well then, I guess the US Air Force and the airlines should pull the plug on their simulator programs and go back to burning fuel and time. I have a private ticket, and I learned GA the OLD FASHIONED WAY TOO. Now I have several RC & GA flight simulators and can practice and learn without crash and fuel expense. I can get three or more times as much flying done in the same amount of time... I don't have to drag planes and equipment to the field. I don't have to repair ANY flight or landing damage. I don't have to wait for good weather or schedule time off for flight. I don't have to wait for a flight instructor to show up. When I show up at the field, I am current and can have a great time flying.
I fly all the major simulators from RC to GA. I will not ever go without them again. You can do what ever the heck you want to do. It works...your post is immature and unrealistic. X-Plane is NOT an RC simulator no matter how much I love it.
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Oh really and why is that? Saw too many beginners brag on the simulator time they had only to crash on their very first flight. Simulators are just that they simulate and that never equates to the real world. I never got my pilots license graduating from a simulator.