On Feb 12, 6:41 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
information. So, is it harder to unlearn the dependence on physical
sensations that you've acquired while flying VFR in a moving aircraft, or
is
it harder to ignore unreliable sensations when you simply have never
depended
on them at all for flying (as in simulation).

Do you mean, unlearn basic airmanship before you can get proficient on
instruments?

My forehead would be a bloody red gash from continually bashing it against
my desk if I read your posts regularly.

Think of the instrument rating as meaning only that you are qualified to
operate as the controllers ask, without continual hand holding. Staying
upright and pointed in the desired direction is only incidental to that. In
that regard, sim flying is the antithesis of fitting into the airspace
system. Flittering about willy nilly randomly close-enough is the habit that
needs to be unlearned.