Do you have a sim DB?

I agree that learning with an instruction on a real life plane is probably better.

I recently got real flight and it seems pretty realistic to me. I don't think it tells you how to do all those things you stated, but it allows you to figure it out yourself without tearing anything up.

I'm not diasagreeing with you about the instructor, but don't cut the sim short either. If you havn't tried one out you should. I was sure impressed at the realisticness off it. And there is actually a virtual instructor that goes through the basics and even shows the stick movements.