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I don't mean to psychoanalyze, but your son's friend's statement seems
suspect. He apparently has spent some time practicing simulated ILSes
into JFK (not to mention paying for and assembling a spiffy flight
simulator), so he must have found it somewhat entertaining on the
computer. How could it have been less entertaining in a real aircraft?

I guess the cost benefit of fun/effort may be better on a computer sim
than in a real aircraft, but that doesn't make it boring, just not the
best "investment."

If that's the case, the GA needs to understand that equation, and start
to tweak it.


You're right he has several hundred hours of simulator time. Basically he
learned to fly in a 747. I think it is all a matter of instant gratification
he has no interest in spending the time in the "little planes" as he calls
them even if it meant he would later get to fly 747s for AA.