Bob Moore wrote in message . 168...
"Earl Grieda" wrote

The Navy appears to think that students with MS Flight Sim training
are better than students without Flight sim training.

But your post does not indicate in which phase of training the
advantage appeared. Pre-solo, Primary, Advanced, Basic Instrument,
Radio Instrument...or one of the other phases. All of the CFIs
who have posted here agree that there is value when used during
instrument training, but not during the "learn-to-fly" training.

The first story in the article he linked featured a student doing a
combined primary PPL-IA course at Embry-Riddle. Couple big issues to
watch he

1. This is a highly-structured course with sim work put in at very
specific places for very specific reasons, not just somebody poking
around with it on their own.

2. This course is really designed for ab-initio students whose "first
plane" will be a CRJ or similar. How many of these students will spend
a lot of time flying 172s etc. after they finish their training?

-cwk.